diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index eeda908804a..fc77de7644b 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.34.1
 	github.com/open-policy-agent/cert-controller v0.11.0
 	github.com/open-policy-agent/frameworks/constraint v0.0.0-20240927180816-0f64229c5539
+	github.com/open-policy-agent/opa v0.68.0
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.20.2
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.1
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/api v0.30.4
 	k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.30.4
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.30.4
+	k8s.io/apiserver v0.30.4
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.30.4
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.120.1
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240502163921-fe8a2dddb1d0
@@ -113,7 +115,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180306012644-bacd9c7ef1dd // indirect
 	github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.2 // indirect
 	github.com/munnerz/goautoneg v0.0.0-20191010083416-a7dc8b61c822 // indirect
-	github.com/open-policy-agent/opa v0.68.0 // indirect
 	github.com/opencontainers/go-digest v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/opencontainers/image-spec v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.1-0.20181226105442-5d4384ee4fb2 // indirect
@@ -149,7 +150,6 @@ require (
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20240722135656-d784300faade // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20240722135656-d784300faade // indirect
 	gopkg.in/inf.v0 v0.9.1 // indirect
-	k8s.io/apiserver v0.30.4 // indirect
 	k8s.io/component-base v0.30.4 // indirect
 	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20240430033511-f0e62f92d13f // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/apiserver-network-proxy/konnectivity-client v0.29.0 // indirect