diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 0497ce5d..cdd7955c 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/containerd/containerd v1.6.6
 	github.com/docker/cli v20.10.0-rc1+incompatible
 	github.com/drone/envsubst v1.0.2
-	github.com/gardener/component-spec/bindings-go v0.0.72
+	github.com/gardener/component-spec/bindings-go v0.0.81
 	github.com/gardener/image-vector v0.10.0
 	github.com/ghodss/yaml v1.0.0
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.2.3
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 0939763e..5219cea0 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -141,8 +141,8 @@ github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.4.7/go.mod h1:jwhsz4b93w/PPRr/qN1Yymfu8t87LnFCMo
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.4.9 h1:hsms1Qyu0jgnwNXIxa+/V/PDsU6CfLf6CNO8H7IWoS4=
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.4.9/go.mod h1:znqG4EE+3YCdAaPaxE2ZRY/06pZUdp0tY4IgpuI1SZQ=
 github.com/gardener/component-spec/bindings-go v0.0.52/go.mod h1:kQFMTWowNAp9tOp6aImQa/NoLzfvX29jN5Qgud9rpQU=
-github.com/gardener/component-spec/bindings-go v0.0.72 h1:RQ6TZhKTfYuQ9ztPHDROj74csJHBLqcE9kQtpnKq808=
-github.com/gardener/component-spec/bindings-go v0.0.72/go.mod h1:qr7kADDXbXB0huul+ih/B43YkwyiMFYQepp/tqJ331c=
+github.com/gardener/component-spec/bindings-go v0.0.81 h1:Rawv7qM/bmqzRDmhNjO2X04aQg/rP3D3MxUHM2ib6Ls=
+github.com/gardener/component-spec/bindings-go v0.0.81/go.mod h1:1/72D7DCsWc/JH5006EYBJPG42Na5DfDkzIyGd9mEf8=
 github.com/gardener/image-vector v0.10.0 h1:Ysg3hxfiGUG/doajiZ0nQuUaJYwfO5BZCOcijL3tRuo=
 github.com/gardener/image-vector v0.10.0/go.mod h1:32SHGcbmmueeK9VkawsFcEbsoENXQPIuuYiFBUP+vMQ=
 github.com/ghodss/yaml v0.0.0-20150909031657-73d445a93680/go.mod h1:4dBDuWmgqj2HViK6kFavaiC9ZROes6MMH2rRYeMEF04=
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/gardener/component-spec/bindings-go/apis/v2/componentdescriptor.go b/vendor/github.com/gardener/component-spec/bindings-go/apis/v2/componentdescriptor.go
index 1620955e..79ec4697 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/gardener/component-spec/bindings-go/apis/v2/componentdescriptor.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/gardener/component-spec/bindings-go/apis/v2/componentdescriptor.go
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ package v2
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
+
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 )
 
 const SchemaVersion = "v2"
@@ -93,6 +95,8 @@ type ComponentSpec struct {
 	ComponentReferences []ComponentReference `json:"componentReferences"`
 	// Resources defines all resources that are created by the component and by a third party.
 	Resources []Resource `json:"resources"`
+	//CreationTime defines the datetime the component was created
+	CreationTime metav1.Time `json:"creationTime,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // ObjectMeta defines a object that is uniquely identified by its name and version.
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index 804bc58b..224dd30b 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ github.com/drone/envsubst/path
 # github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.4.9
 ## explicit; go 1.13
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify
-# github.com/gardener/component-spec/bindings-go v0.0.72
+# github.com/gardener/component-spec/bindings-go v0.0.81
 ## explicit; go 1.18
 github.com/gardener/component-spec/bindings-go/apis
 github.com/gardener/component-spec/bindings-go/apis/v2