diff --git a/operator/go.mod b/operator/go.mod
index 17c661faff..3b7079c34a 100644
--- a/operator/go.mod
+++ b/operator/go.mod
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.14.0
 	github.com/prometheus/common v0.39.0
-	github.com/spf13/afero v1.9.3
+	github.com/spf13/afero v1.9.4
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.1
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.11.2
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracegrpc v1.11.2
diff --git a/operator/go.sum b/operator/go.sum
index d7cd8f3594..19dd22dd7c 100644
--- a/operator/go.sum
+++ b/operator/go.sum
@@ -338,8 +338,8 @@ github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.6.0/go.mod h1:7uNnSEd1DgxDLC74fIahvMZmmYsHGZGEOFrf
 github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.0 h1:trlNQbNUG3OdDrDil03MCb1H2o9nJ1x4/5LYw7byDE0=
 github.com/soheilhy/cmux v0.1.5 h1:jjzc5WVemNEDTLwv9tlmemhC73tI08BNOIGwBOo10Js=
 github.com/spaolacci/murmur3 v0.0.0-20180118202830-f09979ecbc72/go.mod h1:JwIasOWyU6f++ZhiEuf87xNszmSA2myDM2Kzu9HwQUA=
-github.com/spf13/afero v1.9.3 h1:41FoI0fD7OR7mGcKE/aOiLkGreyf8ifIOQmJANWogMk=
-github.com/spf13/afero v1.9.3/go.mod h1:iUV7ddyEEZPO5gA3zD4fJt6iStLlL+Lg4m2cihcDf8Y=
+github.com/spf13/afero v1.9.4 h1:Sd43wM1IWz/s1aVXdOBkjJvuP8UdyqioeE4AmM0QsBs=
+github.com/spf13/afero v1.9.4/go.mod h1:iUV7ddyEEZPO5gA3zD4fJt6iStLlL+Lg4m2cihcDf8Y=
 github.com/spf13/cobra v1.6.0 h1:42a0n6jwCot1pUmomAp4T7DeMD+20LFv4Q54pxLf2LI=
 github.com/spf13/cobra v1.6.0/go.mod h1:IOw/AERYS7UzyrGinqmz6HLUo219MORXGxhbaJUqzrY=
 github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 h1:iy+VFUOCP1a+8yFto/drg2CJ5u0yRoB7fZw3DKv/JXA=