diff --git a/backend/Cargo.lock b/backend/Cargo.lock
index ab6fd9500..41ddba203 100644
--- a/backend/Cargo.lock
+++ b/backend/Cargo.lock
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ version = "1.1.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "40c48f72fd53cd289104fc64099abca73db4166ad86ea0b4341abe65af83dadc"
 dependencies = [
- "windows-sys 0.60.2",
+ "windows-sys 0.61.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ checksum = "291e6a250ff86cd4a820112fb8898808a366d8f9f58ce16d1f538353ad55747d"
 dependencies = [
  "anstyle",
  "once_cell_polyfill",
- "windows-sys 0.60.2",
+ "windows-sys 0.61.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1521,7 +1521,7 @@ version = "3.1.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "faf9468729b8cbcea668e36183cb69d317348c2e08e994829fb56ebfdfbaac34"
 dependencies = [
- "windows-sys 0.48.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.61.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1822,16 +1822,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "darling_macro 0.20.11",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "darling"
-version = "0.21.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9cdf337090841a411e2a7f3deb9187445851f91b309c0c0a29e05f74a00a48c0"
-dependencies = [
- "darling_core 0.21.3",
- "darling_macro 0.21.3",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "darling"
 version = "0.23.0"
@@ -1856,20 +1846,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.117",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "darling_core"
-version = "0.21.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1247195ecd7e3c85f83c8d2a366e4210d588e802133e1e355180a9870b517ea4"
-dependencies = [
- "fnv",
- "ident_case",
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "strsim",
- "syn 2.0.117",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "darling_core"
 version = "0.23.0"
@@ -1894,17 +1870,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.117",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "darling_macro"
-version = "0.21.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d38308df82d1080de0afee5d069fa14b0326a88c14f15c5ccda35b4a6c414c81"
-dependencies = [
- "darling_core 0.21.3",
- "quote",
- "syn 2.0.117",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "darling_macro"
 version = "0.23.0"
@@ -2324,7 +2289,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "39cab71617ae0d63f51a36d69f866391735b51691dbda63cf6f96d042b63efeb"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
- "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.61.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3319,7 +3284,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "percent-encoding",
  "pin-project-lite",
- "socket2 0.5.10",
+ "socket2 0.6.3",
  "system-configuration",
  "tokio",
  "tower-service",
@@ -3645,9 +3610,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "jsonpath-rust"
-version = "0.7.5"
+version = "1.0.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0c00ae348f9f8fd2d09f82a98ca381c60df9e0820d8d79fce43e649b4dc3128b"
+checksum = "633a7320c4bb672863a3782e89b9094ad70285e097ff6832cddd0ec615beadfa"
 dependencies = [
  "pest",
  "pest_derive",
@@ -3685,21 +3650,21 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "k8s-openapi"
-version = "0.26.1"
+version = "0.27.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "06d9e5e61dd037cdc51da0d7e2b2be10f497478ea7e120d85dad632adb99882b"
+checksum = "51b326f5219dd55872a72c1b6ddd1b830b8334996c667449c29391d657d78d5e"
 dependencies = [
  "base64 0.22.1",
- "chrono",
+ "jiff",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "kube"
-version = "2.0.1"
+version = "3.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "48e7bb0b6a46502cc20e4575b6ff401af45cfea150b34ba272a3410b78aa014e"
+checksum = "acc5a6a69da2975ed9925d56b5dcfc9cc739b66f37add06785b7c9f6d1e88741"
 dependencies = [
  "k8s-openapi",
  "kube-client",
@@ -3710,16 +3675,14 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "kube-client"
-version = "2.0.1"
+version = "3.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4987d57a184d2b5294fdad3d7fc7f278899469d21a4da39a8f6ca16426567a36"
+checksum = "0fcaf2d1f1a91e1805d4cd82e8333c022767ae8ffd65909bbef6802733a7dd40"
