diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 54b13037a..da4df47cc 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/netobserv/flowlogs-pipeline v1.11.2-community
 	github.com/netobserv/netobserv-ebpf-agent v1.11.3-community
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.28.1
-	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.39.0
+	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.40.0
 	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.4
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.10.2
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 45847d177..5b6a3827d 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -140,8 +140,8 @@ github.com/netobserv/netobserv-ebpf-agent v1.11.3-community h1:woNRKkOI3WrR4eYrQ
 github.com/netobserv/netobserv-ebpf-agent v1.11.3-community/go.mod h1:wc4AAeNuK3oWrgxrox8axZn1+aVAaRXVd5nyGBual7M=
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.28.1 h1:S4hj+HbZp40fNKuLUQOYLDgZLwNUVn19N3Atb98NCyI=
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.28.1/go.mod h1:CLtbVInNckU3/+gC8LzkGUb9oF+e8W8TdUsxPwvdOgE=
-github.com/onsi/gomega v1.39.0 h1:y2ROC3hKFmQZJNFeGAMeHZKkjBL65mIZcvrLQBF9k6Q=
-github.com/onsi/gomega v1.39.0/go.mod h1:ZCU1pkQcXDO5Sl9/VVEGlDyp+zm0m1cmeG5TOzLgdh4=
+github.com/onsi/gomega v1.40.0 h1:Vtol0e1MghCD2ZVIilPDIg44XSL9l2QAn8ZNaljWcJc=
+github.com/onsi/gomega v1.40.0/go.mod h1:M/Uqpu/8qTjtzCLUA2zJHX9Iilrau25x1PdoSRbWh5A=
 github.com/ovn-org/libovsdb v0.7.1-0.20240820095311-ce1951614a20 h1:OoDvzyaK7F/ZANIIFOgb4Haj7mye3Hle0fYZZNdidSs=
 github.com/ovn-org/libovsdb v0.7.1-0.20240820095311-ce1951614a20/go.mod h1:dJbxEaalQl83nn904K32FaMjlH/qOObZ0bj4ejQ78AI=
 github.com/ovn-org/ovn-kubernetes/go-controller v0.0.0-20250227173154-57a2590a1d16 h1:t4NphP6IIFRe5/2NGc1MD0e72pLYIzaG9YizrYyk84Y=
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/onsi/gomega/CHANGELOG.md b/vendor/github.com/onsi/gomega/CHANGELOG.md
index cf020605c..9c94d0e6c 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/onsi/gomega/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/vendor/github.com/onsi/gomega/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+## 1.40.0
+
+We're adopting a new release strategy to minimize dependency bloat in projects that consume Gomega.  It is a limitation of the go mod toolchain that _test_ subdependencies of your project's direct dependencies get pulled in as *indirect* dependencies.  In the case of Gomega, this ends up pulling in all of Ginkgo into your `go.mod` even if you are only using Gomega (Gomega uses Ginkgo for its own tests).
+
+Going forward, releases will strip out all tests, tidy up the `go.mod` and then push this stripped down version to a new `master-lite` branch.  These stripped-down versions will receive the `vx.y.z` git tag and will be picked up by the go toolchain.
+
+Please open an issue if this new release process causes unexpected changes for your projects.
+
+## 1.39.1
+
+Update all dependencies.  This auto-updated the required version of Go to 1.24, consistent with the fact that Go 1.23 has been out of support for almost six months.
+
 ## 1.39.0
 
 ### Features
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/onsi/gomega/gomega_dsl.go b/vendor/github.com/onsi/gomega/gomega_dsl.go
index cd6ce450f..af1341bdb 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 = "1.39.0"
+const GOMEGA_VERSION = "1.40.0"
 
 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/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index cfd97a04a..54ad1a573 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -199,8 +199,8 @@ github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2/internal/reporters
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2/internal/testingtproxy
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2/reporters
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2/types
-# github.com/onsi/gomega v1.39.0
-## explicit; go 1.23.0
+# github.com/onsi/gomega v1.40.0
+## explicit; go 1.24.0
 github.com/onsi/gomega
 github.com/onsi/gomega/format
 github.com/onsi/gomega/internal