diff --git a/cmd/main.go b/cmd/main.go
index c2436af1b..3df6d5899 100644
--- a/cmd/main.go
+++ b/cmd/main.go
@@ -65,6 +65,18 @@ func main() {
 	klog.InitFlags(nil)
 	defer klog.Flush()
 
+	// Opt into the new klog behavior so that -stderrthreshold is honored even
+	// when -logtostderr=true (the default).
+	// Ref: kubernetes/klog#212, kubernetes/klog#432
+	if err := flag.CommandLine.Set("legacy_stderr_threshold_behavior", "false"); err != nil {
+		klog.ErrorS(err, "failed to set legacy_stderr_threshold_behavior flag")
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+	if err := flag.CommandLine.Set("stderrthreshold", "INFO"); err != nil {
+		klog.ErrorS(err, "failed to set stderrthreshold flag")
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+
 	flag.Parse()
 
 	signalChan := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 8f3a94206..5e5451b15 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ require (
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.79.3
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
 	k8s.io/component-base v0.34.2
-	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1
+	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.140.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/secrets-store-csi-driver v1.5.4
 )
 
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index a7731e691..210c229ee 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -241,8 +241,8 @@ k8s.io/apimachinery v0.34.2 h1:zQ12Uk3eMHPxrsbUJgNF8bTauTVR2WgqJsTmwTE/NW4=
 k8s.io/apimachinery v0.34.2/go.mod h1:/GwIlEcWuTX9zKIg2mbw0LRFIsXwrfoVxn+ef0X13lw=
 k8s.io/component-base v0.34.2 h1:HQRqK9x2sSAsd8+R4xxRirlTjowsg6fWCPwWYeSvogQ=
 k8s.io/component-base v0.34.2/go.mod h1:9xw2FHJavUHBFpiGkZoKuYZ5pdtLKe97DEByaA+hHbM=
-k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1 h1:n9Xl7H1Xvksem4KFG4PYbdQCQxqc/tTUyrgXaOhHSzk=
-k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1/go.mod h1:3Jpz1GvMt720eyJH1ckRHK1EDfpxISzJ7I9OYgaDtPE=
+k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.140.0 h1:Tf+J3AH7xnUzZyVVXhTgGhEKnFqye14aadWv7bzXdzc=
+k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.140.0/go.mod h1:o+/RWfJ6PwpnFn7OyAG3QnO47BFsymfEfrz6XyYSSp0=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20250604170112-4c0f3b243397 h1:hwvWFiBzdWw1FhfY1FooPn3kzWuJ8tmbZBHi4zVsl1Y=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20250604170112-4c0f3b243397/go.mod h1:OLgZIPagt7ERELqWJFomSt595RzquPNLL48iOWgYOg0=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20241014173422-cfa47c3a1cc8 h1:gBQPwqORJ8d8/YNZWEjoZs7npUVDpVXUUOFfW6CgAqE=