diff --git a/util/update-manifest-releases/go.mod b/util/update-manifest-releases/go.mod
index 11e91479..adf6acc2 100644
--- a/util/update-manifest-releases/go.mod
+++ b/util/update-manifest-releases/go.mod
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ toolchain go1.22.5
 
 require (
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.22.0
-	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.36.0
+	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.36.1
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0
 )
 
diff --git a/util/update-manifest-releases/go.sum b/util/update-manifest-releases/go.sum
index 2974eff9..604c40c9 100644
--- a/util/update-manifest-releases/go.sum
+++ b/util/update-manifest-releases/go.sum
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ github.com/kr/text v0.1.0 h1:45sCR5RtlFHMR4UwH9sdQ5TC8v0qDQCHnXt+kaKSTVE=
 github.com/kr/text v0.1.0/go.mod h1:4Jbv+DJW3UT/LiOwJeYQe1efqtUx/iVham/4vfdArNI=
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.22.0 h1:Yed107/8DjTr0lKCNt7Dn8yQ6ybuDRQoMGrNFKzMfHg=
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.22.0/go.mod h1:7Du3c42kxCUegi0IImZ1wUQzMBVecgIHjR1C+NkhLQo=
-github.com/onsi/gomega v1.36.0 h1:Pb12RlruUtj4XUuPUqeEWc6j5DkVVVA49Uf6YLfC95Y=
-github.com/onsi/gomega v1.36.0/go.mod h1:PvZbdDc8J6XJEpDK4HCuRBm8a6Fzp9/DmhC9C7yFlog=
+github.com/onsi/gomega v1.36.1 h1:bJDPBO7ibjxcbHMgSCoo4Yj18UWbKDlLwX1x9sybDcw=
+github.com/onsi/gomega v1.36.1/go.mod h1:PvZbdDc8J6XJEpDK4HCuRBm8a6Fzp9/DmhC9C7yFlog=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4 h1:CcVxjf3Q8PM0mHUKJCdn+eZZtm5yQwehR5yeSVQQcUk=
diff --git a/util/update-manifest-releases/vendor/github.com/onsi/gomega/CHANGELOG.md b/util/update-manifest-releases/vendor/github.com/onsi/gomega/CHANGELOG.md
index b797577f..79c3f619 100644
--- a/util/update-manifest-releases/vendor/github.com/onsi/gomega/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/util/update-manifest-releases/vendor/github.com/onsi/gomega/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+## 1.36.1
+
+### Fixes
+- Fix https://github.com/onsi/gomega/issues/803 [1c6c112]
+- resolves onsi/gomega#696: make HaveField great on pointer receivers given only a non-addressable value [4feb9d7]
+
 ## 1.36.0
 
 ### Features
diff --git a/util/update-manifest-releases/vendor/github.com/onsi/gomega/gomega_dsl.go b/util/update-manifest-releases/vendor/github.com/onsi/gomega/gomega_dsl.go
index eb74f6f6..c6ac499f 100644
--- a/util/update-manifest-releases/vendor/github.com/onsi/gomega/gomega_dsl.go
+++ b/util/update-manifest-releases/vendor/github.com/onsi/gomega/gomega_dsl.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/onsi/gomega/types"
 )
 
-const GOMEGA_VERSION = "1.36.0"
+const GOMEGA_VERSION = "1.36.1"
 
 const nilGomegaPanic = `You are trying to make an assertion, but haven't registered Gomega's fail handler.
 If you're using Ginkgo then you probably forgot to put your assertion in an It().
diff --git a/util/update-manifest-releases/vendor/github.com/onsi/gomega/matchers/have_field.go b/util/update-manifest-releases/vendor/github.com/onsi/gomega/matchers/have_field.go
index 8dd3f871..293457e8 100644
--- a/util/update-manifest-releases/vendor/github.com/onsi/gomega/matchers/have_field.go
+++ b/util/update-manifest-releases/vendor/github.com/onsi/gomega/matchers/have_field.go
@@ -40,7 +40,12 @@ func extractField(actual interface{}, field string, matchername string) (any, er
 			extractedValue = actualValue.Addr().MethodByName(strings.TrimSuffix(fields[0], "()"))
 		}
 		if extractedValue == (reflect.Value{}) {
-			return nil, missingFieldError(fmt.Sprintf("%s could not find method named '%s' in struct of type %T.", matchername, fields[0], actual))
+			ptr := reflect.New(actualValue.Type())
+			ptr.Elem().Set(actualValue)
+			extractedValue = ptr.MethodByName(strings.TrimSuffix(fields[0], "()"))
+			if extractedValue == (reflect.Value{}) {
+				return nil, missingFieldError(fmt.Sprintf("%s could not find method named '%s' in struct of type %T.", matchername, fields[0], actual))
+			}
 		}
 		t := extractedValue.Type()
 		if t.NumIn() != 0 || t.NumOut() != 1 {
diff --git a/util/update-manifest-releases/vendor/modules.txt b/util/update-manifest-releases/vendor/modules.txt
index 58cfe361..192f17fc 100644
--- a/util/update-manifest-releases/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/util/update-manifest-releases/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2/internal/parallel_support
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2/internal/testingtproxy
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2/reporters
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2/types
-# github.com/onsi/gomega v1.36.0
+# github.com/onsi/gomega v1.36.1
 ## explicit; go 1.22
 github.com/onsi/gomega
 github.com/onsi/gomega/format