diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 13109693be..728cb9137f 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/s3 v1.73.0
 	github.com/cakturk/go-netstat v0.0.0-20200220111822-e5b49efee7a5
 	github.com/cilium/cilium v1.16.0-pre.1.0.20240403152809-b9853ecbcaeb
-	github.com/cilium/ebpf v0.16.0
+	github.com/cilium/ebpf v0.17.1
 	github.com/cilium/proxy v0.0.0-20231031145409-f19708f3d018
 	github.com/cilium/workerpool v1.2.0
 	github.com/florianl/go-tc v0.4.4
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index cce4ffd9a6..6ca59abd18 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -204,8 +204,8 @@ github.com/cilium/dns v1.1.51-0.20231120140355-729345173dc3/go.mod h1:/7LC2GOgyX
 github.com/cilium/ebpf v0.5.0/go.mod h1:4tRaxcgiL706VnOzHOdBlY8IEAIdxINsQBcU4xJJXRs=
 github.com/cilium/ebpf v0.7.0/go.mod h1:/oI2+1shJiTGAMgl6/RgJr36Eo1jzrRcAWbcXO2usCA=
 github.com/cilium/ebpf v0.8.1/go.mod h1:f5zLIM0FSNuAkSyLAN7X+Hy6yznlF1mNiWUMfxMtrgk=
-github.com/cilium/ebpf v0.16.0 h1:+BiEnHL6Z7lXnlGUsXQPPAE7+kenAd4ES8MQ5min0Ok=
-github.com/cilium/ebpf v0.16.0/go.mod h1:L7u2Blt2jMM/vLAVgjxluxtBKlz3/GWjB0dMOEngfwE=
+github.com/cilium/ebpf v0.17.1 h1:G8mzU81R2JA1nE5/8SRubzqvBMmAmri2VL8BIZPWvV0=
+github.com/cilium/ebpf v0.17.1/go.mod h1:vay2FaYSmIlv3r8dNACd4mW/OCaZLJKJOo+IHBvCIO8=
 github.com/cilium/fake v0.6.1 h1:cLkNx1nkF0b0pPW79JaQxaI5oG2/rBzRKpp0YUg1fTA=
 github.com/cilium/fake v0.6.1/go.mod h1:V9lCbbcsnSf3vB6sdOP7Q0bsUUJ/jyHPZxnFAw5nPUc=
 github.com/cilium/lumberjack/v2 v2.3.0 h1:IhVJMvPpqDYmQzC0KDhAoy7KlaRsyOsZnT97Nsa3u0o=