diff --git a/functions/examples/application-cr/image/go.mod b/functions/examples/application-cr/image/go.mod
index 962a60150..07ed5a81f 100644
--- a/functions/examples/application-cr/image/go.mod
+++ b/functions/examples/application-cr/image/go.mod
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ go 1.26.0
 
 require (
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.29.0
-	sigs.k8s.io/application v0.8.2
+	sigs.k8s.io/application v0.8.3
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.13.7
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.5.0
 )
diff --git a/functions/examples/application-cr/image/go.sum b/functions/examples/application-cr/image/go.sum
index f54fcd141..45769b9f2 100644
--- a/functions/examples/application-cr/image/go.sum
+++ b/functions/examples/application-cr/image/go.sum
@@ -1079,8 +1079,8 @@ modernc.org/xc v1.0.0/go.mod h1:mRNCo0bvLjGhHO9WsyuKVU4q0ceiDDDoEeWDJHrNx8I=
 rsc.io/binaryregexp v0.2.0/go.mod h1:qTv7/COck+e2FymRvadv62gMdZztPaShugOCi3I+8D8=
 rsc.io/quote/v3 v3.1.0/go.mod h1:yEA65RcK8LyAZtP9Kv3t0HmxON59tX3rD+tICJqUlj0=
 rsc.io/sampler v1.3.0/go.mod h1:T1hPZKmBbMNahiBKFy5HrXp6adAjACjK9JXDnKaTXpA=
-sigs.k8s.io/application v0.8.2 h1:XB7C33f7eW+1MbCJXoZa0+nP+R+S/VbAvYfCd3ufP1I=
-sigs.k8s.io/application v0.8.2/go.mod h1:Mv+ht9RE/QNtITYCzRbt3XTIN6t6so6cInmiyg6wOIg=
+sigs.k8s.io/application v0.8.3 h1:5UETobiVhxTkKn3pIESImXiMNmSg3VkM5+JvmYGDPko=
+sigs.k8s.io/application v0.8.3/go.mod h1:Mv+ht9RE/QNtITYCzRbt3XTIN6t6so6cInmiyg6wOIg=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.4.0 h1:wATM6/m+3w8lj8FXNaO6Fs/rq/vqoOjO1Q116Z9NPsg=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.4.0/go.mod h1:ApC79lpY3PHW9xj/w9pj+lYkLgwAAUZwfXkME1Lajns=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd h1:EDPBXCAspyGV4jQlpZSudPeMmr1bNJefnuqLsRAsHZo=