diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index a8de800..0574e24 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ toolchain go1.21.2
 
 require (
 	github.com/Masterminds/sprig/v3 v3.2.3
-	github.com/gorilla/schema v1.2.1
+	github.com/gorilla/schema v1.4.1
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.120.1
 )
 
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 1b0c753..837aa46 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.1/go.mod h1:9T104GzyrTigFIr8wt5mBrctHMim0Nb2HLGrmQ4
 github.com/google/uuid v1.1.1/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+yHo=
 github.com/google/uuid v1.3.0 h1:t6JiXgmwXMjEs8VusXIJk2BXHsn+wx8BZdTaoZ5fu7I=
 github.com/google/uuid v1.3.0/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+yHo=
-github.com/gorilla/schema v1.2.1 h1:tjDxcmdb+siIqkTNoV+qRH2mjYdr2hHe5MKXbp61ziM=
-github.com/gorilla/schema v1.2.1/go.mod h1:Dg5SSm5PV60mhF2NFaTV1xuYYj8tV8NOPRo4FggUMnM=
+github.com/gorilla/schema v1.4.1 h1:jUg5hUjCSDZpNGLuXQOgIWGdlgrIdYvgQ0wZtdK1M3E=
+github.com/gorilla/schema v1.4.1/go.mod h1:Dg5SSm5PV60mhF2NFaTV1xuYYj8tV8NOPRo4FggUMnM=
 github.com/huandu/xstrings v1.3.3 h1:/Gcsuc1x8JVbJ9/rlye4xZnVAbEkGauT8lbebqcQws4=
 github.com/huandu/xstrings v1.3.3/go.mod h1:y5/lhBue+AyNmUVz9RLU9xbLR0o4KIIExikq4ovT0aE=
 github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.11 h1:3tnifQM4i+fbajXKBHXWEH+KvNHqojZ778UH75j3bGA=
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/gorilla/schema/README.md b/vendor/github.com/gorilla/schema/README.md
index dbeff3d..58786ba 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/gorilla/schema/README.md
+++ b/vendor/github.com/gorilla/schema/README.md
@@ -87,7 +87,32 @@ The supported field types in the struct are:
 
 Unsupported types are simply ignored, however custom types can be registered to be converted.
 
-More examples are available on the Gorilla website: https://www.gorillatoolkit.org/pkg/schema
+## Setting Defaults
+
+It is possible to set default values when encoding/decoding by using the `default` tag option. The value of `default` is applied when a field has a zero value, a pointer has a nil value, or a slice is empty.
+
+```go
+type Person struct {
+    Phone string `schema:"phone,default:+123456"`          // custom name
+    Age int     `schema:"age,default:21"`
+	Admin bool    `schema:"admin,default:false"`
+	Balance float64 `schema:"balance,default:10.0"`
+    Friends []string `schema:friends,default:john|bob`
+}
+```
+
+The `default` tag option is supported for the following types:
+
+* bool
+* float variants (float32, float64)
+* int variants (int, int8, int16, int32, int64)
+* uint variants (uint, uint8, uint16, uint32, uint64)
+* string
+* a slice of the above types. As shown in the example above, `|` should be used to separate between slice items. 
+* a pointer to one of the above types (pointer to slice and slice of pointers are not supported).
+
+> [!NOTE]  
+> Because primitive types like int, float, bool, unint and their variants have their default (or zero) values set by Golang, it is not possible to distinguish them from a provided value when decoding/encoding form values. In this case, the value provided by the `default` option tag will be always applied. For example, let's assume that the value submitted in the form for `balance` is `0.0` then the default of `10.0` will be applied, even if `0.0` is part of the form data for the `balance` field. In such cases, it is highly recommended to use pointers to allow schema to distinguish between when a form field has no provided value and when a form has a value equal to the corresponding default set by Golang for a particular type. If the type of the `Balance` field above is changed to `*float64`, then the zero value would be `nil`. In this case, if the form data value for `balance` is `0.0`, then the default will not be applied.
 
