diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index c39b0103d..9844814ae 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/Pallinder/go-randomdata v1.2.0
 	github.com/avast/retry-go v3.0.0+incompatible
 	github.com/awslabs/operatorpkg v0.0.0-20241205163410-0fff9f28d115
-	github.com/docker/docker v27.5.0+incompatible
+	github.com/docker/docker v27.5.1+incompatible
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.2
 	github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.16
 	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.9 // indirect
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/patrickmn/go-cache v2.1.0+incompatible
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.20.5
 	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.6.1
-	github.com/samber/lo v1.47.0
+	github.com/samber/lo v1.49.1
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0
 	golang.org/x/text v0.21.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 2716929b8..79605b927 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSs
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.2-0.20180830191138-d8f796af33cc h1:U9qPSI2PIWSS1VwoXQT9A3Wy9MM3WgvqSxFWenqJduM=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.2-0.20180830191138-d8f796af33cc/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
-github.com/docker/docker v27.5.0+incompatible h1:um++2NcQtGRTz5eEgO6aJimo6/JxrTXC941hd05JO6U=
-github.com/docker/docker v27.5.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:eEKB0N0r5NX/I1kEveEz05bcu8tLC/8azJZsviup8Sk=
+github.com/docker/docker v27.5.1+incompatible h1:4PYU5dnBYqRQi0294d1FBECqT9ECWeQAIfE8q4YnPY8=
+github.com/docker/docker v27.5.1+incompatible/go.mod h1:eEKB0N0r5NX/I1kEveEz05bcu8tLC/8azJZsviup8Sk=
 github.com/emicklei/go-restful/v3 v3.11.0 h1:rAQeMHw1c7zTmncogyy8VvRZwtkmkZ4FxERmMY4rD+g=
 github.com/emicklei/go-restful/v3 v3.11.0/go.mod h1:6n3XBCmQQb25CM2LCACGz8ukIrRry+4bhvbpWn3mrbc=
 github.com/evanphx/json-patch v5.6.0+incompatible h1:jBYDEEiFBPxA0v50tFdvOzQQTCvpL6mnFh5mB2/l16U=
@@ -114,8 +114,8 @@ github.com/robfig/cron/v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:eQICP3HwyT7UooqI/z+Ov+PtYAWygg1TEWWzG
 github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.12.0 h1:exVL4IDcn6na9z1rAb56Vxr+CgyK3nn3O+epU5NdKM8=
 github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.12.0/go.mod h1:E+RYuTGaKKdloAfM02xzb0FW3Paa99yedzYV+kq4uf4=
 github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.1.0/go.mod h1:+Rmxgy9KzJVeS9/2gXHxylqXiyQDYRxCVz55jmeOWTM=
-github.com/samber/lo v1.47.0 h1:z7RynLwP5nbyRscyvcD043DWYoOcYRv3mV8lBeqOCLc=
-github.com/samber/lo v1.47.0/go.mod h1:RmDH9Ct32Qy3gduHQuKJ3gW1fMHAnE/fAzQuf6He5cU=
+github.com/samber/lo v1.49.1 h1:4BIFyVfuQSEpluc7Fua+j1NolZHiEHEpaSEKdsH0tew=
+github.com/samber/lo v1.49.1/go.mod h1:dO6KHFzUKXgP8LDhU0oI8d2hekjXnGOu0DB8Jecxd6o=
 github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.1 h1:e5/vxKd/rZsfSJMUX1agtjeTDf+qv1/JdBF8gg5k9ZM=
 github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.1/go.mod h1:wHxEcudfqmLYa8iTfL+OuZPbBZkmvliBWKIezN3kD9Y=
 github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 h1:iy+VFUOCP1a+8yFto/drg2CJ5u0yRoB7fZw3DKv/JXA=
@@ -127,8 +127,8 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.3.0/go.mod h1:M5WIy9Dh21IEIfnGCwXGc5bZfKNJtfHm1UV
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.1/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0/go.mod h1:yNjHg4UonilssWZ8iaSj1OCr/vHnekPRkoO+kdMU+MU=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.1/go.mod h1:w2LPCIKwWwSfY2zedu0+kehJoqGctiVI29o6fzry7u4=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0 h1:HtqpIVDClZ4nwg75+f6Lvsy/wHu+3BoSGCbBAcpTsTg=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0/go.mod h1:r2ic/lqez/lEtzL7wO/rwa5dbSLXVDPFyf8C91i36aY=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0 h1:Xv5erBjTwe/5IxqUQTdXv5kgmIvbHo3QQyRwhJsOfJA=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0/go.mod h1:r2ic/lqez/lEtzL7wO/rwa5dbSLXVDPFyf8C91i36aY=
 github.com/x448/float16 v0.8.4 h1:qLwI1I70+NjRFUR3zs1JPUCgaCXSh3SW62uAKT1mSBM=
 github.com/x448/float16 v0.8.4/go.mod h1:14CWIYCyZA/cWjXOioeEpHeN/83MdbZDRQHoFcYsOfg=
 github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.1.27/go.mod h1:3hX8gzYuyVAZsxl0MRgGTJEmQBFcNTphYh9decYSb74=
diff --git a/pkg/utils/nodepool/suite_test.go b/pkg/utils/nodepool/suite_test.go
index 890a865e3..18a2932a5 100644
--- a/pkg/utils/nodepool/suite_test.go
+++ b/pkg/utils/nodepool/suite_test.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 	"github.com/samber/lo"
+	"github.com/samber/lo/mutable"
 
 	"sigs.k8s.io/karpenter/pkg/apis"
 	v1 "sigs.k8s.io/karpenter/pkg/apis/v1"
@@ -61,13 +62,14 @@ var _ = Describe("NodePoolUtils", func() {
 	Context("OrderByWeight", func() {
 		It("should order the NodePools by weight", func() {
 			// Generate 10 NodePools that have random weights, some might have the same weights
-			nps := lo.Shuffle(lo.Times(10, func(_ int) *v1.NodePool {
+			nps := lo.Times(10, func(_ int) *v1.NodePool {
 				return test.NodePool(v1.NodePool{
 					Spec: v1.NodePoolSpec{
 						Weight: lo.ToPtr[int32](int32(rand.IntN(100) + 1)), //nolint:gosec
 					},
 				})
-			}))
+			})
+			mutable.Shuffle(nps)
 			nodepoolutils.OrderByWeight(nps)
 
 			lastWeight := 101 // This is above the allowed weight values
@@ -78,13 +80,14 @@ var _ = Describe("NodePoolUtils", func() {
 		})
 		It("should order the NodePools by name when the weights are the same", func() {
 			// Generate 10 NodePools with the same weight
-			nps := lo.Shuffle(lo.Times(10, func(_ int) *v1.NodePool {
+			nps := lo.Times(10, func(_ int) *v1.NodePool {
 				return test.NodePool(v1.NodePool{
 					Spec: v1.NodePoolSpec{
 						Weight: lo.ToPtr[int32](10),
 					},
 				})
-			}))
+			})
+			mutable.Shuffle(nps)
 			nodepoolutils.OrderByWeight(nps)
 
 			lastName := "zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz" // large string value