diff --git a/staging/src/kubevirt.io/client-go/go.mod b/staging/src/kubevirt.io/client-go/go.mod
index 23a71f3cde3d..c4b09744acb3 100644
--- a/staging/src/kubevirt.io/client-go/go.mod
+++ b/staging/src/kubevirt.io/client-go/go.mod
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/openshift/custom-resource-status v1.1.2 // indirect
 	github.com/pborman/uuid v1.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20220225172249-27dd8689420f // indirect
+	golang.org/x/net v0.17.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20210819190943-2bc19b11175f // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220209214540-3681064d5158 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20210927222741-03fcf44c2211 // indirect