 ## License
 
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/gorilla/schema/cache.go b/vendor/github.com/gorilla/schema/cache.go
index bf21697..065b8d6 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/gorilla/schema/cache.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/gorilla/schema/cache.go
@@ -197,6 +197,7 @@ func (c *cache) createField(field reflect.StructField, parentAlias string) *fiel
 		isSliceOfStructs: isSlice && isStruct,
 		isAnonymous:      field.Anonymous,
 		isRequired:       options.Contains("required"),
+		defaultValue:     options.getDefaultOptionValue(),
 	}
 }
 
@@ -246,8 +247,9 @@ type fieldInfo struct {
 	// isSliceOfStructs indicates if the field type is a slice of structs.
 	isSliceOfStructs bool
 	// isAnonymous indicates whether the field is embedded in the struct.
-	isAnonymous bool
-	isRequired  bool
+	isAnonymous  bool
+	isRequired   bool
+	defaultValue string
 }
 
 func (f *fieldInfo) paths(prefix string) []string {
@@ -303,3 +305,13 @@ func (o tagOptions) Contains(option string) bool {
 	}
 	return false
 }
+
+func (o tagOptions) getDefaultOptionValue() string {
+	for _, s := range o {
+		if strings.HasPrefix(s, "default:") {
+			return strings.Split(s, ":")[1]
+		}
+	}
+
+	return ""
+}
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/gorilla/schema/converter.go b/vendor/github.com/gorilla/schema/converter.go
index 4f2116a..4bae6df 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/gorilla/schema/converter.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/gorilla/schema/converter.go
@@ -143,3 +143,80 @@ func convertUint64(value string) reflect.Value {
 	}
 	return invalidValue
 }
+
+func convertPointer(k reflect.Kind, value string) reflect.Value {
+	switch k {
+	case boolType:
+		if v := convertBool(value); v.IsValid() {
+			converted := v.Bool()
+			return reflect.ValueOf(&converted)
+		}
+	case float32Type:
+		if v := convertFloat32(value); v.IsValid() {
+			converted := float32(v.Float())
+			return reflect.ValueOf(&converted)
+		}
+	case float64Type:
+		if v := convertFloat64(value); v.IsValid() {
+			converted := float64(v.Float())
+			return reflect.ValueOf(&converted)
+		}
+	case intType:
+		if v := convertInt(value); v.IsValid() {
+			converted := int(v.Int())
+			return reflect.ValueOf(&converted)
+		}
+	case int8Type:
+		if v := convertInt8(value); v.IsValid() {
+			converted := int8(v.Int())
+			return reflect.ValueOf(&converted)
+		}
+	case int16Type:
+		if v := convertInt16(value); v.IsValid() {
+			converted := int16(v.Int())
+			return reflect.ValueOf(&converted)
+		}
+	case int32Type:
+		if v := convertInt32(value); v.IsValid() {
+			converted := int32(v.Int())
+			return reflect.ValueOf(&converted)
+		}
+	case int64Type:
+		if v := convertInt64(value); v.IsValid() {
+			converted := int64(v.Int())
+			return reflect.ValueOf(&converted)
+		}
+	case stringType:
+		if v := convertString(value); v.IsValid() {
+			converted := v.String()
+			return reflect.ValueOf(&converted)
+		}
+	case uintType:
+		if v := convertUint(value); v.IsValid() {
+			converted := uint(v.Uint())
+			return reflect.ValueOf(&converted)
+		}
+	case uint8Type:
+		if v := convertUint8(value); v.IsValid() {
+			converted := uint8(v.Uint())
+			return reflect.ValueOf(&converted)
+		}
+	case uint16Type:
+		if v := convertUint16(value); v.IsValid() {
+			converted := uint16(v.Uint())
+			return reflect.ValueOf(&converted)
+		}
+	case uint32Type:
+		if v := convertUint32(value); v.IsValid() {
+			converted := uint32(v.Uint())
+			return reflect.ValueOf(&converted)
+		}
+	case uint64Type:
+		if v := convertUint64(value); v.IsValid() {
+			converted := uint64(v.Uint())
+			return reflect.ValueOf(&converted)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return invalidValue
+}
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/gorilla/schema/decoder.go b/vendor/github.com/gorilla/schema/decoder.go
index 28b560b..54c88ec 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/gorilla/schema/decoder.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/gorilla/schema/decoder.go
@@ -12,9 +12,13 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 )
 
