diff --git a/changelog/19094.txt b/changelog/19094.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d3d872d91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/19094.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:bug
+auth/kubernetes: fixes and dep updates for the auth-kubernetes plugin (see plugin changelog for details)
+```
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 0d76a8047..00638f874 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/hashicorp/vault-plugin-auth-gcp v0.15.0
 	github.com/hashicorp/vault-plugin-auth-jwt v0.15.0
 	github.com/hashicorp/vault-plugin-auth-kerberos v0.9.0
-	github.com/hashicorp/vault-plugin-auth-kubernetes v0.14.1
+	github.com/hashicorp/vault-plugin-auth-kubernetes v0.15.0
 	github.com/hashicorp/vault-plugin-auth-oci v0.13.1
 	github.com/hashicorp/vault-plugin-database-couchbase v0.9.0
 	github.com/hashicorp/vault-plugin-database-elasticsearch v0.13.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index ea04355c2..84239e943 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1134,8 +1134,8 @@ github.com/hashicorp/vault-plugin-auth-jwt v0.15.0 h1:GGS/64MmoobWZFA07nYEPan9NL
 github.com/hashicorp/vault-plugin-auth-jwt v0.15.0/go.mod h1:c6UQCaBpR11jB52xzcIjiV/9RY+v+bZw1TY78ylf5ds=
 github.com/hashicorp/vault-plugin-auth-kerberos v0.9.0 h1:gdbrEwpPICDt8xQ7C595M+DXaojHvkA9/AhCKbvE+jY=
 github.com/hashicorp/vault-plugin-auth-kerberos v0.9.0/go.mod h1:dyGS9eHADGMJC42tTr+XliO2Ntssv4bUOK1Je9IEMMo=
-github.com/hashicorp/vault-plugin-auth-kubernetes v0.14.1 h1:P5PR9MXiZVdDz0YnE2XAbsXmytFAu1SzEk2JrFO0gE0=
-github.com/hashicorp/vault-plugin-auth-kubernetes v0.14.1/go.mod h1:rouq4XoBoCzXtECtxGCWHS++g6Nzw2HOms6p6N+Uzkw=
+github.com/hashicorp/vault-plugin-auth-kubernetes v0.15.0 h1:uHsn1fJqxGxbWiiD2resMYZzPJWPwPMCGNCEziGHfwE=
+github.com/hashicorp/vault-plugin-auth-kubernetes v0.15.0/go.mod h1:f9r9pDAyVLgVTzJmvCz2m0OSYjcdJivnLv+5YWVv3F8=
 github.com/hashicorp/vault-plugin-auth-oci v0.13.1 h1:xThaZC9jzZoqqccfxTk11hfwgqwN3yEZ3kYOnY2v2Fs=
 github.com/hashicorp/vault-plugin-auth-oci v0.13.1/go.mod h1:O426Kf4nUXfwq+o0HqQuqpZygm6SiOY6eEXyjrZweYA=
 github.com/hashicorp/vault-plugin-database-couchbase v0.9.0 h1:hJOHJ9yZ9kt1/DuRaU5Sa339j3/QcPL4esT9JLQonYA=