diff --git a/src/go/guestagent/go.mod b/src/go/guestagent/go.mod
index 96a58f8e984..17232b8b4c9 100644
--- a/src/go/guestagent/go.mod
+++ b/src/go/guestagent/go.mod
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2
 	github.com/lima-vm/lima v0.14.3-0.20230111232138-f26b412f08c3
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
-	golang.org/x/sync v0.7.0
+	golang.org/x/sync v0.8.0
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.23.0
 	k8s.io/api v0.30.3
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.30.3
diff --git a/src/go/guestagent/go.sum b/src/go/guestagent/go.sum
index a8e06f11d64..d1abcd7ded0 100644
--- a/src/go/guestagent/go.sum
+++ b/src/go/guestagent/go.sum
@@ -226,8 +226,8 @@ golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20190423024810-112230192c58/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJ
 golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20190911185100-cd5d95a43a6e/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20201020160332-67f06af15bc9/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20201207232520-09787c993a3a/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
-golang.org/x/sync v0.7.0 h1:YsImfSBoP9QPYL0xyKJPq0gcaJdG3rInoqxTWbfQu9M=
-golang.org/x/sync v0.7.0/go.mod h1:Czt+wKu1gCyEFDUtn0jG5QVvpJ6rzVqr5aXyt9drQfk=
+golang.org/x/sync v0.8.0 h1:3NFvSEYkUoMifnESzZl15y791HH1qU2xm6eCJU5ZPXQ=
+golang.org/x/sync v0.8.0/go.mod h1:Czt+wKu1gCyEFDUtn0jG5QVvpJ6rzVqr5aXyt9drQfk=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20180830151530-49385e6e1522/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190215142949-d0b11bdaac8a/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190412213103-97732733099d/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
diff --git a/src/go/networking/go.mod b/src/go/networking/go.mod
index 4e62b7e943c..ec70d056b1f 100644
--- a/src/go/networking/go.mod
+++ b/src/go/networking/go.mod
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/vishvananda/netlink v1.2.1-beta.2
 	github.com/vishvananda/netns v0.0.0-20211101163701-50045581ed74
 	golang.org/x/net v0.25.0
-	golang.org/x/sync v0.7.0
+	golang.org/x/sync v0.8.0
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.23.0
 	gvisor.dev/gvisor v0.0.0-20221216231429-a78e892a26d2
 )
diff --git a/src/go/networking/go.sum b/src/go/networking/go.sum
index 9e3aa565a5b..4bc11df0edd 100644
--- a/src/go/networking/go.sum
+++ b/src/go/networking/go.sum
@@ -120,8 +120,8 @@ golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20201110031124-69a78807bb2b/go.mod h1:sp8m0HH+o8qH0wwXwY
 golang.org/x/net v0.25.0 h1:d/OCCoBEUq33pjydKrGQhw7IlUPI2Oylr+8qLx49kac=
 golang.org/x/net v0.25.0/go.mod h1:JkAGAh7GEvH74S6FOH42FLoXpXbE/aqXSrIQjXgsiwM=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20190423024810-112230192c58/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
-golang.org/x/sync v0.7.0 h1:YsImfSBoP9QPYL0xyKJPq0gcaJdG3rInoqxTWbfQu9M=
-golang.org/x/sync v0.7.0/go.mod h1:Czt+wKu1gCyEFDUtn0jG5QVvpJ6rzVqr5aXyt9drQfk=
+golang.org/x/sync v0.8.0 h1:3NFvSEYkUoMifnESzZl15y791HH1qU2xm6eCJU5ZPXQ=
+golang.org/x/sync v0.8.0/go.mod h1:Czt+wKu1gCyEFDUtn0jG5QVvpJ6rzVqr5aXyt9drQfk=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190215142949-d0b11bdaac8a/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190312061237-fead79001313/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190411185658-b44545bcd369/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
diff --git a/src/go/vtunnel/go.mod b/src/go/vtunnel/go.mod
index 2f871d88ac1..6c87aa69a0c 100644
--- a/src/go/vtunnel/go.mod
+++ b/src/go/vtunnel/go.mod
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.3
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.1
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
-	golang.org/x/sync v0.7.0
+	golang.org/x/sync v0.8.0
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.23.0
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
 )
diff --git a/src/go/vtunnel/go.sum b/src/go/vtunnel/go.sum
index 6a5768b2ed1..d7826cf32ad 100644
--- a/src/go/vtunnel/go.sum
+++ b/src/go/vtunnel/go.sum
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0 h1:HtqpIVDClZ4nwg75+f6Lvsy/wHu+3BoSGCbBAcpTsTg=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0/go.mod h1:r2ic/lqez/lEtzL7wO/rwa5dbSLXVDPFyf8C91i36aY=
-golang.org/x/sync v0.7.0 h1:YsImfSBoP9QPYL0xyKJPq0gcaJdG3rInoqxTWbfQu9M=
-golang.org/x/sync v0.7.0/go.mod h1:Czt+wKu1gCyEFDUtn0jG5QVvpJ6rzVqr5aXyt9drQfk=
+golang.org/x/sync v0.8.0 h1:3NFvSEYkUoMifnESzZl15y791HH1qU2xm6eCJU5ZPXQ=
+golang.org/x/sync v0.8.0/go.mod h1:Czt+wKu1gCyEFDUtn0jG5QVvpJ6rzVqr5aXyt9drQfk=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220715151400-c0bba94af5f8/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.23.0 h1:YfKFowiIMvtgl1UERQoTPPToxltDeZfbj4H7dVUCwmM=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.23.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=