diff --git a/.github/workflows/olm_tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/olm_tests.yaml
index 55acccc467..040f1cf11f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/olm_tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/olm_tests.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ on:
   pull_request:
 env:
   GO_VERSION: '1.19'
-  KIND_IMG_TAG: v1.26.0
+  KIND_IMG_TAG: v1.26.1
 
 permissions: {}
 
diff --git a/api/spod/v1alpha1/spod_types.go b/api/spod/v1alpha1/spod_types.go
index f2209e6ffb..b15883c0c6 100644
--- a/api/spod/v1alpha1/spod_types.go
+++ b/api/spod/v1alpha1/spod_types.go
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ type SPODSpec struct {
 	// DaemonResourceRequirements if defined, overwrites the default resource requirements
 	// of SPOD daemon.
 	// +optional
-	DaemonResourceRequirements *corev1.ResourceRequirements `json:"daemonResourceRequirements,omitempty"`
+	DaemonResourceRequirements *corev1.ResourceRequirements `json:"daemonResourceRequirements"`
 }
 
 // SPODState defines the state that the spod is in.
diff --git a/dependencies.yaml b/dependencies.yaml
index 2fe5b87479..44e300aff6 100644
--- a/dependencies.yaml
+++ b/dependencies.yaml
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ dependencies:
       match: kindVersion
 
   - name: kind-image
-    version: 1.26.0
+    version: 1.26.1
     refPaths:
     - path: test/suite_test.go
       match: kindImage
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ dependencies:
       match: QEMUVERSION
 
   - name: e2e-kubernetes
-    version: 1.26.0
+    version: 1.26.1
     refPaths:
     - path: hack/ci/install-kubernetes.sh
       match: VERSION
diff --git a/hack/ci/Vagrantfile-ubuntu b/hack/ci/Vagrantfile-ubuntu
index a077658827..f65701a7ca 100644
--- a/hack/ci/Vagrantfile-ubuntu
+++ b/hack/ci/Vagrantfile-ubuntu
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
       curl -sSfL https://packages.cloud.google.com/apt/doc/apt-key.gpg | apt-key add -
       echo "deb http://apt.kubernetes.io/ kubernetes-xenial main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/kubernetes.list
       apt-get update
-      KUBERNETES_VERSION=1.26.0-00
+      KUBERNETES_VERSION=1.26.1-00
       apt-get install -y \
         build-essential \
         kubelet=$KUBERNETES_VERSION \
diff --git a/hack/ci/install-kubernetes.sh b/hack/ci/install-kubernetes.sh
index fd3b070458..3529219d34 100755
--- a/hack/ci/install-kubernetes.sh
+++ b/hack/ci/install-kubernetes.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ ENVFILE=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/env-fedora.sh
 . "$ENVFILE"
 
 K8SPATH="$GOPATH/src/k8s.io"
-VERSION=v1.26.0
+VERSION=v1.26.1
 
 download-kubernetes() {
     export KUBERNETES_RELEASE=$VERSION
diff --git a/test/suite_test.go b/test/suite_test.go
index fa91cdf2f3..74a93723a7 100644
--- a/test/suite_test.go
+++ b/test/suite_test.go
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ import (
 
 const (
 	kindVersion      = "v0.17.0"
-	kindImage        = "kindest/node:v1.26.0@sha256:691e24bd2417609db7e589e1a479b902d2e209892a10ce375fab60a8407c7352"
+	kindImage        = "kindest/node:v1.26.1@sha256:691e24bd2417609db7e589e1a479b902d2e209892a10ce375fab60a8407c7352"
 	kindDarwinSHA512 = "40ebb37b74b88d71854f73bc8d505e5cfb7ad14952657f0f9f46605632f2611277d09e8b00d05e95d10f913bd31d816131a3e26e7f34a6f2e50297d146f15050" //nolint:lll // full length SHA
 	kindLinuxSHA512  = "ae9b8ad431157c47bd034552e6b1656e46aa4033e96f25d5ff5d539308f17b2b003d25e02656f461d3eeed4e3ba0507b8523f6fa9180b59f37a5f083f62e5560" //nolint:lll // full length SHA
 )