diff --git a/router-tests/go.mod b/router-tests/go.mod
index b962e26083..ffe6d65377 100644
--- a/router-tests/go.mod
+++ b/router-tests/go.mod
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/wundergraph/cosmo/demo/pkg/subgraphs/projects v0.0.0-20250715110703-10f2e5f9c79e
 	github.com/wundergraph/cosmo/router v0.0.0-20250912064154-106e871ee32e
 	github.com/wundergraph/cosmo/router-plugin v0.0.0-20250808194725-de123ba1c65e
-	github.com/wundergraph/graphql-go-tools/v2 v2.0.0-rc.228
+	github.com/wundergraph/graphql-go-tools/v2 v2.0.0-rc.229
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.36.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.36.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.36.0
diff --git a/router-tests/go.sum b/router-tests/go.sum
index 31e20f859f..c6ec48801f 100644
--- a/router-tests/go.sum
+++ b/router-tests/go.sum
@@ -352,8 +352,8 @@ github.com/wundergraph/astjson v0.0.0-20250106123708-be463c97e083 h1:8/D7f8gKxTB
 github.com/wundergraph/astjson v0.0.0-20250106123708-be463c97e083/go.mod h1:eOTL6acwctsN4F3b7YE+eE2t8zcJ/doLm9sZzsxxxrE=
 github.com/wundergraph/consul/sdk v0.0.0-20250204115147-ed842a8fd301 h1:EzfKHQoTjFDDcgaECCCR2aTePqMu9QBmPbyhqIYOhV0=
 github.com/wundergraph/consul/sdk v0.0.0-20250204115147-ed842a8fd301/go.mod h1:wxI0Nak5dI5RvJuzGyiEK4nZj0O9X+Aw6U0tC1wPKq0=
-github.com/wundergraph/graphql-go-tools/v2 v2.0.0-rc.228 h1:0LMmd6AzZfQqSyeO59ZmOzrXwu2SNxMUkqFPA6WsMbQ=
-github.com/wundergraph/graphql-go-tools/v2 v2.0.0-rc.228/go.mod h1:g1IFIylu5Fd9pKjzq0mDvpaKhEB/vkwLAIbGdX2djXU=
+github.com/wundergraph/graphql-go-tools/v2 v2.0.0-rc.229 h1:VCfCX/xmpBGQLhTHJMHLugzJrXJk/smjLRAEruCI0HY=
+github.com/wundergraph/graphql-go-tools/v2 v2.0.0-rc.229/go.mod h1:g1IFIylu5Fd9pKjzq0mDvpaKhEB/vkwLAIbGdX2djXU=
 github.com/xrash/smetrics v0.0.0-20240521201337-686a1a2994c1 h1:gEOO8jv9F4OT7lGCjxCBTO/36wtF6j2nSip77qHd4x4=
 github.com/xrash/smetrics v0.0.0-20240521201337-686a1a2994c1/go.mod h1:Ohn+xnUBiLI6FVj/9LpzZWtj1/D6lUovWYBkxHVV3aM=
 github.com/yosida95/uritemplate/v3 v3.0.2 h1:Ed3Oyj9yrmi9087+NczuL5BwkIc4wvTb5zIM+UJPGz4=
diff --git a/router-tests/integration_test.go b/router-tests/integration_test.go
index ea06d933d2..d9768e281c 100644
--- a/router-tests/integration_test.go
+++ b/router-tests/integration_test.go
@@ -990,7 +990,7 @@ func TestValidateRequiredExternalFields(t *testing.T) {
 						{}]},
 					"errors":[
 						{"message":"Failed to obtain field dependencies from Subgraph 'availability' at Path 'products.@.lead'.","extensions":{"statusCode":200}},
-						{"message":"Failed to fetch from Subgraph 'availability' at Path 'products.@.lead'.","extensions":{"errors":[{"message":"Cannot provide value","path":["products","@","lead","0","isAvailable"]}],"statusCode":200}}
+						{"message":"Failed to fetch from Subgraph 'availability' at Path 'products.@.lead'.","extensions":{"errors":[{"message":"Cannot provide value","path":["products","@","lead","isAvailable"]}],"statusCode":200}}
 					]}`, res.Body)
 		})
 	})
diff --git a/router/go.mod b/router/go.mod
index cfb920e4a1..180c9f51d0 100644
--- a/router/go.mod
+++ b/router/go.mod
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/tidwall/gjson v1.18.0
 	github.com/tidwall/sjson v1.2.5
 	github.com/twmb/franz-go v1.16.1
-	github.com/wundergraph/graphql-go-tools/v2 v2.0.0-rc.228
+	github.com/wundergraph/graphql-go-tools/v2 v2.0.0-rc.229
 	// Do not upgrade, it renames attributes we rely on
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.58.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/propagators/b3 v1.23.0
diff --git a/router/go.sum b/router/go.sum
index db00160aa2..0263992f20 100644
--- a/router/go.sum
+++ b/router/go.sum
@@ -321,8 +321,8 @@ github.com/wk8/go-ordered-map/v2 v2.1.8 h1:5h/BUHu93oj4gIdvHHHGsScSTMijfx5PeYkE/
 github.com/wk8/go-ordered-map/v2 v2.1.8/go.mod h1:5nJHM5DyteebpVlHnWMV0rPz6Zp7+xBAnxjb1X5vnTw=
 github.com/wundergraph/astjson v0.0.0-20250106123708-be463c97e083 h1:8/D7f8gKxTBjW+SZK4mhxTTBVpxcqeBgWF1Rfmltbfk=
 github.com/wundergraph/astjson v0.0.0-20250106123708-be463c97e083/go.mod h1:eOTL6acwctsN4F3b7YE+eE2t8zcJ/doLm9sZzsxxxrE=
-github.com/wundergraph/graphql-go-tools/v2 v2.0.0-rc.228 h1:0LMmd6AzZfQqSyeO59ZmOzrXwu2SNxMUkqFPA6WsMbQ=
-github.com/wundergraph/graphql-go-tools/v2 v2.0.0-rc.228/go.mod h1:g1IFIylu5Fd9pKjzq0mDvpaKhEB/vkwLAIbGdX2djXU=
+github.com/wundergraph/graphql-go-tools/v2 v2.0.0-rc.229 h1:VCfCX/xmpBGQLhTHJMHLugzJrXJk/smjLRAEruCI0HY=
+github.com/wundergraph/graphql-go-tools/v2 v2.0.0-rc.229/go.mod h1:g1IFIylu5Fd9pKjzq0mDvpaKhEB/vkwLAIbGdX2djXU=
 github.com/yosida95/uritemplate/v3 v3.0.2 h1:Ed3Oyj9yrmi9087+NczuL5BwkIc4wvTb5zIM+UJPGz4=
 github.com/yosida95/uritemplate/v3 v3.0.2/go.mod h1:ILOh0sOhIJR3+L/8afwt/kE++YT040gmv5BQTMR2HP4=
 github.com/yuin/gopher-lua v1.1.1 h1:kYKnWBjvbNP4XLT3+bPEwAXJx262OhaHDWDVOPjL46M=