diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 89b7e81e..302b95be 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/cloudflare/cfssl v1.6.4
 	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.3
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.0
-	github.com/spf13/viper v1.18.1
+	github.com/spf13/viper v1.18.2
 	k8s.io/api v0.29.0
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.29.0
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.29.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 2b7dbe21..96e8bff5 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -129,8 +129,8 @@ github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.0 h1:7aJaZx1B85qltLMc546zn58BxxfZdR/W22ej9CFoEf0=
 github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.0/go.mod h1:WXLWApfZ71AjXPya3WOlMsY9yMs7YeiHhFVlvLyhcho=
 github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 h1:iy+VFUOCP1a+8yFto/drg2CJ5u0yRoB7fZw3DKv/JXA=
 github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5/go.mod h1:McXfInJRrz4CZXVZOBLb0bTZqETkiAhM9Iw0y3An2Bg=
-github.com/spf13/viper v1.18.1 h1:rmuU42rScKWlhhJDyXZRKJQHXFX02chSVW1IvkPGiVM=
-github.com/spf13/viper v1.18.1/go.mod h1:EKmWIqdnk5lOcmR72yw6hS+8OPYcwD0jteitLMVB+yk=
+github.com/spf13/viper v1.18.2 h1:LUXCnvUvSM6FXAsj6nnfc8Q2tp1dIgUfY9Kc8GsSOiQ=
+github.com/spf13/viper v1.18.2/go.mod h1:EKmWIqdnk5lOcmR72yw6hS+8OPYcwD0jteitLMVB+yk=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.1/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.4.0/go.mod h1:YvHI0jy2hoMjB+UWwv71VJQ9isScKT/TqJzVSSt89Yw=
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/spf13/viper/internal/features/bind_struct.go b/vendor/github.com/spf13/viper/internal/features/bind_struct.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..89302c21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/github.com/spf13/viper/internal/features/bind_struct.go
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+//go:build viper_bind_struct
+
+package features
+
+const BindStruct = true
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/spf13/viper/internal/features/bind_struct_default.go b/vendor/github.com/spf13/viper/internal/features/bind_struct_default.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..edfaf73b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/github.com/spf13/viper/internal/features/bind_struct_default.go
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+//go:build !viper_bind_struct
+
+package features
+
+const BindStruct = false
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/spf13/viper/viper.go b/vendor/github.com/spf13/viper/viper.go
index 122280b1..20eb4da1 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/spf13/viper/viper.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/spf13/viper/viper.go
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/viper/internal/encoding/json"
 	"github.com/spf13/viper/internal/encoding/toml"
 	"github.com/spf13/viper/internal/encoding/yaml"
+	"github.com/spf13/viper/internal/features"
 )
 
 // ConfigMarshalError happens when failing to marshal the configuration.
@@ -1114,14 +1115,20 @@ func Unmarshal(rawVal any, opts ...DecoderConfigOption) error {
 }
 
 func (v *Viper) Unmarshal(rawVal any, opts ...DecoderConfigOption) error {
-	// TODO: make this optional?
-	structKeys, err := v.decodeStructKeys(rawVal, opts...)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
+	keys := v.AllKeys()
+
+	if features.BindStruct {
+		// TODO: make this optional?
+		structKeys, err := v.decodeStructKeys(rawVal, opts...)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		keys = append(keys, structKeys...)
 	}
 
 	// TODO: struct keys should be enough?
-	return decode(v.getSettings(append(v.AllKeys(), structKeys...)), defaultDecoderConfig(rawVal, opts...))
+	return decode(v.getSettings(keys), defaultDecoderConfig(rawVal, opts...))
 }
 
 func (v *Viper) decodeStructKeys(input any, opts ...DecoderConfigOption) ([]string, error) {
@@ -1179,14 +1186,20 @@ func (v *Viper) UnmarshalExact(rawVal any, opts ...DecoderConfigOption) error {
 	config := defaultDecoderConfig(rawVal, opts...)
 	config.ErrorUnused = true
 
-	// TODO: make this optional?
-	structKeys, err := v.decodeStructKeys(rawVal, opts...)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
+	keys := v.AllKeys()
+
+	if features.BindStruct {
+		// TODO: make this optional?
+		structKeys, err := v.decodeStructKeys(rawVal, opts...)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		keys = append(keys, structKeys...)
 	}
 
 	// TODO: struct keys should be enough?
-	return decode(v.getSettings(append(v.AllKeys(), structKeys...)), config)
+	return decode(v.getSettings(keys), config)
 }
 
 // BindPFlags binds a full flag set to the configuration, using each flag's long
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index 27546ffe..1ece4367 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ github.com/spf13/cobra
 # github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
 ## explicit; go 1.12
 github.com/spf13/pflag
-# github.com/spf13/viper v1.18.1
+# github.com/spf13/viper v1.18.2
 ## explicit; go 1.18
 github.com/spf13/viper
 github.com/spf13/viper/internal/encoding
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ github.com/spf13/viper/internal/encoding/javaproperties
 github.com/spf13/viper/internal/encoding/json
 github.com/spf13/viper/internal/encoding/toml
 github.com/spf13/viper/internal/encoding/yaml
+github.com/spf13/viper/internal/features
 # github.com/subosito/gotenv v1.6.0
 ## explicit; go 1.18
 github.com/subosito/gotenv