diff --git a/example/20-crd-extensions.gardener.cloud_operatingsystemconfigs.yaml b/example/20-crd-extensions.gardener.cloud_operatingsystemconfigs.yaml
index 001d5931..54aef8df 100644
--- a/example/20-crd-extensions.gardener.cloud_operatingsystemconfigs.yaml
+++ b/example/20-crd-extensions.gardener.cloud_operatingsystemconfigs.yaml
@@ -272,6 +272,12 @@ spec:
                   - type
                   type: object
                 type: array
+              files:
+                description: Files is a list of file paths that are part of the generated
+                  Cloud Config and shall be written to the host's file system.
+                items:
+                  type: string
+                type: array
               lastError:
                 description: LastError holds information about the last occurred error
                   during an operation.
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 4b7f7112..c73c05bb 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/coreos/butane v0.18.0
 	github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22 v22.5.0
 	github.com/gardener/etcd-druid/api v0.6.0
-	github.com/gardener/gardener v1.75.1
+	github.com/gardener/gardener v1.76.0
 	github.com/gardener/machine-controller-manager v0.49.3
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.2.4
 	github.com/golang/mock v1.6.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index ed21d6e9..5203b26c 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -126,8 +126,8 @@ github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.6.0 h1:n+5WquG0fcWoWp6xPWfHdbskMCQaFnG6PfBrh1Ky4
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.6.0/go.mod h1:sl3t1tCWJFWoRz9R8WJCbQihKKwmorjAbSClcnxKAGw=
 github.com/gardener/etcd-druid/api v0.6.0 h1:XVrH3i2Phxf5wPnqI/9UL5I7Rb4kC+XYqquEzdtRxKI=
 github.com/gardener/etcd-druid/api v0.6.0/go.mod h1:vaVjHhgtJ22MhGxedLJ175gTfSG4l7xnAtlR6P9wRic=
-github.com/gardener/gardener v1.75.1 h1:swf09N6L/7PtJ9psISgzoG3A7+IGcS0jwlUaFvjfK8g=
-github.com/gardener/gardener v1.75.1/go.mod h1:vABeQSerLzU1NHbcvR3OafPdfwnnjg2VrX3ZIRhk9t4=
+github.com/gardener/gardener v1.76.0 h1:y7cyDTCAeKDgt5R+3eqZYvK4EnQ4n9LuTGHGmwjScQg=
+github.com/gardener/gardener v1.76.0/go.mod h1:kSr7MNtOVSMHt/zW6C2OVZFhFG58246zBtoRNsvBc0o=
 github.com/gardener/hvpa-controller/api v0.5.0 h1:f4F3O7YUrenwh4S3TgPREPiB287JjjUiUL18OqPLyAA=
 github.com/gardener/hvpa-controller/api v0.5.0/go.mod h1:QQl3ELkCaki+8RhXl0FZMfvnm0WCGwGJlGmrxJj6lvM=
 github.com/gardener/machine-controller-manager v0.49.3 h1:/ghxZVMij00SpeaORMZJlodosePWWByrIOr8fcp45sU=
diff --git a/pkg/controller/worker/actuator.go b/pkg/controller/worker/actuator.go
index ee4263e1..7eab9451 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/worker/actuator.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/worker/actuator.go
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ func NewActuator(mgr manager.Manager, gardenletManagesMCM bool) (worker.Actuator
 		mcmChartShoot,
 		imageVector,
 		chartRendererFactory,
+		nil,
 	)
 }