diff --git a/docs/book/src/simple-external-plugin-tutorial/testdata/sampleexternalplugin/v1/go.mod b/docs/book/src/simple-external-plugin-tutorial/testdata/sampleexternalplugin/v1/go.mod
index 234f7db1fbb..0d645c66ab5 100644
--- a/docs/book/src/simple-external-plugin-tutorial/testdata/sampleexternalplugin/v1/go.mod
+++ b/docs/book/src/simple-external-plugin-tutorial/testdata/sampleexternalplugin/v1/go.mod
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ go 1.22
 
 require (
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
-	sigs.k8s.io/kubebuilder/v3 v3.15.0
+	sigs.k8s.io/kubebuilder/v3 v3.15.1
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/docs/book/src/simple-external-plugin-tutorial/testdata/sampleexternalplugin/v1/go.sum b/docs/book/src/simple-external-plugin-tutorial/testdata/sampleexternalplugin/v1/go.sum
index 10e4151095d..04e58fe16c9 100644
--- a/docs/book/src/simple-external-plugin-tutorial/testdata/sampleexternalplugin/v1/go.sum
+++ b/docs/book/src/simple-external-plugin-tutorial/testdata/sampleexternalplugin/v1/go.sum
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
-sigs.k8s.io/kubebuilder/v3 v3.15.0 h1:lQxVDKw6BM9il4jXAbeFuEnfNC1/W1GwIC75Bwogq0c=
-sigs.k8s.io/kubebuilder/v3 v3.15.0/go.mod h1:/QwYUyLicWiNcdMAmV5lfWoslWz9Ro9L+AK8UQrQxbI=
+sigs.k8s.io/kubebuilder/v3 v3.15.1 h1:a01OIfeZOew3gB2T65D97UxLC5zeEHy8FrNIgx349BE=
+sigs.k8s.io/kubebuilder/v3 v3.15.1/go.mod h1:/QwYUyLicWiNcdMAmV5lfWoslWz9Ro9L+AK8UQrQxbI=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0 h1:Mk1wCc2gy/F0THH0TAp1QYyJNzRm2KCLy3o5ASXVI5E=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0/go.mod h1:Ejl7/uTz7PSA4eKMyQCUTnhZYNmLIl+5c2lQPGR2BPY=