+const (
+	defaultMaxSize = 16000
+)
+
 // NewDecoder returns a new Decoder.
 func NewDecoder() *Decoder {
-	return &Decoder{cache: newCache()}
+	return &Decoder{cache: newCache(), maxSize: defaultMaxSize}
 }
 
 // Decoder decodes values from a map[string][]string to a struct.
@@ -22,6 +26,7 @@ type Decoder struct {
 	cache             *cache
 	zeroEmpty         bool
 	ignoreUnknownKeys bool
+	maxSize           int
 }
 
 // SetAliasTag changes the tag used to locate custom field aliases.
@@ -54,6 +59,13 @@ func (d *Decoder) IgnoreUnknownKeys(i bool) {
 	d.ignoreUnknownKeys = i
 }
 
+// MaxSize limits the size of slices for URL nested arrays or object arrays.
+// Choose MaxSize carefully; large values may create many zero-value slice elements.
+// Example: "items.100000=apple" would create a slice with 100,000 empty strings.
+func (d *Decoder) MaxSize(size int) {
+	d.maxSize = size
+}
+
 // RegisterConverter registers a converter function for a custom type.
 func (d *Decoder) RegisterConverter(value interface{}, converterFunc Converter) {
 	d.cache.registerConverter(value, converterFunc)
@@ -84,6 +96,7 @@ func (d *Decoder) Decode(dst interface{}, src map[string][]string) error {
 			errors[path] = UnknownKeyError{Key: path}
 		}
 	}
+	errors.merge(d.setDefaults(t, v))
 	errors.merge(d.checkRequired(t, src))
 	if len(errors) > 0 {
 		return errors
@@ -91,6 +104,88 @@ func (d *Decoder) Decode(dst interface{}, src map[string][]string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// setDefaults sets the default values when the `default` tag is specified,
+// default is supported on basic/primitive types and their pointers,
+// nested structs can also have default tags
+func (d *Decoder) setDefaults(t reflect.Type, v reflect.Value) MultiError {
+	struc := d.cache.get(t)
+	if struc == nil {
+		// unexpect, cache.get never return nil
+		return MultiError{"default-" + t.Name(): errors.New("cache fail")}
+	}
+
+	errs := MultiError{}
+
+	if v.Type().Kind() == reflect.Struct {
+		for i := 0; i < v.NumField(); i++ {
+			field := v.Field(i)
+			if field.Type().Kind() == reflect.Ptr && field.IsNil() && v.Type().Field(i).Anonymous {
+				field.Set(reflect.New(field.Type().Elem()))
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	for _, f := range struc.fields {
+		vCurrent := v.FieldByName(f.name)
+
+		if vCurrent.Type().Kind() == reflect.Struct && f.defaultValue == "" {
+			errs.merge(d.setDefaults(vCurrent.Type(), vCurrent))
+		} else if isPointerToStruct(vCurrent) && f.defaultValue == "" {
+			errs.merge(d.setDefaults(vCurrent.Elem().Type(), vCurrent.Elem()))
+		}
+
+		if f.defaultValue != "" && f.isRequired {
+			errs.merge(MultiError{"default-" + f.name: errors.New("required fields cannot have a default value")})
+		} else if f.defaultValue != "" && vCurrent.IsZero() && !f.isRequired {
+			if f.typ.Kind() == reflect.Struct {
+				errs.merge(MultiError{"default-" + f.name: errors.New("default option is supported only on: bool, float variants, string, unit variants types or their corresponding pointers or slices")})
+			} else if f.typ.Kind() == reflect.Slice {
+				vals := strings.Split(f.defaultValue, "|")
+
+				// check if slice has one of the supported types for defaults
+				if _, ok := builtinConverters[f.typ.Elem().Kind()]; !ok {
+					errs.merge(MultiError{"default-" + f.name: errors.New("default option is supported only on: bool, float variants, string, unit variants types or their corresponding pointers or slices")})
+					continue
+				}
+
+				defaultSlice := reflect.MakeSlice(f.typ, 0, cap(vals))
