diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 1c9f8c357..15c3976a4 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.2
 	github.com/kubernetes-csi/csi-lib-utils v0.10.0
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.16.5
-	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.18.0
+	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.18.1
 	github.com/operator-framework/operator-sdk v1.16.0
 	github.com/robfig/cron/v3 v3.0.1
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 2829fdc0a..50ed743ec 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -877,8 +877,8 @@ github.com/onsi/gomega v1.13.0/go.mod h1:lRk9szgn8TxENtWd0Tp4c3wjlRfMTMH27I+3Je4
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.14.0/go.mod h1:cIuvLEne0aoVhAgh/O6ac0Op8WWw9H6eYCriF+tEHG0=
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.15.0/go.mod h1:cIuvLEne0aoVhAgh/O6ac0Op8WWw9H6eYCriF+tEHG0=
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.17.0/go.mod h1:HnhC7FXeEQY45zxNK3PPoIUhzk/80Xly9PcubAlGdZY=
-github.com/onsi/gomega v1.18.0 h1:ngbYoRctxjl8SiF7XgP0NxBFbfHcg3wfHMMaFHWwMTM=
-github.com/onsi/gomega v1.18.0/go.mod h1:0q+aL8jAiMXy9hbwj2mr5GziHiwhAIQpFmmtT5hitRs=
+github.com/onsi/gomega v1.18.1 h1:M1GfJqGRrBrrGGsbxzV5dqM2U2ApXefZCQpkukxYRLE=
+github.com/onsi/gomega v1.18.1/go.mod h1:0q+aL8jAiMXy9hbwj2mr5GziHiwhAIQpFmmtT5hitRs=
 github.com/op/go-logging v0.0.0-20160315200505-970db520ece7/go.mod h1:HzydrMdWErDVzsI23lYNej1Htcns9BCg93Dk0bBINWk=
 github.com/opencontainers/go-digest v0.0.0-20170106003457-a6d0ee40d420/go.mod h1:cMLVZDEM3+U2I4VmLI6N8jQYUd2OVphdqWwCJHrFt2s=
 github.com/opencontainers/go-digest v0.0.0-20180430190053-c9281466c8b2/go.mod h1:cMLVZDEM3+U2I4VmLI6N8jQYUd2OVphdqWwCJHrFt2s=
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/onsi/gomega/CHANGELOG.md b/vendor/github.com/onsi/gomega/CHANGELOG.md
index 78ca39a90..e3b437985 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/onsi/gomega/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/vendor/github.com/onsi/gomega/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+## 1.18.1
+
+## Fixes
+- Add pointer support to HaveField matcher (#495) [79e41a3]
+
 ## 1.18.0
 
 ## Features
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/onsi/gomega/gomega_dsl.go b/vendor/github.com/onsi/gomega/gomega_dsl.go
index 81181dc94..6936e2411 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/onsi/gomega/gomega_dsl.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/onsi/gomega/gomega_dsl.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/onsi/gomega/types"
 )
 
-const GOMEGA_VERSION = "1.18.0"
+const GOMEGA_VERSION = "1.18.1"
 
 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/vendor/github.com/onsi/gomega/matchers/have_field.go b/vendor/github.com/onsi/gomega/matchers/have_field.go
index 2f1a91634..e1fe934d5 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/onsi/gomega/matchers/have_field.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/onsi/gomega/matchers/have_field.go
@@ -12,6 +12,13 @@ func extractField(actual interface{}, field string) (interface{}, error) {
 	fields := strings.SplitN(field, ".", 2)
 	actualValue := reflect.ValueOf(actual)
 
+	if actualValue.Kind() == reflect.Ptr {
+		actualValue = actualValue.Elem()
+	}
+	if actualValue == (reflect.Value{}) {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("HaveField encountered nil while dereferencing a pointer of type %T.", actual)
+	}
+
 	if actualValue.Kind() != reflect.Struct {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("HaveField encountered:\n%s\nWhich is not a struct.", format.Object(actual, 1))
 	}
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index 8436839d2..7a0262283 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@ github.com/onsi/ginkgo/reporters/stenographer
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo/reporters/stenographer/support/go-colorable
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo/reporters/stenographer/support/go-isatty
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo/types
-# github.com/onsi/gomega v1.18.0
+# github.com/onsi/gomega v1.18.1
 ## explicit; go 1.16
 github.com/onsi/gomega
 github.com/onsi/gomega/format