diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index f604f6b6b..bf6c6e9d6 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ require (
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.2
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
-	k8s.io/gengo/v2 v2.0.0-20240228010128-51d4e06bde70
+	k8s.io/gengo/v2 v2.0.0-20240812201722-3b05ca7b6e59
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240711033017-18e509b52bc8
 	sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 1fde98b36..eb58dc034 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -79,8 +79,8 @@ gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 h1:D8xgwECY7CYvx+Y2n4sBz93Jn9JRvxdiyyo8CTfuKaY=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0/go.mod h1:RDklbk79AGWmwhnvt/jBztapEOGDOx6ZbXqjP6csGnQ=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
-k8s.io/gengo/v2 v2.0.0-20240228010128-51d4e06bde70 h1:NGrVE502P0s0/1hudf8zjgwki1X/TByhmAoILTarmzo=
-k8s.io/gengo/v2 v2.0.0-20240228010128-51d4e06bde70/go.mod h1:VH3AT8AaQOqiGjMF9p0/IM1Dj+82ZwjfxUP1IxaHE+8=
+k8s.io/gengo/v2 v2.0.0-20240812201722-3b05ca7b6e59 h1:PfhT3P5Y7psqhl0D77Rj2B7RH77eid/wBttxlMTxXag=
+k8s.io/gengo/v2 v2.0.0-20240812201722-3b05ca7b6e59/go.mod h1:VH3AT8AaQOqiGjMF9p0/IM1Dj+82ZwjfxUP1IxaHE+8=
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1 h1:n9Xl7H1Xvksem4KFG4PYbdQCQxqc/tTUyrgXaOhHSzk=
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1/go.mod h1:3Jpz1GvMt720eyJH1ckRHK1EDfpxISzJ7I9OYgaDtPE=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240711033017-18e509b52bc8 h1:pUdcCO1Lk/tbT5ztQWOBi5HBgbBP1J8+AsQnQCKsi8A=
diff --git a/pkg/generators/openapi.go b/pkg/generators/openapi.go
index b0fa8272a..c5c009381 100644
--- a/pkg/generators/openapi.go
+++ b/pkg/generators/openapi.go
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ func methodReturnsValue(mt *types.Type, pkg, name string) bool {
 		return false
 	}
 	r := mt.Signature.Results[0]
-	return r.Name.Name == name && r.Name.Package == pkg
+	return r.Type.Name.Name == name && r.Type.Name.Package == pkg
 }
 
 func hasOpenAPIV3DefinitionMethod(t *types.Type) bool {