chore(deps): bump github.com/gardener/gardener from 1.99.1 to 1.104.0

Bumps [github.com/gardener/gardener](https://github.com/gardener/gardener) from 1.99.1 to 1.104.0.
- [Release notes](https://github.com/gardener/gardener/releases)
- [Commits](gardener/gardener@v1.99.1...v1.104.0)

---
updated-dependencies:
- dependency-name: github.com/gardener/gardener
  dependency-type: direct:production
  update-type: version-update:semver-minor
...

Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com>

go.mod

@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ require (
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.55.5
 	github.com/coreos/butane v0.21.0
 	github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22 v22.5.0
-	github.com/gardener/etcd-druid v0.22.4
-	github.com/gardener/gardener v1.101.0
+	github.com/gardener/etcd-druid v0.22.5
+	github.com/gardener/gardener v1.104.0
 	github.com/gardener/machine-controller-manager v0.53.1
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.2
 	github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.16
@@ -32,21 +32,22 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/code-generator v0.29.9
 	k8s.io/component-base v0.29.9
 	k8s.io/kubelet v0.29.9
-	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240711033017-18e509b52bc8
+	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240902221715-702e33fdd3c3
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.17.6
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.14.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0
 )
 
 require (
+	dario.cat/mergo v1.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.3.2 // indirect
 	github.com/Masterminds/goutils v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/Masterminds/semver v1.5.0 // indirect
-	github.com/Masterminds/sprig/v3 v3.2.3 // indirect
+	github.com/Masterminds/sprig/v3 v3.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/andybalholm/brotli v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/blang/semver/v4 v4.0.0 // indirect
-	github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.2.0 // indirect
+	github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/clarketm/json v1.17.1 // indirect
 	github.com/coreos/go-json v0.0.0-20230131223807-18775e0fb4fb // indirect
 	github.com/coreos/go-semver v0.3.1 // indirect
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/fluent/fluent-operator/v2 v2.9.0 // indirect
 	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.7.0 // indirect
 	github.com/gardener/cert-management v0.15.0 // indirect
-	github.com/gardener/hvpa-controller/api v0.15.0 // indirect
+	github.com/gardener/hvpa-controller/api v0.17.0 // indirect
 	github.com/go-logr/zapr v1.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/go-openapi/errors v0.20.4 // indirect
 	github.com/go-openapi/jsonpointer v0.20.0 // indirect
@@ -81,16 +82,16 @@ require (
 	github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.5.0 // indirect
 	github.com/hashicorp/errwrap v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror v1.1.1 // indirect
-	github.com/huandu/xstrings v1.4.0 // indirect
+	github.com/huandu/xstrings v1.5.0 // indirect
 	github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath v0.4.0 // indirect
 	github.com/josharian/intern v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12 // indirect
+	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.9 // indirect
 	github.com/kubernetes-csi/external-snapshotter/client/v4 v4.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/mailru/easyjson v0.7.7 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20 // indirect
-	github.com/matttproud/golang_protobuf_extensions/v2 v2.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/mitchellh/copystructure v1.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/mitchellh/hashstructure/v2 v2.0.2 // indirect
 	github.com/mitchellh/reflectwalk v1.0.2 // indirect
@@ -102,14 +103,14 @@ require (
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.1-0.20181226105442-5d4384ee4fb2 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus-operator/prometheus-operator/pkg/apis/monitoring v0.74.0 // indirect
-	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.18.0 // indirect
-	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.6.0 // indirect
-	github.com/prometheus/common v0.45.0 // indirect
-	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.12.0 // indirect
+	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.20.0 // indirect
+	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.6.1 // indirect
+	github.com/prometheus/common v0.59.1 // indirect
+	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.15.1 // indirect
 	github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.1.0 // indirect
-	github.com/shopspring/decimal v1.3.1 // indirect
+	github.com/shopspring/decimal v1.4.0 // indirect
 	github.com/spf13/afero v1.11.0 // indirect
-	github.com/spf13/cast v1.6.0 // indirect
+	github.com/spf13/cast v1.7.0 // indirect
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0 // indirect
 	github.com/vincent-petithory/dataurl v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/xeipuuv/gojsonpointer v0.0.0-20190905194746-02993c407bfb // indirect
@@ -118,30 +119,30 @@ require (
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0 // indirect
 	go4.org/netipx v0.0.0-20220812043211-3cc044ffd68d // indirect
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.27.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240719175910-8a7402abbf56 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240909161429-701f63a606c0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/mod v0.21.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/net v0.29.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.20.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.22.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.8.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.25.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/term v0.24.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.18.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/time v0.6.0 // indirect
 	gomodules.xyz/jsonpatch/v2 v2.4.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20240318140521-94a12d6c2237 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.1 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.2 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/inf.v0 v0.9.1 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 	helm.sh/helm/v3 v3.14.4 // indirect
-	istio.io/api v1.22.3 // indirect
+	istio.io/api v1.22.4 // indirect
 	istio.io/client-go v1.22.0 // indirect
 	k8s.io/gengo v0.0.0-20230829151522-9cce18d56c01 // indirect
 	k8s.io/klog v1.0.0 // indirect
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.120.1 // indirect
-	k8s.io/kube-aggregator v0.29.7 // indirect
+	k8s.io/kube-aggregator v0.29.9 // indirect
 	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20231010175941-2dd684a91f00 // indirect
-	k8s.io/metrics v0.29.7 // indirect
+	k8s.io/metrics v0.29.9 // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.4.1 // indirect
 )