diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 99096481d9..651d34eb35 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 module github.com/weaveworks/eksctl
 
 go 1.24.0
-
 require (
 	github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3 v3.3.1
 	github.com/aws/amazon-ec2-instance-selector/v3 v3.1.1-0.20250224180552-36eea73b44c2
@@ -72,7 +71,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/xgfone/go-netaddr v0.6.0
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.35.0
 	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.27.0
-	golang.org/x/sync v0.11.0
+	golang.org/x/sync v0.12.0
 	golang.org/x/text v0.22.0
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0
 	helm.sh/helm/v3 v3.17.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index c130afbc60..372179227c 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1236,8 +1236,8 @@ golang.org/x/sync v0.5.0/go.mod h1:Czt+wKu1gCyEFDUtn0jG5QVvpJ6rzVqr5aXyt9drQfk=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.6.0/go.mod h1:Czt+wKu1gCyEFDUtn0jG5QVvpJ6rzVqr5aXyt9drQfk=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.7.0/go.mod h1:Czt+wKu1gCyEFDUtn0jG5QVvpJ6rzVqr5aXyt9drQfk=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.8.0/go.mod h1:Czt+wKu1gCyEFDUtn0jG5QVvpJ6rzVqr5aXyt9drQfk=
-golang.org/x/sync v0.11.0 h1:GGz8+XQP4FvTTrjZPzNKTMFtSXH80RAzG+5ghFPgK9w=
-golang.org/x/sync v0.11.0/go.mod h1:Czt+wKu1gCyEFDUtn0jG5QVvpJ6rzVqr5aXyt9drQfk=
+golang.org/x/sync v0.12.0 h1:MHc5BpPuC30uJk597Ri8TV3CNZcTLu6B6z4lJy+g6Jw=
+golang.org/x/sync v0.12.0/go.mod h1:1dzgHSNfp02xaA81J2MS99Qcpr2w7fw1gpm99rleRqA=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20180905080454-ebe1bf3edb33/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20180909124046-d0be0721c37e/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20181116152217-5ac8a444bdc5/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=