diff --git a/api/v1alpha1/tenant_types.go b/api/v1alpha1/tenant_types.go
index 7d1ff0f5..a7832b13 100644
--- a/api/v1alpha1/tenant_types.go
+++ b/api/v1alpha1/tenant_types.go
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package v1alpha1
 import (
 	"fmt"
 
-	"github.com/imdario/mergo"
+	"dario.cat/mergo"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 )
diff --git a/controllers/cluster/template.go b/controllers/cluster/template.go
index 001d6f13..1df837e6 100644
--- a/controllers/cluster/template.go
+++ b/controllers/cluster/template.go
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"text/template"
 
-	"github.com/imdario/mergo"
+	"dario.cat/mergo"
 	synv1alpha1 "github.com/projectsyn/lieutenant-operator/api/v1alpha1"
 	"github.com/ryankurte/go-structparse"
 )
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 62272f13..9f88f5e2 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@ go 1.22.0
 toolchain go1.22.4
 
 require (
+	dario.cat/mergo v1.0.0
 	github.com/banzaicloud/bank-vaults/pkg/sdk v0.8.3
 	github.com/elastic/crd-ref-docs v0.0.12
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.2
 	github.com/go-logr/zapr v1.3.0
 	github.com/hashicorp/vault/api v1.14.0
-	github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.16
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.19.1
 	github.com/ryankurte/go-structparse v1.2.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-sockaddr v1.0.6 // indirect
 	github.com/hashicorp/hcl v1.0.1-vault-5 // indirect
 	github.com/huandu/xstrings v1.4.0 // indirect
+	github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.11 // indirect
 	github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath v0.4.0 // indirect
 	github.com/josharian/intern v1.0.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index ca32c78f..805d595b 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ cloud.google.com/go/storage v1.5.0/go.mod h1:tpKbwo567HUNpVclU5sGELwQWBDZ8gh0Zeo
 cloud.google.com/go/storage v1.6.0/go.mod h1:N7U0C8pVQ/+NIKOBQyamJIeKQKkZ+mxpohlUTyfDhBk=
 cloud.google.com/go/storage v1.8.0/go.mod h1:Wv1Oy7z6Yz3DshWRJFhqM/UCfaWIRTdp0RXyy7KQOVs=
 cloud.google.com/go/storage v1.10.0/go.mod h1:FLPqc6j+Ki4BU591ie1oL6qBQGu2Bl/tZ9ullr3+Kg0=
+dario.cat/mergo v1.0.0 h1:AGCNq9Evsj31mOgNPcLyXc+4PNABt905YmuqPYYpBWk=
+dario.cat/mergo v1.0.0/go.mod h1:uNxQE+84aUszobStD9th8a29P2fMDhsBdgRYvZOxGmk=
 dmitri.shuralyov.com/gpu/mtl v0.0.0-20190408044501-666a987793e9/go.mod h1:H6x//7gZCb22OMCxBHrMx7a5I7Hp++hsVxbQ4BYO7hU=
 emperror.dev/errors v0.8.0/go.mod h1:YcRvLPh626Ubn2xqtoprejnA5nFha+TJ+2vew48kWuE=
 emperror.dev/errors v0.8.1 h1:UavXZ5cSX/4u9iyvH6aDcuGkVjeexUGJ7Ij7G4VfQT0=
@@ -319,8 +321,8 @@ github.com/huandu/xstrings v1.4.0 h1:D17IlohoQq4UcpqD7fDk80P7l+lwAmlFaBHgOipl2FU
 github.com/huandu/xstrings v1.4.0/go.mod h1:y5/lhBue+AyNmUVz9RLU9xbLR0o4KIIExikq4ovT0aE=
 github.com/ianlancetaylor/demangle v0.0.0-20181102032728-5e5cf60278f6/go.mod h1:aSSvb/t6k1mPoxDqO4vJh6VOCGPwU4O0C2/Eqndh1Sc=
 github.com/ianlancetaylor/demangle v0.0.0-20200824232613-28f6c0f3b639/go.mod h1:aSSvb/t6k1mPoxDqO4vJh6VOCGPwU4O0C2/Eqndh1Sc=
-github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.16 h1:wwQJbIsHYGMUyLSPrEq1CT16AhnhNJQ51+4fdHUnCl4=
-github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.16/go.mod h1:WBLT9ZmE3lPoWsEzCh9LPo3TiwVN+ZKEjmz+hD27ysY=
+github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.11 h1:3tnifQM4i+fbajXKBHXWEH+KvNHqojZ778UH75j3bGA=
+github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.11/go.mod h1:jmQim1M+e3UYxmgPu/WyfjB3N3VflVyUjjjwH0dnCYA=
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 h1:wN+x4NVGpMsO7ErUn/mUI3vEoE6Jt13X2s0bqwp9tc8=
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0/go.mod h1:vpF70FUmC8bwa3OWnCshd2FqLfsEA9PFc4w1p2J65bw=
 github.com/jessevdk/go-flags v1.4.0/go.mod h1:4FA24M0QyGHXBuZZK/XkWh8h0e1EYbRYJSGM75WSRxI=