diff --git a/bazel/toolchains/go_module_deps.bzl b/bazel/toolchains/go_module_deps.bzl
index 7af734bd8..5efe35325 100644
--- a/bazel/toolchains/go_module_deps.bzl
+++ b/bazel/toolchains/go_module_deps.bzl
@@ -2051,8 +2051,8 @@ def go_dependencies():
         build_file_generation = "on",
         build_file_proto_mode = "disable_global",
         importpath = "github.com/golang/protobuf",
-        sum = "h1:KhyjKVUg7Usr/dYsdSqoFveMYd5ko72D+zANwlG1mmg=",
-        version = "v1.5.3",
+        sum = "h1:i7eJL8qZTpSEXOPTxNKhASYpMn+8e5Q6AdndVa1dWek=",
+        version = "v1.5.4",
     )
     go_repository(
         name = "com_github_golang_snappy",
@@ -6570,8 +6570,8 @@ def go_dependencies():
         build_file_generation = "on",
         build_file_proto_mode = "disable_global",
         importpath = "k8s.io/kubernetes",
-        sum = "h1:DOLN7g8+nnAYBi8JHoW0+/MCrZKDPIqAxzLCXDXd0cg=",
-        version = "v1.29.0",
+        sum = "h1:n4VCbX9cUhxHI+zw+m2iZlzT73/mrEJBHIMeauh9g4U=",
+        version = "v1.29.4",
     )
     go_repository(
         name = "io_k8s_legacy_cloud_providers",
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index fbadcc29d..a9438844b 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.29.0
 	k8s.io/cluster-bootstrap v0.29.0
 	k8s.io/kubelet v0.29.0
-	k8s.io/kubernetes v1.29.0
+	k8s.io/kubernetes v1.29.4
 	k8s.io/mount-utils v0.29.0
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240102154912-e7106e64919e
 	libvirt.org/go/libvirt v1.10000.0
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2 // indirect
 	github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v4 v4.5.0 // indirect
 	github.com/golang/groupcache v0.0.0-20210331224755-41bb18bfe9da // indirect
-	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.3 // indirect
+	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.4 // indirect
 	github.com/google/btree v1.1.2 // indirect
 	github.com/google/certificate-transparency-go v1.1.7 // indirect
 	github.com/google/gnostic-models v0.6.8 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 97aff4558..9d82acc53 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -381,8 +381,8 @@ github.com/golang/protobuf v1.4.1/go.mod h1:U8fpvMrcmy5pZrNK1lt4xCsGvpyWQ/VVv6QD
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.4.3/go.mod h1:oDoupMAO8OvCJWAcko0GGGIgR6R6ocIYbsSw735rRwI=
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.0/go.mod h1:FsONVRAS9T7sI+LIUmWTfcYkHO4aIWwzhcaSAoJOfIk=
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.2/go.mod h1:XVQd3VNwM+JqD3oG2Ue2ip4fOMUkwXdXDdiuN0vRsmY=
-github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.3 h1:KhyjKVUg7Usr/dYsdSqoFveMYd5ko72D+zANwlG1mmg=
-github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.3/go.mod h1:XVQd3VNwM+JqD3oG2Ue2ip4fOMUkwXdXDdiuN0vRsmY=
+github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.4 h1:i7eJL8qZTpSEXOPTxNKhASYpMn+8e5Q6AdndVa1dWek=
+github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.4/go.mod h1:lnTiLA8Wa4RWRcIUkrtSVa5nRhsEGBg48fD6rSs7xps=
 github.com/gomodule/redigo v1.8.2 h1:H5XSIre1MB5NbPYFp+i1NBbb5qN1W8Y8YAQoAYbkm8k=
 github.com/gomodule/redigo v1.8.2/go.mod h1:P9dn9mFrCBvWhGE1wpxx6fgq7BAeLBk+UUUzlpkBYO0=
 github.com/google/btree v1.1.2 h1:xf4v41cLI2Z6FxbKm+8Bu+m8ifhj15JuZ9sa0jZCMUU=
@@ -1074,8 +1074,8 @@ k8s.io/kubectl v0.29.0 h1:Oqi48gXjikDhrBF67AYuZRTcJV4lg2l42GmvsP7FmYI=
