fix(deps): bump the k8s-deps group across 1 directory with 7 updates

Bumps the k8s-deps group with 4 updates in the / directory: [k8s.io/api](https://github.com/kubernetes/api), [k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver](https://github.com/kubernetes/apiextensions-apiserver), [k8s.io/autoscaler/vertical-pod-autoscaler](https://github.com/kubernetes/autoscaler) and [sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/controller-runtime).


Updates `k8s.io/api` from 0.30.14 to 0.35.0
- [Commits](kubernetes/api@v0.30.14...v0.35.0)

Updates `k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver` from 0.30.14 to 0.35.0
- [Release notes](https://github.com/kubernetes/apiextensions-apiserver/releases)
- [Commits](kubernetes/apiextensions-apiserver@v0.30.14...v0.35.0)

Updates `k8s.io/apimachinery` from 0.30.14 to 0.35.0
- [Commits](kubernetes/apimachinery@v0.30.14...v0.35.0)

Updates `k8s.io/autoscaler/vertical-pod-autoscaler` from 1.2.2 to 1.5.1
- [Release notes](https://github.com/kubernetes/autoscaler/releases)
- [Commits](kubernetes/autoscaler@cluster-autoscaler-1.2.2...vertical-pod-autoscaler-1.5.1)

Updates `k8s.io/client-go` from 0.30.14 to 0.35.0
- [Changelog](https://github.com/kubernetes/client-go/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md)
- [Commits](kubernetes/client-go@v0.30.14...v0.35.0)

Updates `k8s.io/utils` from 0.0.0-20250820121507-0af2bda4dd1d to 0.0.0-20251002143259-bc988d571ff4
- [Commits](https://github.com/kubernetes/utils/commits)

Updates `sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime` from 0.18.7 to 0.22.4
- [Release notes](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/controller-runtime/releases)
- [Changelog](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/controller-runtime/blob/main/RELEASE.md)
- [Commits](kubernetes-sigs/controller-runtime@v0.18.7...v0.22.4)

---
updated-dependencies:
- dependency-name: k8s.io/api
  dependency-version: 0.35.0
  dependency-type: direct:production
  update-type: version-update:semver-minor
  dependency-group: k8s-deps
- dependency-name: k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver
  dependency-version: 0.35.0
  dependency-type: direct:production
  update-type: version-update:semver-minor
  dependency-group: k8s-deps
- dependency-name: k8s.io/apimachinery
  dependency-version: 0.35.0
  dependency-type: direct:production
  update-type: version-update:semver-minor
  dependency-group: k8s-deps
- dependency-name: k8s.io/autoscaler/vertical-pod-autoscaler
  dependency-version: 1.5.1
  dependency-type: direct:production
  update-type: version-update:semver-minor
  dependency-group: k8s-deps
- dependency-name: k8s.io/client-go
  dependency-version: 0.35.0
  dependency-type: direct:production
  update-type: version-update:semver-minor
  dependency-group: k8s-deps
- dependency-name: k8s.io/utils
  dependency-version: 0.0.0-20251002143259-bc988d571ff4
  dependency-type: direct:production
  update-type: version-update:semver-patch
  dependency-group: k8s-deps
- dependency-name: sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime
  dependency-version: 0.22.4
  dependency-type: direct:production
  update-type: version-update:semver-minor
  dependency-group: k8s-deps
...

Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com>

Author: dependabot[bot]

go.mod

@@ -18,30 +18,30 @@ require (
 	github.com/oklog/run v1.2.0
 	github.com/oklog/ulid v1.3.1 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/alertmanager v0.28.1
-	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.23.0
+	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.23.2
 	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.6.2 // indirect
-	github.com/prometheus/common v0.65.0
+	github.com/prometheus/common v0.67.5
 	github.com/prometheus/common/assets v0.2.0
 	github.com/prometheus/prometheus v0.53.5-0.20250630093819-d344ea7bf4cc // v2.53.5.
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1
 	github.com/thanos-io/thanos v0.36.1
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0
-	golang.org/x/mod v0.30.0
-	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.33.0
-	golang.org/x/time v0.12.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/mod v0.33.0
+	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.35.0
+	golang.org/x/time v0.14.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/api v0.248.0
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20250825161204-c5933d9347a5 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.75.0
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.8
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.11
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
-	k8s.io/api v0.30.14
-	k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.30.14
-	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.30.14
-	k8s.io/autoscaler/vertical-pod-autoscaler v1.2.2
-	k8s.io/client-go v0.30.14
-	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20250820121507-0af2bda4dd1d
-	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.18.7
+	k8s.io/api v0.35.1
+	k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.35.1
+	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.35.1
+	k8s.io/autoscaler/vertical-pod-autoscaler v1.6.0
+	k8s.io/client-go v0.35.1
+	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20260210185600-b8788abfbbc2
+	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.23.1
 )
 
