diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 840e615d..5a76c548 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ go 1.25.6
 
 require (
 	github.com/gardener/gardener v1.136.2
-	github.com/gardener/machine-controller-manager v0.61.2
+	github.com/gardener/machine-controller-manager v0.61.3
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.3
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror v1.1.1
 	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.39.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index ea611f40..b53738dc 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -376,6 +376,8 @@ github.com/gardener/gardener v1.136.2 h1:jvk8SmPRT/guLu8C3SlyvW+iGoVc3uCuuptUkqW
 github.com/gardener/gardener v1.136.2/go.mod h1:CfEl2QKzNh+B5fQrWCx+lhqg1dS8pp6wz8au1Ww6+xs=
 github.com/gardener/machine-controller-manager v0.61.2 h1:kG8DgmOqqlljWqxa4x0ER4+L5zg1lxNd1dQXT9gKbvA=
 github.com/gardener/machine-controller-manager v0.61.2/go.mod h1:8eE1qLztrWIbOM71mHSQGaC6Q+pl5lvOyN08qP39D7o=
+github.com/gardener/machine-controller-manager v0.61.3 h1:w0JuHCKLmcK7B8E7mx3TvE3e0hSYwikchsMSiMhocqw=
+github.com/gardener/machine-controller-manager v0.61.3/go.mod h1:8eE1qLztrWIbOM71mHSQGaC6Q+pl5lvOyN08qP39D7o=
 github.com/ghodss/yaml v0.0.0-20150909031657-73d445a93680/go.mod h1:4dBDuWmgqj2HViK6kFavaiC9ZROes6MMH2rRYeMEF04=
 github.com/ghodss/yaml v1.0.0/go.mod h1:4dBDuWmgqj2HViK6kFavaiC9ZROes6MMH2rRYeMEF04=
 github.com/globalsign/mgo v0.0.0-20180905125535-1ca0a4f7cbcb/go.mod h1:xkRDCp4j0OGD1HRkm4kmhM+pmpv3AKq5SU7GMg4oO/Q=