diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 81e2a8b4e..264c2b4cc 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22 v22.5.0
 	github.com/gardener/etcd-druid v0.24.1
 	github.com/gardener/gardener v1.108.1
-	github.com/gardener/machine-controller-manager v0.54.0
+	github.com/gardener/machine-controller-manager v0.55.0
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.2
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.21.0
 	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.35.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 86067a168..7c1359a4b 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -124,8 +124,8 @@ github.com/gardener/gardener v1.108.1 h1:31H+L42LCAvAyIbs8LBFbkf8uw06D1GkyyGoo9S
 github.com/gardener/gardener v1.108.1/go.mod h1:dmgxecs+i3vWlitYftNuCGVRu0ZWYTlKLBFE6iV+dBk=
 github.com/gardener/hvpa-controller/api v0.17.0 h1:1mNeP+xsnjPH6GhewugU5srslXiTCJgYIFCMuRXwI7w=
 github.com/gardener/hvpa-controller/api v0.17.0/go.mod h1:eKrL7j6/YX8PaoP80xxi3+UFmQgHVf/QCPsGwNnmDeE=
-github.com/gardener/machine-controller-manager v0.54.0 h1:V7EOODiaBO9VesskdCgxMvo5vgMAmtmUTdb9Y9Nwp50=
-github.com/gardener/machine-controller-manager v0.54.0/go.mod h1:RPpnU8gmTrhDAd79+iKqKlbANiXCRkXoJW+z+5zSTME=
+github.com/gardener/machine-controller-manager v0.55.0 h1:99wYhSMLKS5s0cYjKG6jEGIGq12QWdHYQLjaWsggDyM=
+github.com/gardener/machine-controller-manager v0.55.0/go.mod h1:RPpnU8gmTrhDAd79+iKqKlbANiXCRkXoJW+z+5zSTME=
 github.com/ghodss/yaml v0.0.0-20150909031657-73d445a93680/go.mod h1:4dBDuWmgqj2HViK6kFavaiC9ZROes6MMH2rRYeMEF04=
 github.com/go-gl/glfw/v3.3/glfw v0.0.0-20191125211704-12ad95a8df72/go.mod h1:tQ2UAYgL5IevRw8kRxooKSPJfGvJ9fJQFa0TUsXzTg8=
 github.com/go-logr/logr v0.1.0/go.mod h1:ixOQHD9gLJUVQQ2ZOR7zLEifBX6tGkNJF4QyIY7sIas=