diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index ab245259..3f1e7769 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ toolchain go1.24.11
 
 require (
 	github.com/DataDog/extendeddaemonset/api v0.0.0-20251015144208-a41dec02324e
-	github.com/blang/semver v3.5.1+incompatible
+	github.com/blang/semver/v4 v4.0.0
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.2-0.20180830191138-d8f796af33cc
 	github.com/ghodss/yaml v1.0.0
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.2
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/DataDog/gostackparse v0.7.0 // indirect
 	github.com/Microsoft/go-winio v0.6.1 // indirect
 	github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.1 // indirect
-	github.com/blang/semver/v4 v4.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/emicklei/go-restful/v3 v3.11.0 // indirect
 	github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.9.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index c8c9a56d..380247e5 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ github.com/Microsoft/go-winio v0.6.1 h1:9/kr64B9VUZrLm5YYwbGtUJnMgqWVOdUAXu6Migc
 github.com/Microsoft/go-winio v0.6.1/go.mod h1:LRdKpFKfdobln8UmuiYcKPot9D2v6svN5+sAH+4kjUM=
 github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.1 h1:VlbKKnNfV8bJzeqoa4cOKqO6bYr3WgKZxO8Z16+hsOM=
 github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.1/go.mod h1:G2ZrVWU2WbWT9wwq4/hrbKbnv/1ERSJQ0ibhJ6rlkpw=
-github.com/blang/semver v3.5.1+incompatible h1:cQNTCjp13qL8KC3Nbxr/y2Bqb63oX6wdnnjpJbkM4JQ=
-github.com/blang/semver v3.5.1+incompatible/go.mod h1:kRBLl5iJ+tD4TcOOxsy/0fnwebNt5EWlYSAyrTnjyyk=
 github.com/blang/semver/v4 v4.0.0 h1:1PFHFE6yCCTv8C1TeyNNarDzntLi7wMI5i/pzqYIsAM=
 github.com/blang/semver/v4 v4.0.0/go.mod h1:IbckMUScFkM3pff0VJDNKRiT6TG/YpiHIM2yvyW5YoQ=
 github.com/census-instrumentation/opencensus-proto v0.2.1/go.mod h1:f6KPmirojxKA12rnyqOA5BBL4O983OfeGPqjHWSTneU=
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 0aee8ea7..9896b7b1 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import (
 	goruntime "runtime"
 	"strings"
 
-	"github.com/blang/semver"
+	"github.com/blang/semver/v4"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 	"go.uber.org/zap/zapcore"
 	"gopkg.in/DataDog/dd-trace-go.v1/profiler"