diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 09b0fabb..1915e757 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/event v0.18.0
 	github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/kustomize v1.11.0
 	github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/meta v1.18.0
-	github.com/fluxcd/pkg/auth v0.26.0
+	github.com/fluxcd/pkg/auth v0.27.0
 	github.com/fluxcd/pkg/cache v0.10.0
 	github.com/fluxcd/pkg/http/fetch v0.17.0
 	github.com/fluxcd/pkg/kustomize v1.19.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index b3e41e2a..5fd52c74 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -199,8 +199,8 @@ github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/kustomize v1.11.0 h1:0IzDgxZkc4v+5SDNCvgZhfwfkdkQLPXC
 github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/kustomize v1.11.0/go.mod h1:j302mJGDww8cn9qvMsRQ0LJ1HPAPs/IlX7CSsoJV7BI=
 github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/meta v1.18.0 h1:ACHrMIjlcioE9GKS7NGk62KX4NshqNewr8sBwMcXABs=
 github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/meta v1.18.0/go.mod h1:97l3hTwBpJbXBY+wetNbqrUsvES8B1jGioKcBUxmqd8=
-github.com/fluxcd/pkg/auth v0.26.0 h1:jw128zPI4aRSvkGbFfAQcFNF3oK58P4rDdKIpj2/7yM=
-github.com/fluxcd/pkg/auth v0.26.0/go.mod h1:YEAHpBFuW5oLlH9ekuJaQdnJ2Q3A7Ny8kha3WY7QMnY=
+github.com/fluxcd/pkg/auth v0.27.0 h1:DFsizUxt9ZDAc+z7+o7jcbtfaxRH55MRD/wdU4CXNCQ=
+github.com/fluxcd/pkg/auth v0.27.0/go.mod h1:YEAHpBFuW5oLlH9ekuJaQdnJ2Q3A7Ny8kha3WY7QMnY=
 github.com/fluxcd/pkg/cache v0.10.0 h1:M+OGDM4da1cnz7q+sZSBtkBJHpiJsLnKVmR9OdMWxEY=
 github.com/fluxcd/pkg/cache v0.10.0/go.mod h1:pPXRzQUDQagsCniuOolqVhnAkbNgYOg8d2cTliPs7ME=
 github.com/fluxcd/pkg/envsubst v1.4.0 h1:pYsb6wrmXOSfHXuXQHaaBBMt3LumhgCb8SMdBNAwV/U=
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index a7c6e9e4..6a4dd85a 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -159,6 +159,11 @@ func main() {
 		auth.SetDefaultKubeConfigServiceAccount(defaultKubeConfigServiceAccount)
 	}
 
+	if auth.InconsistentObjectLevelConfiguration() {
+		setupLog.Error(auth.ErrInconsistentObjectLevelConfiguration, "invalid configuration")
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+
 	if err := intervalJitterOptions.SetGlobalJitter(nil); err != nil {
 		setupLog.Error(err, "unable to set global jitter")
 		os.Exit(1)