diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 6f90129db0..7292e53fe3 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.18.1-0.20240731191308-a39ace352f07
 	sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api v1.1.0
-	sigs.k8s.io/sig-storage-lib-external-provisioner/v10 v10.0.0
+	sigs.k8s.io/sig-storage-lib-external-provisioner/v10 v10.0.1
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index fbabf4a657..b354deb669 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -359,8 +359,8 @@ sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api v1.1.0 h1:DsLDXCi6jR+Xz8/xd0Z1PYl2Pn0TyaFMOPPZIj4inDM=
 sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api v1.1.0/go.mod h1:ZH4lHrL2sDi0FHZ9jjneb8kKnGzFWyrTya35sWUTrRs=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd h1:EDPBXCAspyGV4jQlpZSudPeMmr1bNJefnuqLsRAsHZo=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd/go.mod h1:B8JuhiUyNFVKdsE8h686QcCxMaH6HrOAZj4vswFpcB0=
-sigs.k8s.io/sig-storage-lib-external-provisioner/v10 v10.0.0 h1:+OhFU21hL9Gq/sHKHfYxbc7M6RWV3UqTpnk5/wF9cP4=
-sigs.k8s.io/sig-storage-lib-external-provisioner/v10 v10.0.0/go.mod h1:mfQ2enu5yAHUhpNWsce9NmkqkRQsk70zQT+7KjZ+JMo=
+sigs.k8s.io/sig-storage-lib-external-provisioner/v10 v10.0.1 h1:uhd7RobUnVmfkRb3gkYQh4tBOiBEBvdwW/nAthG95Rc=
+sigs.k8s.io/sig-storage-lib-external-provisioner/v10 v10.0.1/go.mod h1:mfQ2enu5yAHUhpNWsce9NmkqkRQsk70zQT+7KjZ+JMo=
 sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.4.1 h1:150L+0vs/8DA78h1u02ooW1/fFq/Lwr+sGiqlzvrtq4=
 sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.4.1/go.mod h1:N8hJocpFajUSSeSJ9bOZ77VzejKZaXsTtZo4/u7Io08=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0 h1:Mk1wCc2gy/F0THH0TAp1QYyJNzRm2KCLy3o5ASXVI5E=
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index 25b8179817..180ee9cc1f 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -1533,7 +1533,7 @@ sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api/pkg/client/listers/apis/v1beta1
 ## explicit; go 1.18
 sigs.k8s.io/json
 sigs.k8s.io/json/internal/golang/encoding/json
-# sigs.k8s.io/sig-storage-lib-external-provisioner/v10 v10.0.0
+# sigs.k8s.io/sig-storage-lib-external-provisioner/v10 v10.0.1
 ## explicit; go 1.22.0
 sigs.k8s.io/sig-storage-lib-external-provisioner/v10/controller
 sigs.k8s.io/sig-storage-lib-external-provisioner/v10/controller/metrics
diff --git a/vendor/sigs.k8s.io/sig-storage-lib-external-provisioner/v10/controller/controller.go b/vendor/sigs.k8s.io/sig-storage-lib-external-provisioner/v10/controller/controller.go
index 194f6dae74..0b33f66181 100644
--- a/vendor/sigs.k8s.io/sig-storage-lib-external-provisioner/v10/controller/controller.go
+++ b/vendor/sigs.k8s.io/sig-storage-lib-external-provisioner/v10/controller/controller.go
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/record"
 	ref "k8s.io/client-go/tools/reference"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/util/workqueue"
-	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
+	klog "k8s.io/klog/v2"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/sig-storage-lib-external-provisioner/v10/controller/metrics"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/sig-storage-lib-external-provisioner/v10/util"
 )
@@ -1589,7 +1589,6 @@ func (ctrl *ProvisionController) deleteVolumeOperation(ctx context.Context, volu
 				return fmt.Errorf("expected volume but got %+v", volumeObj)
 			}
 			finalizers, modified := removeFinalizer(newVolume.ObjectMeta.Finalizers, finalizerPV)
-
 			// Only update the finalizers if we actually removed something
 			if modified {
 				if _, err = ctrl.patchPersistentVolumeWithFinalizers(ctx, newVolume, finalizers); err != nil {
@@ -1608,23 +1607,21 @@ func (ctrl *ProvisionController) deleteVolumeOperation(ctx context.Context, volu
 	return nil
 }
 
-// removeFinalizer removes finalizer from slice, returns slice and whether modified.
+// removeFinalizer removes finalizer from slice, returns the new slice and whether modified.
+// It does not modify the original slice.
 func removeFinalizer(finalizers []string, finalizerToRemove string) ([]string, bool) {
-	for i, finalizer := range finalizers {
-		if finalizer == finalizerToRemove {
-			finalizers = append(finalizers[:i], finalizers[i+1:]...)
-			if len(finalizers) == 0 {
-				finalizers = nil
-			}
-			return finalizers, true
+	ret := make([]string, 0, len(finalizers))
+	for _, finalizer := range finalizers {
+		if finalizer != finalizerToRemove {
+			ret = append(ret, finalizer)
 		}
 	}
 
-	if len(finalizers) == 0 {
-		finalizers = nil
+	if len(ret) == 0 {
+		ret = nil
 	}
 
-	return finalizers, false
+	return ret, len(ret) != len(finalizers)
 }
 
 // addFinalizer adds finalizer to slice, returns slice and whether modified.