 k8s.io/kubectl v0.29.0/go.mod h1:0jMjGWIcMIQzmUaMgAzhSELv5WtHo2a8pq67DtviAJs=
 k8s.io/kubelet v0.29.0 h1:SX5hlznTBcGIrS1scaf8r8p6m3e475KMifwt9i12iOk=
 k8s.io/kubelet v0.29.0/go.mod h1:kvKS2+Bz2tgDOG1S1q0TH2z1DasNuVF+8p6Aw7xvKkI=
-k8s.io/kubernetes v1.29.0 h1:DOLN7g8+nnAYBi8JHoW0+/MCrZKDPIqAxzLCXDXd0cg=
-k8s.io/kubernetes v1.29.0/go.mod h1:9kztbUQf9stVDcIYXx+BX3nuGCsAQDsuClkGMpPs3pA=
+k8s.io/kubernetes v1.29.4 h1:n4VCbX9cUhxHI+zw+m2iZlzT73/mrEJBHIMeauh9g4U=
+k8s.io/kubernetes v1.29.4/go.mod h1:28sDhcb87LX5z3GWAKYmLrhrifxi4W9bEWua4DRTIvk=
 k8s.io/mount-utils v0.29.0 h1:KcUE0bFHONQC10V3SuLWQ6+l8nmJggw9lKLpDftIshI=
 k8s.io/mount-utils v0.29.0/go.mod h1:N3lDK/G1B8R/IkAt4NhHyqB07OqEr7P763z3TNge94U=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240102154912-e7106e64919e h1:eQ/4ljkx21sObifjzXwlPKpdGLrCfRziVtos3ofG/sQ=
diff --git a/internal/versions/versions.go b/internal/versions/versions.go
index a6e9c482c..f08919357 100644
--- a/internal/versions/versions.go
+++ b/internal/versions/versions.go
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ var VersionConfigs = map[ValidK8sVersion]KubernetesVersion{
 				InstallPath: patchFilePath("kube-scheduler"),
 			},
 			{
-				Url:         "data:application/json;base64,W3sib3AiOiJyZXBsYWNlIiwicGF0aCI6Ii9zcGVjL2NvbnRhaW5lcnMvMC9pbWFnZSIsInZhbHVlIjoicmVnaXN0cnkuazhzLmlvL2V0Y2Q6My41LjEwLTBAc2hhMjU2OjIyZjg5MmQ3NjcyYWRjMGI5Yzg2ZGY2Nzc5MmFmZGI4YjJkYzA4ODgwZjQ5ZjY2OWVhYWE1OWM0N2Q3OTA4YzIifV0=",
+				Url:         "data:application/json;base64,W3sib3AiOiJyZXBsYWNlIiwicGF0aCI6Ii9zcGVjL2NvbnRhaW5lcnMvMC9pbWFnZSIsInZhbHVlIjoicmVnaXN0cnkuazhzLmlvL2V0Y2Q6My41LjEyLTBAc2hhMjU2OjQ0YThlMjRkY2JiYTM0NzBlZTFmZWUyMWQ1ZTg4ZDEyOGM5MzZlOWI1NWQ0YmM1MWZiZWY4MDg2ZjhlZDEyM2IifV0=",
 				InstallPath: patchFilePath("etcd"),
 			},
 		},
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ var VersionConfigs = map[ValidK8sVersion]KubernetesVersion{
 				InstallPath: patchFilePath("kube-scheduler"),
 			},
 			{
-				Url:         "data:application/json;base64,W3sib3AiOiJyZXBsYWNlIiwicGF0aCI6Ii9zcGVjL2NvbnRhaW5lcnMvMC9pbWFnZSIsInZhbHVlIjoicmVnaXN0cnkuazhzLmlvL2V0Y2Q6My41LjEwLTBAc2hhMjU2OjIyZjg5MmQ3NjcyYWRjMGI5Yzg2ZGY2Nzc5MmFmZGI4YjJkYzA4ODgwZjQ5ZjY2OWVhYWE1OWM0N2Q3OTA4YzIifV0=",
+				Url:         "data:application/json;base64,W3sib3AiOiJyZXBsYWNlIiwicGF0aCI6Ii9zcGVjL2NvbnRhaW5lcnMvMC9pbWFnZSIsInZhbHVlIjoicmVnaXN0cnkuazhzLmlvL2V0Y2Q6My41LjEyLTBAc2hhMjU2OjQ0YThlMjRkY2JiYTM0NzBlZTFmZWUyMWQ1ZTg4ZDEyOGM5MzZlOWI1NWQ0YmM1MWZiZWY4MDg2ZjhlZDEyM2IifV0=",
 				InstallPath: patchFilePath("etcd"),
 			},
 		},
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ var VersionConfigs = map[ValidK8sVersion]KubernetesVersion{
 				InstallPath: patchFilePath("kube-scheduler"),
 			},
 			{
-				Url:         "data:application/json;base64,W3sib3AiOiJyZXBsYWNlIiwicGF0aCI6Ii9zcGVjL2NvbnRhaW5lcnMvMC9pbWFnZSIsInZhbHVlIjoicmVnaXN0cnkuazhzLmlvL2V0Y2Q6My41LjEwLTBAc2hhMjU2OjIyZjg5MmQ3NjcyYWRjMGI5Yzg2ZGY2Nzc5MmFmZGI4YjJkYzA4ODgwZjQ5ZjY2OWVhYWE1OWM0N2Q3OTA4YzIifV0=",
+				Url:         "data:application/json;base64,W3sib3AiOiJyZXBsYWNlIiwicGF0aCI6Ii9zcGVjL2NvbnRhaW5lcnMvMC9pbWFnZSIsInZhbHVlIjoicmVnaXN0cnkuazhzLmlvL2V0Y2Q6My41LjEyLTBAc2hhMjU2OjQ0YThlMjRkY2JiYTM0NzBlZTFmZWUyMWQ1ZTg4ZDEyOGM5MzZlOWI1NWQ0YmM1MWZiZWY4MDg2ZjhlZDEyM2IifV0=",
 				InstallPath: patchFilePath("etcd"),
 			},
 		},