diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 543bc6b8a..8a828af86 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.1
 	github.com/spf13/viper v1.19.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
-	github.com/tigera/operator v1.35.0
+	github.com/tigera/operator v1.36.0
 	github.com/vishvananda/netlink v1.2.1-beta.2.0.20230130171208-05506ada9f99
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.25.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index d7cdb3833..97cf1e0ad 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -511,8 +511,8 @@ github.com/tidwall/pretty v1.0.0 h1:HsD+QiTn7sK6flMKIvNmpqz1qrpP3Ps6jOKIKMooyg4=
 github.com/tidwall/pretty v1.0.0/go.mod h1:XNkn88O1ChpSDQmQeStsy+sBenx6DDtFZJxhVysOjyk=
 github.com/tigera/api v0.0.0-20230406222214-ca74195900cb h1:Y7r5Al3V235KaEoAzGBz9RYXEbwDu8CPaZoCq2PlD8w=
 github.com/tigera/api v0.0.0-20230406222214-ca74195900cb/go.mod h1:ZZghiX3CUsBAc0osBjRvV6y/eun2ObYdvSbjqXAoj/w=
-github.com/tigera/operator v1.35.0 h1:lATfc5r2EQCPiuh8tDD9Vd2tvWAwXt+S4LS/mycVyCM=
-github.com/tigera/operator v1.35.0/go.mod h1:gqCRZUAJpvbMJYNkvtNMhqR8I7Xi2lgPFI7MzrRJqTU=
+github.com/tigera/operator v1.36.0 h1:d0+1pbZsGXfp3zSmR/SQxIagEjm4wszo5/mUo0/tGto=
+github.com/tigera/operator v1.36.0/go.mod h1:oiZ7qwlvN9BZLZfVagxjJ3a5lRf5LgYQnoH0f5skU1c=
 github.com/toqueteos/webbrowser v1.2.0 h1:tVP/gpK69Fx+qMJKsLE7TD8LuGWPnEV71wBN9rrstGQ=
 github.com/toqueteos/webbrowser v1.2.0/go.mod h1:XWoZq4cyp9WeUeak7w7LXRUQf1F1ATJMir8RTqb4ayM=
 github.com/vishvananda/netlink v1.2.1-beta.2.0.20230130171208-05506ada9f99 h1:FUmcbl0T7ugzsjfmWBKmIM1c4UPOMygAEpmwGKKdAp8=
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/tigera/operator/pkg/apis/crd.projectcalico.org/v1/felixconfig.go b/vendor/github.com/tigera/operator/pkg/apis/crd.projectcalico.org/v1/felixconfig.go
index 0d35a0563..fd94a3746 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/tigera/operator/pkg/apis/crd.projectcalico.org/v1/felixconfig.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/tigera/operator/pkg/apis/crd.projectcalico.org/v1/felixconfig.go
@@ -20,6 +20,13 @@ import (
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 )
 
+type NFTablesMode string
+
+const (
+	NFTablesModeEnabled  NFTablesMode = "Enabled"
+	NFTablesModeDisabled NFTablesMode = "Disabled"
+)
+
 type IptablesBackend string
 
 const (
@@ -304,6 +311,9 @@ type FelixConfigurationSpec struct {
 	// iptables. [Default: false]
 	GenericXDPEnabled *bool `json:"genericXDPEnabled,omitempty" confignamev1:"GenericXDPEnabled"`
 
+	// NFTablesMode configures nftables support in Felix. [Default: Disabled]
+	NFTablesMode *NFTablesMode `json:"nftablesMode,omitempty"`
+
 	// BPFEnabled, if enabled Felix will use the BPF dataplane. [Default: false]
 	BPFEnabled *bool `json:"bpfEnabled,omitempty" validate:"omitempty"`
 	// BPFDisableUnprivileged, if enabled, Felix sets the kernel.unprivileged_bpf_disabled sysctl to disable
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/tigera/operator/pkg/apis/crd.projectcalico.org/v1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go b/vendor/github.com/tigera/operator/pkg/apis/crd.projectcalico.org/v1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
index 36b1abc61..c224263ca 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/tigera/operator/pkg/apis/crd.projectcalico.org/v1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/tigera/operator/pkg/apis/crd.projectcalico.org/v1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
@@ -593,6 +593,11 @@ func (in *FelixConfigurationSpec) DeepCopyInto(out *FelixConfigurationSpec) {
 		*out = new(bool)
 		**out = **in
 	}
+	if in.NFTablesMode != nil {
+		in, out := &in.NFTablesMode, &out.NFTablesMode
+		*out = new(NFTablesMode)
+		**out = **in
+	}
 	if in.BPFEnabled != nil {
 		in, out := &in.BPFEnabled, &out.BPFEnabled
 		*out = new(bool)
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index bcf5632aa..175a077b8 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ github.com/subosito/gotenv
 # github.com/tigera/api v0.0.0-20230406222214-ca74195900cb
 ## explicit; go 1.18
 github.com/tigera/api/pkg/lib/numorstring
-# github.com/tigera/operator v1.35.0
+# github.com/tigera/operator v1.36.0
 ## explicit; go 1.22.0
 github.com/tigera/operator/pkg/apis/crd.projectcalico.org/v1
 # github.com/toqueteos/webbrowser v1.2.0