diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7fa64e843..6c0b8482a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+> ⚠️ **This is an automatically published [staged repository](https://git.k8s.io/kubernetes/staging#external-repository-staging-area) for Kubernetes**.   
+> Contributions, including issues and pull requests, should be made to the main Kubernetes repository: [https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes).  
+> This repository is read-only for importing, and not used for direct contributions.  
+> See [CONTRIBUTING.md](./CONTRIBUTING.md) for more details.
+
 # api
 
 Schema of the external API types that are served by the Kubernetes API server.
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 6eab9aa4c..bbf361c83 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ godebug default=go1.24
 
 require (
 	github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2
-	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20250725024258-04507a37f6a4
+	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20250816075726-b72d93d17433
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 19299b487..68af314df 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -84,8 +84,8 @@ gopkg.in/inf.v0 v0.9.1 h1:73M5CoZyi3ZLMOyDlQh031Cx6N9NDJ2Vvfl76EDAgDc=
 gopkg.in/inf.v0 v0.9.1/go.mod h1:cWUDdTG/fYaXco+Dcufb5Vnc6Gp2YChqWtbxRZE0mXw=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
-k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20250725024258-04507a37f6a4 h1:N25HX4lRPTvLHSUPoCMFP+B/oEcOmPESB+BRkYMD8Io=
-k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20250725024258-04507a37f6a4/go.mod h1:/GwIlEcWuTX9zKIg2mbw0LRFIsXwrfoVxn+ef0X13lw=
+k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20250816075726-b72d93d17433 h1:PnxBv2aVdRFKtBihDGvDmF/VpvunGK8oo2eNO0GjghE=
+k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20250816075726-b72d93d17433/go.mod h1:/GwIlEcWuTX9zKIg2mbw0LRFIsXwrfoVxn+ef0X13lw=
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1 h1:n9Xl7H1Xvksem4KFG4PYbdQCQxqc/tTUyrgXaOhHSzk=
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1/go.mod h1:3Jpz1GvMt720eyJH1ckRHK1EDfpxISzJ7I9OYgaDtPE=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20250604170112-4c0f3b243397 h1:hwvWFiBzdWw1FhfY1FooPn3kzWuJ8tmbZBHi4zVsl1Y=