diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index e9064d5b0..8b46ee7f4 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.2
 	github.com/kubernetes-csi/csi-lib-utils v0.19.0
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.22.0
-	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.36.0
+	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.36.1
 	github.com/robfig/cron/v3 v3.0.1
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0
 
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index f8f97566d..c1535213d 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -83,8 +83,8 @@ github.com/munnerz/goautoneg v0.0.0-20191010083416-a7dc8b61c822 h1:C3w9PqII01/Oq
 github.com/munnerz/goautoneg v0.0.0-20191010083416-a7dc8b61c822/go.mod h1:+n7T8mK8HuQTcFwEeznm/DIxMOiR9yIdICNftLE1DvQ=
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.22.0 h1:Yed107/8DjTr0lKCNt7Dn8yQ6ybuDRQoMGrNFKzMfHg=
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.22.0/go.mod h1:7Du3c42kxCUegi0IImZ1wUQzMBVecgIHjR1C+NkhLQo=
-github.com/onsi/gomega v1.36.0 h1:Pb12RlruUtj4XUuPUqeEWc6j5DkVVVA49Uf6YLfC95Y=
-github.com/onsi/gomega v1.36.0/go.mod h1:PvZbdDc8J6XJEpDK4HCuRBm8a6Fzp9/DmhC9C7yFlog=
+github.com/onsi/gomega v1.36.1 h1:bJDPBO7ibjxcbHMgSCoo4Yj18UWbKDlLwX1x9sybDcw=
+github.com/onsi/gomega v1.36.1/go.mod h1:PvZbdDc8J6XJEpDK4HCuRBm8a6Fzp9/DmhC9C7yFlog=
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 h1:FEBLx1zS214owpjy7qsBeixbURkuhQAwrK5UwLGTwt4=
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINEl0=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/onsi/gomega/CHANGELOG.md b/vendor/github.com/onsi/gomega/CHANGELOG.md
index b797577ff..79c3f6199 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/onsi/gomega/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/vendor/github.com/onsi/gomega/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+## 1.36.1
+
+### Fixes
+- Fix https://github.com/onsi/gomega/issues/803 [1c6c112]
+- resolves onsi/gomega#696: make HaveField great on pointer receivers given only a non-addressable value [4feb9d7]
+
 ## 1.36.0
 
 ### Features
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/onsi/gomega/gomega_dsl.go b/vendor/github.com/onsi/gomega/gomega_dsl.go
index eb74f6f6a..c6ac499f7 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/onsi/gomega/gomega_dsl.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/onsi/gomega/gomega_dsl.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/onsi/gomega/types"
 )
 
-const GOMEGA_VERSION = "1.36.0"
+const GOMEGA_VERSION = "1.36.1"
 
 const nilGomegaPanic = `You are trying to make an assertion, but haven't registered Gomega's fail handler.
 If you're using Ginkgo then you probably forgot to put your assertion in an It().
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/onsi/gomega/matchers/have_field.go b/vendor/github.com/onsi/gomega/matchers/have_field.go
index 8dd3f871a..293457e85 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/onsi/gomega/matchers/have_field.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/onsi/gomega/matchers/have_field.go
@@ -40,7 +40,12 @@ func extractField(actual interface{}, field string, matchername string) (any, er
 			extractedValue = actualValue.Addr().MethodByName(strings.TrimSuffix(fields[0], "()"))
 		}
 		if extractedValue == (reflect.Value{}) {
-			return nil, missingFieldError(fmt.Sprintf("%s could not find method named '%s' in struct of type %T.", matchername, fields[0], actual))
+			ptr := reflect.New(actualValue.Type())
+			ptr.Elem().Set(actualValue)
+			extractedValue = ptr.MethodByName(strings.TrimSuffix(fields[0], "()"))
+			if extractedValue == (reflect.Value{}) {
+				return nil, missingFieldError(fmt.Sprintf("%s could not find method named '%s' in struct of type %T.", matchername, fields[0], actual))
+			}
 		}
 		t := extractedValue.Type()
 		if t.NumIn() != 0 || t.NumOut() != 1 {
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index 194c9ff5d..3398065de 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2/internal/parallel_support
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2/internal/testingtproxy
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2/reporters
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2/types
-# github.com/onsi/gomega v1.36.0
+# github.com/onsi/gomega v1.36.1
 ## explicit; go 1.22
 github.com/onsi/gomega
 github.com/onsi/gomega/format