 require github.com/efficientgo/e2e v0.14.1-0.20230710114240-c316eb95ae5b
@@ -83,47 +83,53 @@ require (
 	github.com/edsrzf/mmap-go v1.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/efficientgo/core v1.0.0-rc.3 // indirect
 	github.com/emicklei/go-restful/v3 v3.13.0 // indirect
-	github.com/evanphx/json-patch v5.6.0+incompatible // indirect
 	github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.9.11 // indirect
 	github.com/facette/natsort v0.0.0-20181210072756-2cd4dd1e2dcb // indirect
 	github.com/fatih/color v1.18.0 // indirect
 	github.com/felixge/httpsnoop v1.0.4 // indirect
 	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.9.0 // indirect
+	github.com/fxamacker/cbor/v2 v2.9.0 // indirect
 	github.com/go-logfmt/logfmt v0.6.0 // indirect
 	github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2 // indirect
 	github.com/go-logr/zapr v1.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/go-openapi/analysis v0.23.0 // indirect
 	github.com/go-openapi/errors v0.22.2 // indirect
-	github.com/go-openapi/jsonpointer v0.21.2 // indirect
-	github.com/go-openapi/jsonreference v0.21.0 // indirect
+	github.com/go-openapi/jsonpointer v0.22.4 // indirect
+	github.com/go-openapi/jsonreference v0.21.4 // indirect
 	github.com/go-openapi/loads v0.22.0 // indirect
 	github.com/go-openapi/spec v0.21.0 // indirect
 	github.com/go-openapi/strfmt v0.23.0 // indirect
-	github.com/go-openapi/swag v0.23.1 // indirect
+	github.com/go-openapi/swag v0.25.4 // indirect
+	github.com/go-openapi/swag/cmdutils v0.25.4 // indirect
+	github.com/go-openapi/swag/conv v0.25.4 // indirect
+	github.com/go-openapi/swag/fileutils v0.25.4 // indirect
+	github.com/go-openapi/swag/jsonname v0.25.4 // indirect
+	github.com/go-openapi/swag/jsonutils v0.25.4 // indirect
+	github.com/go-openapi/swag/loading v0.25.4 // indirect
+	github.com/go-openapi/swag/mangling v0.25.4 // indirect
+	github.com/go-openapi/swag/netutils v0.25.4 // indirect
+	github.com/go-openapi/swag/stringutils v0.25.4 // indirect
+	github.com/go-openapi/swag/typeutils v0.25.4 // indirect
+	github.com/go-openapi/swag/yamlutils v0.25.4 // indirect
 	github.com/go-openapi/validate v0.24.0 // indirect
 	github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v5 v5.3.0 // indirect
-	github.com/golang/groupcache v0.0.0-20210331224755-41bb18bfe9da // indirect
-	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.4 // indirect
 	github.com/golang/snappy v1.0.0 // indirect
-	github.com/google/gnostic-models v0.7.0 // indirect
-	github.com/google/gofuzz v1.2.0 // indirect
+	github.com/google/btree v1.1.3 // indirect
+	github.com/google/gnostic-models v0.7.1 // indirect
 	github.com/google/pprof v0.0.0-20250820193118-f64d9cf942d6 // indirect
 	github.com/google/s2a-go v0.1.9 // indirect
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0 // indirect
 	github.com/googleapis/enterprise-certificate-proxy v0.3.6 // indirect
 	github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.5.4-0.20250319132907-e064f32e3674 // indirect
 	github.com/grafana/regexp v0.0.0-20240518133315-a468a5bfb3bc // indirect
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-version v1.7.0 // indirect
-	github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.6 // indirect
 	github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath v0.4.0 // indirect
-	github.com/josharian/intern v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/jpillora/backoff v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12 // indirect
 	github.com/julienschmidt/httprouter v1.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.18.1 // indirect
 	github.com/klauspost/cpuid/v2 v2.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/kylelemons/godebug v1.1.0 // indirect
-	github.com/mailru/easyjson v0.9.0 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.14 // indirect
 	github.com/minio/sha256-simd v1.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/mitchellh/go-ps v1.0.0 // indirect
@@ -134,50 +140,48 @@ require (
 	github.com/munnerz/goautoneg v0.0.0-20191010083416-a7dc8b61c822 // indirect
 	github.com/mwitkow/go-conntrack v0.0.0-20190716064945-2f068394615f // indirect
 	github.com/mxk/go-flowrate v0.0.0-20140419014527-cca7078d478f // indirect
-	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.26.0 // indirect
-	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.38.2 // indirect
 	github.com/opencontainers/image-spec v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/pkg/browser v0.0.0-20240102092130-5ac0b6a4141c // indirect
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.1-0.20181226105442-5d4384ee4fb2 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/common/sigv4 v0.1.0 // indirect
-	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.17.0 // indirect
+	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.19.2 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/sigv4 v0.2.1 // indirect
-	github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.14.1 // indirect
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.10 // indirect
+	github.com/x448/float16 v0.8.4 // indirect
 	github.com/xhit/go-str2duration/v2 v2.1.0 // indirect
 	go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver v1.17.4 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk v1.1.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk v1.2.1 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/featuregate v1.39.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata v1.39.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/semconv v0.128.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc v0.62.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.62.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.37.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.37.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.37.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.40.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.40.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.40.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/atomic v1.11.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/goleak v1.3.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0 // indirect
-	go.yaml.in/yaml/v2 v2.4.2 // indirect
+	go.yaml.in/yaml/v2 v2.4.3 // indirect
 	go.yaml.in/yaml/v3 v3.0.4 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/crypto v0.45.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/crypto v0.48.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20250819193227-8b4c13bb791b // indirect
-	golang.org/x/net v0.47.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sync v0.18.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.38.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/term v0.37.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/text v0.31.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/tools v0.39.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/net v0.50.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sync v0.19.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.41.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/term v0.40.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/text v0.34.0 // indirect
 	gomodules.xyz/jsonpatch/v2 v2.5.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20250825161204-c5933d9347a5 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20250825161204-c5933d9347a5 // indirect
+	gopkg.in/evanphx/json-patch.v4 v4.13.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/inf.v0 v0.9.1 // indirect
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1 // indirect
-	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20250701173324-9bd5c66d9911 // indirect
+	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20260127142750-a19766b6e2d4 // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20250730193827-2d320260d730 // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/randfill v1.0.0 // indirect
-	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.7.0 // indirect
+	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v6 v6.3.2 // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.6.0 // indirect
 )