+				for _, val := range vals {
+					// this check is to handle if the wrong value is provided
+					convertedVal := builtinConverters[f.typ.Elem().Kind()](val)
+					if !convertedVal.IsValid() {
+						errs.merge(MultiError{"default-" + f.name: fmt.Errorf("failed setting default: %s is not compatible with field %s type", val, f.name)})
+						break
+					}
+					defaultSlice = reflect.Append(defaultSlice, convertedVal)
+				}
+				vCurrent.Set(defaultSlice)
+			} else if f.typ.Kind() == reflect.Ptr {
+				t1 := f.typ.Elem()
+
+				if t1.Kind() == reflect.Struct || t1.Kind() == reflect.Slice {
+					errs.merge(MultiError{"default-" + f.name: errors.New("default option is supported only on: bool, float variants, string, unit variants types or their corresponding pointers or slices")})
+				}
+
+				// this check is to handle if the wrong value is provided
+				if convertedVal := convertPointer(t1.Kind(), f.defaultValue); convertedVal.IsValid() {
+					vCurrent.Set(convertedVal)
+				}
+			} else {
+				// this check is to handle if the wrong value is provided
+				if convertedVal := builtinConverters[f.typ.Kind()](f.defaultValue); convertedVal.IsValid() {
+					vCurrent.Set(builtinConverters[f.typ.Kind()](f.defaultValue))
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return errs
+}
+
+func isPointerToStruct(v reflect.Value) bool {
+	return !v.IsZero() && v.Type().Kind() == reflect.Ptr && v.Elem().Type().Kind() == reflect.Struct
+}
+
 // checkRequired checks whether required fields are empty
 //
 // check type t recursively if t has struct fields.
@@ -219,6 +314,10 @@ func (d *Decoder) decode(v reflect.Value, path string, parts []pathPart, values
 	// Slice of structs. Let's go recursive.
 	if len(parts) > 1 {
 		idx := parts[0].index
+		// a defensive check to avoid creating a large slice based on user input index
+		if idx > d.maxSize {
+			return fmt.Errorf("%v index %d is larger than the configured maxSize %d", v.Kind(), idx, d.maxSize)
+		}
 		if v.IsNil() || v.Len() < idx+1 {
 			value := reflect.MakeSlice(t, idx+1, idx+1)
 			if v.Len() < idx+1 {
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/gorilla/schema/encoder.go b/vendor/github.com/gorilla/schema/encoder.go
index 51f0a78..52f2c10 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/gorilla/schema/encoder.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/gorilla/schema/encoder.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package schema
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"log"
 	"reflect"
 	"strconv"
 )
@@ -97,7 +96,7 @@ func (e *Encoder) encode(v reflect.Value, dst map[string][]string) error {
 		if isValidStructPointer(v.Field(i)) && !e.hasCustomEncoder(v.Field(i).Type()) {
 			err := e.encode(v.Field(i).Elem(), dst)
 			if err != nil {
-				log.Fatal(err)
+				errors[v.Field(i).Elem().Type().String()] = err
 			}
 			continue
 		}
@@ -118,7 +117,7 @@ func (e *Encoder) encode(v reflect.Value, dst map[string][]string) error {
 		if v.Field(i).Type().Kind() == reflect.Struct {
 			err := e.encode(v.Field(i), dst)
 			if err != nil {
-				log.Fatal(err)
+				errors[v.Field(i).Type().String()] = err
 			}
 			continue
 		}
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index afd6ba3..3747c3b 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ github.com/go-logr/logr
 # github.com/google/uuid v1.3.0
 ## explicit
 github.com/google/uuid
-# github.com/gorilla/schema v1.2.1
+# github.com/gorilla/schema v1.4.1
 ## explicit; go 1.20
 github.com/gorilla/schema
 # github.com/huandu/xstrings v1.3.3