diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 6ac08f19b..adb9a2663 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module k8s.io/node-problem-detector
 go 1.26.7
 
 require (
-	cloud.google.com/go/compute/metadata v0.9.0
+	cloud.google.com/go/compute/metadata v0.9.1
 	cloud.google.com/go/monitoring v1.24.3
 	github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/opentelemetry-operations-go/exporter/metric v0.55.0
 	github.com/acobaugh/osrelease v0.1.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 2d57b7445..51b8642a7 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ cloud.google.com/go/auth v0.18.2 h1:+Nbt5Ev0xEqxlNjd6c+yYUeosQ5TtEUaNcN/3FozlaM=
 cloud.google.com/go/auth v0.18.2/go.mod h1:xD+oY7gcahcu7G2SG2DsBerfFxgPAJz17zz2joOFF3M=
 cloud.google.com/go/auth/oauth2adapt v0.2.8 h1:keo8NaayQZ6wimpNSmW5OPc283g65QNIiLpZnkHRbnc=
 cloud.google.com/go/auth/oauth2adapt v0.2.8/go.mod h1:XQ9y31RkqZCcwJWNSx2Xvric3RrU88hAYYbjDWYDL+c=
-cloud.google.com/go/compute/metadata v0.9.0 h1:pDUj4QMoPejqq20dK0Pg2N4yG9zIkYGdBtwLoEkH9Zs=
-cloud.google.com/go/compute/metadata v0.9.0/go.mod h1:E0bWwX5wTnLPedCKqk3pJmVgCBSM6qQI1yTBdEb3C10=
+cloud.google.com/go/compute/metadata v0.9.1 h1:CTE1OWBQ0vnF5uHwdFAQJvMQ0Fi/KRcqqKTo9V0F8Ik=
+cloud.google.com/go/compute/metadata v0.9.1/go.mod h1:NtnlvB6X3t4R6xSWyVX/ZWk493PCxGQlhI/iqxh4M8I=
 cloud.google.com/go/logging v1.13.2 h1:qqlHCBvieJT9Cdq4QqYx1KPadCQ2noD4FK02eNqHAjA=
 cloud.google.com/go/logging v1.13.2/go.mod h1:zaybliM3yun1J8mU2dVQ1/qDzjbOqEijZCn6hSBtKak=
 cloud.google.com/go/longrunning v0.8.0 h1:LiKK77J3bx5gDLi4SMViHixjD2ohlkwBi+mKA7EhfW8=
diff --git a/vendor/cloud.google.com/go/compute/metadata/.repo-metadata.json b/vendor/cloud.google.com/go/compute/metadata/.repo-metadata.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d64bf6cc1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/cloud.google.com/go/compute/metadata/.repo-metadata.json
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+    "api_shortname": "compute-metadata",
+    "client_documentation": "https://cloud.google.com/go/docs/reference/cloud.google.com/go/compute/latest/metadata",
+    "client_library_type": "manual",
+    "description": "Service Metadata API",
+    "distribution_name": "cloud.google.com/go/compute/metadata",
+    "language": "go",
+    "library_type": "CORE",
+    "release_level": "stable"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/vendor/cloud.google.com/go/compute/metadata/CHANGES.md b/vendor/cloud.google.com/go/compute/metadata/CHANGES.md
index e384683c5..726de96a9 100644
--- a/vendor/cloud.google.com/go/compute/metadata/CHANGES.md
+++ b/vendor/cloud.google.com/go/compute/metadata/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changes
 
+## [0.9.1](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/compare/compute/metadata/v0.9.0...compute/metadata/v0.9.1) (2026-09-17)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **compute/metadata:** Timeout initial metadata subscriber GET request ([#20488](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/issues/20488)) ([f06f6b3](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/f06f6b35e4b7ae8b48a3f9d1715229fe81cb2ebd)), refs [#20487](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/issues/20487)
+
 ## [0.9.0](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/compare/compute/metadata/v0.8.4...compute/metadata/v0.9.0) (2025-09-24)
 
 
diff --git a/vendor/cloud.google.com/go/compute/metadata/metadata.go b/vendor/cloud.google.com/go/compute/metadata/metadata.go
index 6bd189166..918231e3b 100644
--- a/vendor/cloud.google.com/go/compute/metadata/metadata.go
+++ b/vendor/cloud.google.com/go/compute/metadata/metadata.go
@@ -889,7 +889,9 @@ func (c *Client) SubscribeWithContext(ctx context.Context, suffix string, fn fun
 	const failedSubscribeSleep = time.Second * 5
 
 	// First check to see if the metadata value exists at all.
-	val, lastETag, err := c.getETagWithSubClient(ctx, suffix, true)
+	initCtx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, 5*time.Second)
+	val, lastETag, err := c.getETagWithSubClient(initCtx, suffix, true)
+	cancel()
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index 84d9cb165..d1de9420c 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ cloud.google.com/go/auth/internal/trustboundary
 # cloud.google.com/go/auth/oauth2adapt v0.2.8
 ## explicit; go 1.23.0
 cloud.google.com/go/auth/oauth2adapt
-# cloud.google.com/go/compute/metadata v0.9.0
-## explicit; go 1.24.0
+# cloud.google.com/go/compute/metadata v0.9.1
+## explicit; go 1.25.0
 cloud.google.com/go/compute/metadata
 # cloud.google.com/go/monitoring v1.24.3
 ## explicit; go 1.24.0