diff --git a/cmd/main.go b/cmd/main.go
index b82cdb7..6869d5d 100644
--- a/cmd/main.go
+++ b/cmd/main.go
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	defaultGokoalaImage = "docker.io/pdok/gokoala:1.9.3"
+	defaultGokoalaImage = "docker.io/pdok/gokoala:1.9.7"
 )
 
 var (
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 43f7199..bf6d4d2 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module github.com/PDOK/ogcapi-operator
 go 1.26.3
 
 require (
-	github.com/PDOK/gokoala v1.9.3
+	github.com/PDOK/gokoala v1.9.7
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.7.0
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.27.2
 	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.38.2
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index c81f81a..5462fc3 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.5.0 h1:W5quZX/G/csjUnuI8SUYlsHs9M38FC7znL0lIO+DvMg
 github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.5.0/go.mod h1:ukJfTF/6rtPPRCnwkur4qwRxa8vTRFBF0uk2lLoLwho=
 github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3 v3.4.0 h1:Zog+i5UMtVoCU8oKka5P7i9q9HgrJeGzI9SA1Xbatp0=
 github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3 v3.4.0/go.mod h1:4V+yj/TJE1HU9XfppCwVMZq3I84lprf4nC11bSS5beM=
-github.com/PDOK/gokoala v1.9.3 h1:U+P1zGeQi0Yf3r79b0/MYV/0eFoj9eHfYMOHaBlvyfg=
-github.com/PDOK/gokoala v1.9.3/go.mod h1:OSZGSQvpemZmGIof23Qq0blPP5XuX8tD3lCINuZpxL4=
+github.com/PDOK/gokoala v1.9.7 h1:FjvXGU91E7WyjUB9OF9r9ZkaN3Y0daTh0s6cS7r54qg=
+github.com/PDOK/gokoala v1.9.7/go.mod h1:po3zAgW1xGyzszCgIAnakOjT3DlwzSoz3BQLN/1tzmg=
 github.com/alecthomas/assert/v2 v2.10.0 h1:jjRCHsj6hBJhkmhznrCzoNpbA3zqy0fYiUcYZP/GkPY=
 github.com/alecthomas/assert/v2 v2.10.0/go.mod h1:Bze95FyfUr7x34QZrjL+XP+0qgp/zg8yS+TtBj1WA3k=
 github.com/alecthomas/repr v0.4.0 h1:GhI2A8MACjfegCPVq9f1FLvIBS+DrQ2KQBFZP1iFzXc=