diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 9bf7aaac..17b2d6d5 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/google/gofuzz v1.2.0
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
 	golang.org/x/text v0.19.0
-	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20241206181855-59e9003f02d6
+	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.32.2
 	k8s.io/gengo/v2 v2.0.0-20240911193312-2b36238f13e9
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1
 	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20241105132330-32ad38e42d3f
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index d5c2e0eb..34a5a4ef 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -124,8 +124,8 @@ 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/apimachinery v0.0.0-20241206181855-59e9003f02d6 h1:8ccyzZdQXEqpO3sboLCV3yt9bm6VFoO/jYOGS7gCAQs=
-k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20241206181855-59e9003f02d6/go.mod h1:GpHVgxoKlTxClKcteaeuF1Ul/lDVb74KpZcxcmLDElE=
+k8s.io/apimachinery v0.32.2 h1:yoQBR9ZGkA6Rgmhbp/yuT9/g+4lxtsGYwW6dR6BDPLQ=
+k8s.io/apimachinery v0.32.2/go.mod h1:GpHVgxoKlTxClKcteaeuF1Ul/lDVb74KpZcxcmLDElE=
 k8s.io/gengo/v2 v2.0.0-20240911193312-2b36238f13e9 h1:si3PfKm8dDYxgfbeA6orqrtLkvvIeH8UqffFJDl0bz4=
 k8s.io/gengo/v2 v2.0.0-20240911193312-2b36238f13e9/go.mod h1:EJykeLsmFC60UQbYJezXkEsG2FLrt0GPNkU5iK5GWxU=
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1 h1:n9Xl7H1Xvksem4KFG4PYbdQCQxqc/tTUyrgXaOhHSzk=
diff --git a/kube_codegen.sh b/kube_codegen.sh
index 8207da5e..6b2ba321 100755
--- a/kube_codegen.sh
+++ b/kube_codegen.sh
@@ -368,7 +368,10 @@ function kube::codegen::gen_openapi() {
             "${input_pkgs[@]}"
     fi
 
-    touch "${report}" # in case it doesn't exist yet
+    if [ ! -e "${report}" ]; then
+        touch "${report}" # in case it doesn't exist yet
+    fi
+
     if ! diff -u "${report}" "${new_report}"; then
         echo -e "ERROR:"
         echo -e "\tAPI rule check failed for ${report}: new reported violations"