diff --git a/api/go.mod b/api/go.mod
index 0f0d91122b..ebfaf722e6 100644
--- a/api/go.mod
+++ b/api/go.mod
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.36.2
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20260707023825-cf1189d6abe3
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.24.1
-	sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api v1.6.0
+	sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api v1.6.1
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/api/go.sum b/api/go.sum
index 3d95aff18c..fa3d0a86f1 100644
--- a/api/go.sum
+++ b/api/go.sum
@@ -465,8 +465,8 @@ k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20260707023825-cf1189d6abe3 h1:jVkFFVfXdXP74B/zbO3hM3hpSFD0x
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20260707023825-cf1189d6abe3/go.mod h1:M2s5JB1lIYP3jzZdorPLHXIPJzt9vv2muW5a6L9DtNM=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.24.1 h1:miPEwrmirImAvgME1L9qebGHrOnGJoVmVdtOU9fRfo4=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.24.1/go.mod h1:vFkfY5fGt5xAC/sKb8IBFKgWPNKG9OUG29dR8Y2wImw=
-sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api v1.6.0 h1:735YBRj5NXFrOGX0GoSjwzUIzbz8kiEOfADsqHFmHgE=
-sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api v1.6.0/go.mod h1:FVfx3t389ybeXOqvDghLbdvJdSCfI/PReqCUI3lu3mY=
+sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api v1.6.1 h1:mock6phZbI6rvZerwrVNk7hVNymQgHo+6sJ81Ia7ftY=
+sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api v1.6.1/go.mod h1:FVfx3t389ybeXOqvDghLbdvJdSCfI/PReqCUI3lu3mY=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20250730193827-2d320260d730 h1:IpInykpT6ceI+QxKBbEflcR5EXP7sU1kvOlxwZh5txg=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20250730193827-2d320260d730/go.mod h1:mdzfpAEoE6DHQEN0uh9ZbOCuHbLK5wOm7dK4ctXE9Tg=
 sigs.k8s.io/randfill v1.0.0 h1:JfjMILfT8A6RbawdsK2JXGBR5AQVfd+9TbzrlneTyrU=
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 28d34ea16d..9836bc745a 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.140.0
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20260707023825-cf1189d6abe3
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.24.1
-	sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api v1.6.0
+	sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api v1.6.1
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.6.0
 )
 
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 6c4381494d..440c6cc51d 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -500,8 +500,8 @@ k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20260707023825-cf1189d6abe3 h1:jVkFFVfXdXP74B/zbO3hM3hpSFD0x
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20260707023825-cf1189d6abe3/go.mod h1:M2s5JB1lIYP3jzZdorPLHXIPJzt9vv2muW5a6L9DtNM=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.24.1 h1:miPEwrmirImAvgME1L9qebGHrOnGJoVmVdtOU9fRfo4=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.24.1/go.mod h1:vFkfY5fGt5xAC/sKb8IBFKgWPNKG9OUG29dR8Y2wImw=
-sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api v1.6.0 h1:735YBRj5NXFrOGX0GoSjwzUIzbz8kiEOfADsqHFmHgE=
-sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api v1.6.0/go.mod h1:FVfx3t389ybeXOqvDghLbdvJdSCfI/PReqCUI3lu3mY=
+sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api v1.6.1 h1:mock6phZbI6rvZerwrVNk7hVNymQgHo+6sJ81Ia7ftY=
+sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api v1.6.1/go.mod h1:FVfx3t389ybeXOqvDghLbdvJdSCfI/PReqCUI3lu3mY=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20250730193827-2d320260d730 h1:IpInykpT6ceI+QxKBbEflcR5EXP7sU1kvOlxwZh5txg=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20250730193827-2d320260d730/go.mod h1:mdzfpAEoE6DHQEN0uh9ZbOCuHbLK5wOm7dK4ctXE9Tg=
 sigs.k8s.io/randfill v1.0.0 h1:JfjMILfT8A6RbawdsK2JXGBR5AQVfd+9TbzrlneTyrU=