diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 69e625b94..b9e02606d 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -30,11 +30,11 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.35.0
 	golang.org/x/text v0.28.0
 	gopkg.in/evanphx/json-patch.v4 v4.13.0
-	k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20251023032024-345924189262
+	k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20251023232015-f062bee65a09
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20251022231703-e79daceaa31b
 	k8s.io/cli-runtime v0.0.0-20251023000555-9bc1713ceaa0
-	k8s.io/client-go v0.0.0-20251022232504-715199a180dc
-	k8s.io/component-base v0.0.0-20251022233647-8a780af60b48
+	k8s.io/client-go v0.0.0-20251023232437-4953849642e8
+	k8s.io/component-base v0.0.0-20251023233611-2dea70a75591
 	k8s.io/component-helpers v0.0.0-20251022233850-f6d7ac8ebaf9
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1
 	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20250910181357-589584f1c912
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 6ad9aed94..4d9d1bdda 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -166,16 +166,16 @@ gopkg.in/inf.v0 v0.9.1/go.mod h1:cWUDdTG/fYaXco+Dcufb5Vnc6Gp2YChqWtbxRZE0mXw=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
 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/api v0.0.0-20251023032024-345924189262 h1:M0vC6Gfr36YB647FHqWJoa7cezqo1MC970B5WOe3JSw=
-k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20251023032024-345924189262/go.mod h1:frc7w2YHpDzAJ3C8vddzF8sjKxN5Ew1WgwYFHm3EsuY=
+k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20251023232015-f062bee65a09 h1:npzX9r9ZAssBH7xoBl36LrwRkT9B4agqfYmwIqbgypQ=
+k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20251023232015-f062bee65a09/go.mod h1:frc7w2YHpDzAJ3C8vddzF8sjKxN5Ew1WgwYFHm3EsuY=
 k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20251022231703-e79daceaa31b h1:rLHJYu1GGh4U4g/rZ6P4WI22nM6UEqVYqubI3NjIgW0=
 k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20251022231703-e79daceaa31b/go.mod h1:khYq6ZZ3qxhyKXYGU64a438RVSfpfZZ4Xept0x/H3Qw=
 k8s.io/cli-runtime v0.0.0-20251023000555-9bc1713ceaa0 h1:W6dcKlSf82RLqXrgmpapxkdYLr5ADvR2rkTe/Ef/6PI=
 k8s.io/cli-runtime v0.0.0-20251023000555-9bc1713ceaa0/go.mod h1:zZ1N56lBfM/Oa9LXbrjVvUSmJB745Lfbn85oXjoifk4=
-k8s.io/client-go v0.0.0-20251022232504-715199a180dc h1:5x3ScL3rrxL0IbtygSLptgYhrU08butTXt7J2Zwmzus=
-k8s.io/client-go v0.0.0-20251022232504-715199a180dc/go.mod h1:bepBivxSRaXWFIiY2vKMdZbCxHKtk34CPEHgiLSidY8=
-k8s.io/component-base v0.0.0-20251022233647-8a780af60b48 h1:dzow8wXjDTR14jetxH64XYhTYmyGpV0FoPqQJno+HDA=
-k8s.io/component-base v0.0.0-20251022233647-8a780af60b48/go.mod h1:JvoVPUL0poDSReMX6JZOzPTjRSI5FXhCvNPHT2IwsIM=
+k8s.io/client-go v0.0.0-20251023232437-4953849642e8 h1:35daRwAxzUWEXkfJGm95kPkQs+GxWNr5CAn5DCnp2vM=
+k8s.io/client-go v0.0.0-20251023232437-4953849642e8/go.mod h1:7hFvFjEJ1ExaJVEUnve6h3qWtKxVHDVbvIxywTh8D8A=
+k8s.io/component-base v0.0.0-20251023233611-2dea70a75591 h1:LiA59MYuQaW2iOXAMtQVvdc36pB5SooYSkJk3d4MJFs=
+k8s.io/component-base v0.0.0-20251023233611-2dea70a75591/go.mod h1:pHTOd1rkuiLBKWad3zm+3i+FcYPXHEKjjWAi6044iMQ=
 k8s.io/component-helpers v0.0.0-20251022233850-f6d7ac8ebaf9 h1:KiEu8gvGJ2kw14Z9tZe2WNdvVfZPnsu/MCTcA8R7PDk=
 k8s.io/component-helpers v0.0.0-20251022233850-f6d7ac8ebaf9/go.mod h1:RyhPXlKJF2vQ7PJuUkAGtzqpB3qKrkPo3QVmAnN0ugc=
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1 h1:n9Xl7H1Xvksem4KFG4PYbdQCQxqc/tTUyrgXaOhHSzk=
diff --git a/pkg/explain/v2/funcs.go b/pkg/explain/v2/funcs.go
index 4c5e1c62b..8fca9cbf3 100644
--- a/pkg/explain/v2/funcs.go
+++ b/pkg/explain/v2/funcs.go
@@ -64,9 +64,7 @@ func WithBuiltinTemplateFuncs(tmpl *template.Template) *template.Template {
 			}
 			return buf.String(), nil
 		},
-		"split": func(s string, sep string) []string {
-			return strings.Split(s, sep)
-		},
+		"split": strings.Split,
 		"join": func(sep string, strs ...string) string {
 			return strings.Join(strs, sep)
 		},