diff --git a/.requirements b/.requirements
index 06375e647b..ce01f497b8 100644
--- a/.requirements
+++ b/.requirements
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/cmd/golangci-lint
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2/ginkgo@v2.12.1
 github.com/vektra/mockery/v2
 github.com/github-release/github-release
-golang.org/x/tools/cmd/stringer
 k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/client-gen
 k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/deepcopy-gen
 k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/defaulter-gen
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index b57eaeff3f..7f8668c721 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.32.0
 	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.25.0
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.10.0
-	golang.org/x/tools v0.21.1-0.20240508182429-e35e4ccd0d2d
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0
 	helm.sh/helm/v3 v3.14.3
 	k8s.io/api v0.29.1
@@ -400,6 +399,7 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/term v0.28.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.21.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/time v0.8.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/tools v0.21.1-0.20240508182429-e35e4ccd0d2d // indirect
 	google.golang.org/api v0.215.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20241223144023-3abc09e42ca8 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.67.3 // indirect
diff --git a/tools.go b/tools.go
index 1a669ea1a2..db6ed42a56 100644
--- a/tools.go
+++ b/tools.go
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import (
 	_ "github.com/maxbrunsfeld/counterfeiter/v6"
 	_ "github.com/vburenin/ifacemaker"
 	_ "github.com/vektra/mockery/v2"
-	_ "golang.org/x/tools/cmd/stringer"
 	_ "k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/client-gen"
 	_ "k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/deepcopy-gen"
 	_ "k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/defaulter-gen"