diff --git a/examples/extension-server/go.mod b/examples/extension-server/go.mod
index a28c5b211ed..13edb3f3877 100644
--- a/examples/extension-server/go.mod
+++ b/examples/extension-server/go.mod
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ require (
 )
 
 require (
-	cel.dev/expr v0.16.1 // indirect
+	cel.dev/expr v0.18.0 // indirect
 	github.com/census-instrumentation/opencensus-proto v0.4.1 // indirect
 	github.com/cncf/xds/go v0.0.0-20240905190251-b4127c9b8d78 // indirect
 	github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.5 // indirect
diff --git a/examples/extension-server/go.sum b/examples/extension-server/go.sum
index 2ac0aecd2b4..c572782b694 100644
--- a/examples/extension-server/go.sum
+++ b/examples/extension-server/go.sum
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-cel.dev/expr v0.16.1 h1:NR0+oFYzR1CqLFhTAqg3ql59G9VfN8fKq1TCHJ6gq1g=
-cel.dev/expr v0.16.1/go.mod h1:AsGA5zb3WruAEQeQng1RZdGEXmBj0jvMWh6l5SnNuC8=
+cel.dev/expr v0.18.0 h1:CJ6drgk+Hf96lkLikr4rFf19WrU0BOWEihyZnI2TAzo=
+cel.dev/expr v0.18.0/go.mod h1:MrpN08Q+lEBs+bGYdLxxHkZoUSsCp0nSKTs0nTymJgw=
 github.com/census-instrumentation/opencensus-proto v0.4.1 h1:iKLQ0xPNFxR/2hzXZMrBo8f1j86j5WHzznCCQxV/b8g=
 github.com/census-instrumentation/opencensus-proto v0.4.1/go.mod h1:4T9NM4+4Vw91VeyqjLS6ao50K5bOcLKN6Q42XnYaRYw=
 github.com/cncf/xds/go v0.0.0-20240905190251-b4127c9b8d78 h1:QVw89YDxXxEe+l8gU8ETbOasdwEV+avkR75ZzsVV9WI=
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index caa50aed2e7..74bb7f24aca 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/go-logr/zapr v1.3.0
 	github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2 // indirect
 	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.4
-	github.com/google/cel-go v0.21.0
+	github.com/google/cel-go v0.22.0
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0
 	github.com/google/go-containerregistry v0.20.2
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror v1.1.1
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ require (
 )
 
 require (
-	cel.dev/expr v0.16.1 // indirect
+	cel.dev/expr v0.18.0 // indirect
 	dario.cat/mergo v1.0.1 // indirect
 	filippo.io/edwards25519 v1.1.0 // indirect
 	fortio.org/cli v1.9.2 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 5263e6a6446..449ba4b60db 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-cel.dev/expr v0.16.1 h1:NR0+oFYzR1CqLFhTAqg3ql59G9VfN8fKq1TCHJ6gq1g=
-cel.dev/expr v0.16.1/go.mod h1:AsGA5zb3WruAEQeQng1RZdGEXmBj0jvMWh6l5SnNuC8=
+cel.dev/expr v0.18.0 h1:CJ6drgk+Hf96lkLikr4rFf19WrU0BOWEihyZnI2TAzo=
+cel.dev/expr v0.18.0/go.mod h1:MrpN08Q+lEBs+bGYdLxxHkZoUSsCp0nSKTs0nTymJgw=
 cloud.google.com/go v0.26.0/go.mod h1:aQUYkXzVsufM+DwF1aE+0xfcU+56JwCaLick0ClmMTw=
 cloud.google.com/go v0.34.0/go.mod h1:aQUYkXzVsufM+DwF1aE+0xfcU+56JwCaLick0ClmMTw=
 cloud.google.com/go v0.38.0/go.mod h1:990N+gfupTy94rShfmMCWGDn0LpTmnzTp2qbd1dvSRU=
@@ -386,8 +386,8 @@ github.com/google/btree v0.0.0-20180813153112-4030bb1f1f0c/go.mod h1:lNA+9X1NB3Z
 github.com/google/btree v1.0.0/go.mod h1:lNA+9X1NB3Zf8V7Ke586lFgjr2dZNuvo3lPJSGZ5JPQ=
 github.com/google/btree v1.1.2 h1:xf4v41cLI2Z6FxbKm+8Bu+m8ifhj15JuZ9sa0jZCMUU=
 github.com/google/btree v1.1.2/go.mod h1:qOPhT0dTNdNzV6Z/lhRX0YXUafgPLFUh+gZMl761Gm4=
-github.com/google/cel-go v0.21.0 h1:cl6uW/gxN+Hy50tNYvI691+sXxioCnstFzLp2WO4GCI=
-github.com/google/cel-go v0.21.0/go.mod h1:rHUlWCcBKgyEk+eV03RPdZUekPp6YcJwV0FxuUksYxc=
+github.com/google/cel-go v0.22.0 h1:b3FJZxpiv1vTMo2/5RDUqAHPxkT8mmMfJIrq1llbf7g=
+github.com/google/cel-go v0.22.0/go.mod h1:BuznPXXfQDpXKWQ9sPW3TzlAJN5zzFe+i9tIs0yC4s8=
 github.com/google/gnostic-models v0.6.8 h1:yo/ABAfM5IMRsS1VnXjTBvUb61tFIHozhlYvRgGre9I=
 github.com/google/gnostic-models v0.6.8/go.mod h1:5n7qKqH0f5wFt+aWF8CW6pZLLNOfYuF5OpfBSENuI8U=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.2.0/go.mod h1:oXzfMopK8JAjlY9xF4vHSVASa0yLyX7SntLO5aqRK0M=