diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 2a8d836b9..c6dbcfc2f 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20250820121507-0af2bda4dd1d
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.22.4
 	sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api v1.4.0
-	sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api-inference-extension v1.2.0
+	sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api-inference-extension v1.2.1
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index b2ee13fac..8a5d61730 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -409,8 +409,8 @@ sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.22.4 h1:GEjV7KV3TY8e+tJ2LCTxUTanW4z/FmNB7l327U
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.22.4/go.mod h1:+QX1XUpTXN4mLoblf4tqr5CQcyHPAki2HLXqQMY6vh8=
 sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api v1.4.0 h1:ZwlNM6zOHq0h3WUX2gfByPs2yAEsy/EenYJB78jpQfQ=
 sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api v1.4.0/go.mod h1:AR5RSqciWP98OPckEjOjh2XJhAe2Na4LHyXD2FUY7Qk=
-sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api-inference-extension v1.2.0 h1:7H+ijrUImnW2ubcTakNgV723xDIdQx1Umv4vDVB+tTk=
-sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api-inference-extension v1.2.0/go.mod h1:/HWeqxuOMjFM56YwJ2Spt3qceK7Spz4hk6ZfXYgE9a8=
+sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api-inference-extension v1.2.1 h1:kQjnFWW8YLCN42EZxDNxTuDE0xHkPkoyaEVpQ5sNCBQ=
+sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api-inference-extension v1.2.1/go.mod h1:/HWeqxuOMjFM56YwJ2Spt3qceK7Spz4hk6ZfXYgE9a8=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20250730193827-2d320260d730 h1:IpInykpT6ceI+QxKBbEflcR5EXP7sU1kvOlxwZh5txg=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20250730193827-2d320260d730/go.mod h1:mdzfpAEoE6DHQEN0uh9ZbOCuHbLK5wOm7dK4ctXE9Tg=
 sigs.k8s.io/randfill v1.0.0 h1:JfjMILfT8A6RbawdsK2JXGBR5AQVfd+9TbzrlneTyrU=