diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index aa0bd11c..920aa94c 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.32.1
 	k8s.io/cli-runtime v0.29.1
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.32.1
-	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1
+	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.140.0
 	k8s.io/kubectl v0.29.1
 	sigs.k8s.io/cli-utils v0.33.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.20.4
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 28f3767d..5121b05f 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -618,8 +618,8 @@ k8s.io/klog v0.0.0-20181102134211-b9b56d5dfc92/go.mod h1:Gq+BEi5rUBO/HRz0bTSXDUc
 k8s.io/klog v0.3.0/go.mod h1:Gq+BEi5rUBO/HRz0bTSXDUcqjScdoY3a9IHpCEIOOfk=
 k8s.io/klog v0.4.0/go.mod h1:4Bi6QPql/J/LkTDqv7R/cd3hPo4k2DG6Ptcz060Ez5I=
 k8s.io/klog v1.0.0/go.mod h1:4Bi6QPql/J/LkTDqv7R/cd3hPo4k2DG6Ptcz060Ez5I=
-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/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20190816220812-743ec37842bf/go.mod h1:1TqjTSzOxsLGIKfj0lK8EeCP7K1iUG65v09OM0/WG5E=
 k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20191107075043-30be4d16710a/go.mod h1:1TqjTSzOxsLGIKfj0lK8EeCP7K1iUG65v09OM0/WG5E=
 k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20241105132330-32ad38e42d3f h1:GA7//TjRY9yWGy1poLzYYJJ4JRdzg3+O6e8I+e+8T5Y=
diff --git a/hack/smoketest.go b/hack/smoketest.go
index 0699eabc..3a92e525 100644
--- a/hack/smoketest.go
+++ b/hack/smoketest.go
@@ -101,7 +101,9 @@ var (
 )
 
 func main() {
-	flag.Set("logtostderr", "true")
+	flag.Set("logtostderr", "true")                        //nolint:errcheck
+	flag.Set("legacy_stderr_threshold_behavior", "false")   //nolint:errcheck
+	flag.Set("stderrthreshold", "INFO")                     //nolint:errcheck
 	flag.Parse()
 
 	h, err := NewRealTestHarness()