diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 2b617d61..1a07cc61 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 module code.cloudfoundry.org/tps
 
-go 1.25
+go 1.26
 
 require (
 	code.cloudfoundry.org/bbs v0.0.0-20251029140956-4e01df8b0ac1
 	code.cloudfoundry.org/clock v1.72.0
 	code.cloudfoundry.org/debugserver v0.98.0
-	code.cloudfoundry.org/diego-logging-client v0.107.0
+	code.cloudfoundry.org/diego-logging-client v0.108.0
 	code.cloudfoundry.org/lager/v3 v3.71.0
 	code.cloudfoundry.org/localip v0.73.0
 	code.cloudfoundry.org/locket v0.0.0-20251028190928-8f3817b47d6f
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 39b98cbd..a3f78e76 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -600,8 +600,8 @@ code.cloudfoundry.org/clock v1.72.0 h1:C67MTXFcRSiZVY/Qberi19tClSFhbecO3coM3R6i6
 code.cloudfoundry.org/clock v1.72.0/go.mod h1:5CXwuBJnTZ9WBxuQmzhE5xxxkxlrgY4F/hRq1U2pvGk=
 code.cloudfoundry.org/debugserver v0.98.0 h1:Dngw0FvRYt1CapcK7qVBMM96wJ6BVR7RL0jq6xH2q10=
 code.cloudfoundry.org/debugserver v0.98.0/go.mod h1:IH9tfHuBfels0NyfvwwISaGhwByEh808WaGdVEDKHAc=
-code.cloudfoundry.org/diego-logging-client v0.107.0 h1:K/sGGAspH00rMTl/p6tbrJ4yqUrMNx/eUI4YguFYr34=
-code.cloudfoundry.org/diego-logging-client v0.107.0/go.mod h1:MnNMVeDhBNFvhdWit/et4L70vHQn3xLw3DfjFbQCofA=
+code.cloudfoundry.org/diego-logging-client v0.108.0 h1:1GE1m5SLU+M797ny1MFgmFNGM2U21mDurEJgqICxd54=
+code.cloudfoundry.org/diego-logging-client v0.108.0/go.mod h1:MnNMVeDhBNFvhdWit/et4L70vHQn3xLw3DfjFbQCofA=
 code.cloudfoundry.org/durationjson v0.0.0-20200131001738-04c274cd71ed h1:hSvlHcyx91CyefH4h8og5Xrz2gK0KSRbqPcvRXXwho8=
 code.cloudfoundry.org/durationjson v0.0.0-20200131001738-04c274cd71ed/go.mod h1:uR0bLsCAMy6IeJVZDs/pD+jKZ2+hBt2hKnX4DzLQs5A=
 code.cloudfoundry.org/go-diodes v0.0.0-20260518082450-53acbbed6d0f h1:64yICzxRPmSlKiwWc8EK7Ion6zQzbfLE8VVnOvAyRHM=
diff --git a/vendor/code.cloudfoundry.org/diego-logging-client/client.go b/vendor/code.cloudfoundry.org/diego-logging-client/client.go
index b8e488f2..a49a2c09 100644
--- a/vendor/code.cloudfoundry.org/diego-logging-client/client.go
+++ b/vendor/code.cloudfoundry.org/diego-logging-client/client.go
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	loggregator "code.cloudfoundry.org/go-loggregator/v9"
-	"google.golang.org/grpc"
 )
 
 type Config struct {
@@ -110,8 +109,10 @@ func newV2IngressClient(config Config) (IngressClient, error) {
 		opts = append(opts, loggregator.WithAddr(config.APIAddr()))
 	}
 
-	//lint:ignore SA1019 - we can't use grpc.WithContextDial until loggregator is updated for grpc.DialContext
-	opts = append(opts, loggregator.WithDialOptions(grpc.WithBlock(), grpc.WithTimeout(time.Second)))
+	// Non-blocking dial: connection is established lazily in the background.
+	// Loggregator may be briefly unavailable during BOSH upgrades; a blocking
+	// dial with a hard timeout caused rep to crash and Monit to restart it
+	// (~54s cycle) before the connection succeeded on retry.
 
 	c, err := loggregator.NewIngressClient(tlsConfig, opts...)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index 66d212bb..884dc1e7 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ code.cloudfoundry.org/clock
 # code.cloudfoundry.org/debugserver v0.98.0
 ## explicit; go 1.25.0
 code.cloudfoundry.org/debugserver
-# code.cloudfoundry.org/diego-logging-client v0.107.0
+# code.cloudfoundry.org/diego-logging-client v0.108.0
 ## explicit; go 1.25.1
 code.cloudfoundry.org/diego-logging-client
 code.cloudfoundry.org/diego-logging-client/testhelpers