diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 05c3edfbe..a775d902b 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ go 1.25.0
 require (
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2 v1.41.3
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config v1.32.11
-	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/eks v1.80.2
+	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/eks v1.81.0
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/iam v1.53.5
 	github.com/aws/smithy-go v1.24.2
 	github.com/cloudevents/sdk-go/v2 v2.16.2
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index c16bcff16..71ceca542 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/internal/endpoints/v2 v2.7.19 h1:AWeJMk33GTBf6J20XJ
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/internal/endpoints/v2 v2.7.19/go.mod h1:+GWrYoaAsV7/4pNHpwh1kiNLXkKaSoppxQq9lbH8Ejw=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/internal/ini v1.8.5 h1:clHU5fm//kWS1C2HgtgWxfQbFbx4b6rx+5jzhgX9HrI=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/internal/ini v1.8.5/go.mod h1:O3h0IK87yXci+kg6flUKzJnWeziQUKciKrLjcatSNcY=
-github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/eks v1.80.2 h1:+FLU7+D9AW9ZMQIg4YjIN/nTJV0A2TIB2f+ovZXqAdU=
-github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/eks v1.80.2/go.mod h1:nx52u/3RVDWkOcrAchYgt7CXkrd03A6Gvzi0trtMFjQ=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/eks v1.81.0 h1:sI0DVFTT+ILkk4QDNKU5a+arj+kduG2qJZoI3vnDKcc=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/eks v1.81.0/go.mod h1:nx52u/3RVDWkOcrAchYgt7CXkrd03A6Gvzi0trtMFjQ=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/iam v1.53.5 h1:J8qtztl/SJ6lhk/Rke/F6PgpZ7V6UYq0my0Zc8hdLuc=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/iam v1.53.5/go.mod h1:seDE466zJ4haVuAVcRk+yIH4DWb3s6cqt3Od8GxnGAA=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/internal/accept-encoding v1.13.6 h1:XAq62tBTJP/85lFD5oqOOe7YYgWxY9LvWq8plyDvDVg=
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/eks/CHANGELOG.md b/vendor/github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/eks/CHANGELOG.md
index f9e966241..626745f45 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/eks/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/vendor/github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/eks/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# v1.81.0 (2026-03-11)
+
+* **Feature**: Adds support for a new tier in controlPlaneScalingConfig on EKS Clusters.
+
 # v1.80.2 (2026-03-03)
 
 * **Dependency Update**: Bump minimum Go version to 1.24
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/eks/go_module_metadata.go b/vendor/github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/eks/go_module_metadata.go
index 9d7781850..0fb8135ad 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/eks/go_module_metadata.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/eks/go_module_metadata.go
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 package eks
 
 // goModuleVersion is the tagged release for this module
-const goModuleVersion = "1.80.2"
+const goModuleVersion = "1.81.0"
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/eks/types/enums.go b/vendor/github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/eks/types/enums.go
index ae771b161..1721632ca 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/eks/types/enums.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/eks/types/enums.go
@@ -864,6 +864,7 @@ const (
 	ProvisionedControlPlaneTierTierXl   ProvisionedControlPlaneTier = "tier-xl"
 	ProvisionedControlPlaneTierTier2xl  ProvisionedControlPlaneTier = "tier-2xl"
 	ProvisionedControlPlaneTierTier4xl  ProvisionedControlPlaneTier = "tier-4xl"
+	ProvisionedControlPlaneTierTier8xl  ProvisionedControlPlaneTier = "tier-8xl"
 )
 
 // Values returns all known values for ProvisionedControlPlaneTier. Note that this
@@ -876,6 +877,7 @@ func (ProvisionedControlPlaneTier) Values() []ProvisionedControlPlaneTier {
 		"tier-xl",
 		"tier-2xl",
 		"tier-4xl",
+		"tier-8xl",
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/eks/types/types.go b/vendor/github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/eks/types/types.go
index 31c926e54..7ca291337 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/eks/types/types.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/eks/types/types.go
@@ -1022,8 +1022,8 @@ type ControlPlanePlacementResponse struct {
 type ControlPlaneScalingConfig struct {
 
 	// The control plane scaling tier configuration. Available options are standard ,
-	// tier-xl , tier-2xl , or tier-4xl . For more information, see EKS Provisioned
-	// Control Plane in the Amazon EKS User Guide.
+	// tier-xl , tier-2xl , tier-4xl, or tier-8xl . For more information, see EKS
+	// Provisioned Control Plane in the Amazon EKS User Guide.
 	Tier ProvisionedControlPlaneTier
 
 	noSmithyDocumentSerde
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index efe698b42..92116659f 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/internal/endpoints/v2
 # github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/internal/ini v1.8.5
 ## explicit; go 1.24
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/internal/ini
-# github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/eks v1.80.2
+# github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/eks v1.81.0
 ## explicit; go 1.24
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/eks
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/eks/internal/endpoints