diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 21a7e0d6..66432208 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ dependencies {
     }
 
     // 24.x aligns with OkHttp 4.12 (Java CacheControl); 25+ pulls OkHttp 5.x which needs stdlib 2.2+.
-    implementation("io.kubernetes:client-java:24.0.0")
+    implementation("io.kubernetes:client-java:27.0.0")
     implementation("com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.22.1")
     implementation("com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-yaml:2.22.1")