 dependencies = [
  "base64 0.22.1",
  "bytes",
- "chrono",
  "either",
  "futures",
- "home",
  "http 1.4.0",
  "http-body 1.0.1",
  "http-body-util",
@@ -3727,6 +3690,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "hyper-rustls 0.27.9",
  "hyper-timeout",
  "hyper-util",
+ "jiff",
  "jsonpath-rust",
  "k8s-openapi",
  "kube-core",
@@ -3746,14 +3710,14 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "kube-core"
-version = "2.0.1"
+version = "3.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "914bbb770e7bb721a06e3538c0edd2babed46447d128f7c21caa68747060ee73"
+checksum = "f126d2db7a8b532ec1d839ece2a71e2485dc3bbca6cc3c3f929becaa810e719e"
 dependencies = [
- "chrono",
  "derive_more",
  "form_urlencoded",
  "http 1.4.0",
+ "jiff",
  "json-patch",
  "k8s-openapi",
  "schemars 1.2.1",
@@ -3765,11 +3729,11 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "kube-derive"
-version = "2.0.1"
+version = "3.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "03dee8252be137772a6ab3508b81cd797dee62ee771112a2453bc85cbbe150d2"
+checksum = "d6b9b97e121fce957f9cafc6da534abc4276983ab03190b76c09361e2df849fa"
 dependencies = [
- "darling 0.21.3",
+ "darling 0.23.0",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "serde",
@@ -3779,9 +3743,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "kube-runtime"
-version = "2.0.1"
+version = "3.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6aea4de4b562c5cc89ab10300bb63474ae1fa57ff5a19275f2e26401a323e3fd"
+checksum = "c072737075826ee74d3e615e80334e41e617ca3d14fb46ef7cdfda822d6f15f2"
 dependencies = [
  "ahash 0.8.12",
  "async-broadcast",
@@ -3789,7 +3753,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "backon",
  "educe",
  "futures",
- "hashbrown 0.15.5",
+ "hashbrown 0.16.1",
  "hostname",
  "json-patch",
  "k8s-openapi",
@@ -4209,7 +4173,7 @@ version = "0.50.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7957b9740744892f114936ab4a57b3f487491bbeafaf8083688b16841a4240e5"
 dependencies = [
- "windows-sys 0.60.2",
+ "windows-sys 0.61.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -5102,7 +5066,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "quinn-udp",
  "rustc-hash",
  "rustls 0.23.38",
- "socket2 0.5.10",
+ "socket2 0.6.3",
  "thiserror 2.0.18",
  "tokio",
  "tracing",
@@ -5139,7 +5103,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg_aliases",
  "libc",
  "once_cell",
- "socket2 0.5.10",
+ "socket2 0.6.3",
  "tracing",
  "windows-sys 0.60.2",
 ]
@@ -5647,7 +5611,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "errno",
  "libc",
  "linux-raw-sys",
- "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.61.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -6447,7 +6411,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3a766e1110788c36f4fa1c2b71b387a7815aa65f88ce0229841826633d93723e"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
- "windows-sys 0.60.2",
+ "windows-sys 0.61.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -6909,7 +6873,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "getrandom 0.4.2",
  "once_cell",
  "rustix",
- "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.61.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -8018,7 +7982,7 @@ version = "0.1.11"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c2a7b1c03c876122aa43f3020e6c3c3ee5c05081c9a00739faf7503aeba10d22"
 dependencies = [
- "windows-sys 0.48.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.61.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/backend/Cargo.toml b/backend/Cargo.toml
index a95f7b435..e78c0e8ad 100644
--- a/backend/Cargo.toml
+++ b/backend/Cargo.toml
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ tokio = { version = "1.48.0", features = [
 ] }
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.20" }
 url = { version = "2.5.4" }
-k8s-openapi = { version = "0.26.0", features = ["latest"] }
-kube = { version = "2.0.1", features = ["runtime", "derive"] }
+k8s-openapi = { version = "0.27.1", features = ["latest"] }
+kube = { version = "3.1.0", features = ["runtime", "derive"] }
 openidconnect = "4.0.1"
 opentelemetry = { version = "0.31.0" }
 opentelemetry_sdk = { version = "0.31.0", features = ["rt-tokio"] }