diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 3fc74a219..011117c69 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ require (
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.28.1
 	gopkg.in/natefinch/lumberjack.v2 v2.0.0
 	gopkg.in/square/go-jose.v2 v2.6.0
-	k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20230308234233-a4afee70a903
+	k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20230310084041-7785f7653f92
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20230310053422-8ac57a9747bc
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.0.0-20230310084516-756a0f3ae9a9
 	k8s.io/component-base v0.0.0-20230308075123-cfc68dcaff73
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ require (
 )
 
 replace (
-	k8s.io/api => k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20230308234233-a4afee70a903
+	k8s.io/api => k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20230310084041-7785f7653f92
 	k8s.io/apimachinery => k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20230310053422-8ac57a9747bc
 	k8s.io/client-go => k8s.io/client-go v0.0.0-20230310084516-756a0f3ae9a9
 	k8s.io/component-base => k8s.io/component-base v0.0.0-20230308075123-cfc68dcaff73
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 529742a90..6a3b0c84b 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -874,8 +874,8 @@ honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.0-20190523083050-ea95bdfd59fc/go.mod h1:rf3lG4BRIbNafJWh
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2019.2.3/go.mod h1:a3bituU0lyd329TUQxRnasdCoJDkEUEAqEt0JzvZhAg=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2020.1.3/go.mod h1:X/FiERA/W4tHapMX5mGpAtMSVEeEUOyHaw9vFzvIQ3k=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2020.1.4/go.mod h1:X/FiERA/W4tHapMX5mGpAtMSVEeEUOyHaw9vFzvIQ3k=
-k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20230308234233-a4afee70a903 h1:TmxUf1tDcGUHE8qZKLRWmn2nr2FypkwvqC2qviOUmQc=
-k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20230308234233-a4afee70a903/go.mod h1:esKbT+6XB9TZUHyxlJVQ3zUM0abhQZ81Ic68eirO+xM=
+k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20230310084041-7785f7653f92 h1:Bcf6XSNDjTLbkKqalEH4WESD5jGuuMg56WfZBxye6Oc=
+k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20230310084041-7785f7653f92/go.mod h1:54YtNzxdtIDMfqQTVaBmptCRgtrUw9mSUMvt9sCX3fI=
 k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20230310053422-8ac57a9747bc h1:iUeJrNH0Issnw4YeNTz6uNuWuA24Eh01HhHiO3IyCg0=
 k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20230310053422-8ac57a9747bc/go.mod h1:jlJwObMa4oKAEOMnAeEaqeiM+Fwd/CbAwNyQ7OaEwS0=
 k8s.io/client-go v0.0.0-20230310084516-756a0f3ae9a9 h1:Nd40oJXB53lEpVRBPPCtUaUKwkKa70OxCDKsESBeGFY=
diff --git a/pkg/apis/cel/config.go b/pkg/apis/cel/config.go
index 4e66868c1..d05821899 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/cel/config.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/cel/config.go
@@ -33,4 +33,8 @@ const (
 	// TODO(DangerOnTheRanger): wire in MaxRequestBodyBytes from apiserver/pkg/server/options/server_run_options.go to make this configurable
 	// Note that even if server_run_options.go becomes configurable in the future, this cost constant should be fixed and it should be the max allowed request size for the server
 	MaxRequestSizeBytes = int64(3 * 1024 * 1024)
+
+	// MaxEvaluatedMessageExpressionSizeBytes represents the largest-allowable string generated
+	// by a messageExpression field
+	MaxEvaluatedMessageExpressionSizeBytes = 5 * 1024
 )