diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index dfd1fb03d..7b8f579b1 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/kubernetes-csi/external-snapshotter/client/v8 v8.2.0
 	github.com/libopenstorage/secrets v0.0.0-20231011182615-5f4b25ceede1
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.22.0
-	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.36.0
+	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.36.1
 	github.com/pkg/xattr v0.4.10
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.20.5
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 3d6fbe41b..e560cfbdd 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -2106,8 +2106,8 @@ github.com/onsi/gomega v1.27.10/go.mod h1:RsS8tutOdbdgzbPtzzATp12yT7kM5I5aElG3ev
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.30.0/go.mod h1:9sxs+SwGrKI0+PWe4Fxa9tFQQBG5xSsSbMXOI8PPpoQ=
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.33.0/go.mod h1:+925n5YtiFsLzzafLUHzVMBpvvRAzrydIBiSIxjX3wY=
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.33.1/go.mod h1:U4R44UsT+9eLIaYRB2a5qajjtQYn0hauxvRm16AVYg0=
-github.com/onsi/gomega v1.36.0 h1:Pb12RlruUtj4XUuPUqeEWc6j5DkVVVA49Uf6YLfC95Y=
-github.com/onsi/gomega v1.36.0/go.mod h1:PvZbdDc8J6XJEpDK4HCuRBm8a6Fzp9/DmhC9C7yFlog=
+github.com/onsi/gomega v1.36.1 h1:bJDPBO7ibjxcbHMgSCoo4Yj18UWbKDlLwX1x9sybDcw=
+github.com/onsi/gomega v1.36.1/go.mod h1:PvZbdDc8J6XJEpDK4HCuRBm8a6Fzp9/DmhC9C7yFlog=
 github.com/opencontainers/go-digest v1.0.0 h1:apOUWs51W5PlhuyGyz9FCeeBIOUDA/6nW8Oi/yOhh5U=
 github.com/opencontainers/go-digest v1.0.0/go.mod h1:0JzlMkj0TRzQZfJkVvzbP0HBR3IKzErnv2BNG4W4MAM=
 github.com/opencontainers/selinux v1.11.0 h1:+5Zbo97w3Lbmb3PeqQtpmTkMwsW5nRI3YaLpt7tQ7oU=
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/onsi/gomega/CHANGELOG.md b/vendor/github.com/onsi/gomega/CHANGELOG.md
index b797577ff..79c3f6199 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/onsi/gomega/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/vendor/github.com/onsi/gomega/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+## 1.36.1
+
+### Fixes
+- Fix https://github.com/onsi/gomega/issues/803 [1c6c112]
+- resolves onsi/gomega#696: make HaveField great on pointer receivers given only a non-addressable value [4feb9d7]
+
 ## 1.36.0
 
 ### Features
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/onsi/gomega/gomega_dsl.go b/vendor/github.com/onsi/gomega/gomega_dsl.go
index eb74f6f6a..c6ac499f7 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/onsi/gomega/gomega_dsl.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/onsi/gomega/gomega_dsl.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/onsi/gomega/types"
 )
 
-const GOMEGA_VERSION = "1.36.0"
+const GOMEGA_VERSION = "1.36.1"
 
 const nilGomegaPanic = `You are trying to make an assertion, but haven't registered Gomega's fail handler.
 If you're using Ginkgo then you probably forgot to put your assertion in an It().
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/onsi/gomega/matchers/have_field.go b/vendor/github.com/onsi/gomega/matchers/have_field.go
index 8dd3f871a..293457e85 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/onsi/gomega/matchers/have_field.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/onsi/gomega/matchers/have_field.go
@@ -40,7 +40,12 @@ func extractField(actual interface{}, field string, matchername string) (any, er
 			extractedValue = actualValue.Addr().MethodByName(strings.TrimSuffix(fields[0], "()"))
 		}
 		if extractedValue == (reflect.Value{}) {
-			return nil, missingFieldError(fmt.Sprintf("%s could not find method named '%s' in struct of type %T.", matchername, fields[0], actual))
+			ptr := reflect.New(actualValue.Type())
+			ptr.Elem().Set(actualValue)
+			extractedValue = ptr.MethodByName(strings.TrimSuffix(fields[0], "()"))
+			if extractedValue == (reflect.Value{}) {
+				return nil, missingFieldError(fmt.Sprintf("%s could not find method named '%s' in struct of type %T.", matchername, fields[0], actual))
+			}
 		}
 		t := extractedValue.Type()
 		if t.NumIn() != 0 || t.NumOut() != 1 {
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index ac6a779e8..c670bbabe 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -547,7 +547,7 @@ github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2/internal/parallel_support
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2/internal/testingtproxy
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2/reporters
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2/types
-# github.com/onsi/gomega v1.36.0
+# github.com/onsi/gomega v1.36.1
 ## explicit; go 1.22
 github.com/onsi/gomega
 github.com/onsi/gomega/format