diff --git a/endian.go b/endian.go
index 14193d5..6f2763c 100644
--- a/endian.go
+++ b/endian.go
@@ -1,13 +1,7 @@
 package rtnetlink
 
-import (
-	"encoding/binary"
+import "encoding/binary"
 
-	"github.com/mdlayher/netlink/nlenc"
-)
-
-var nativeEndian binary.ByteOrder
-
-func init() {
-	nativeEndian = nlenc.NativeEndian()
-}
+// nativeEndian is the byte order of the host, which netlink uses for most
+// attribute and header fields.
+var nativeEndian binary.ByteOrder = binary.NativeEndian
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 4940f3c..27363b3 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@ go 1.26.0
 require (
 	github.com/cilium/ebpf v0.22.0
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.7.0
-	github.com/mdlayher/netlink v1.9.0
+	github.com/mdlayher/netlink v1.11.2
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.24.0
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.49.0
 )
 
 require (
-	github.com/mdlayher/socket v0.5.1 // indirect
+	github.com/mdlayher/socket v0.6.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/net v0.55.0 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index a97e514..0840c81 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.1 h1:flRD4NNwYAUpkphVc1HcthR4KEIFJ65n8Mw5qdRn3LE=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.1/go.mod h1:hoEshYVHaxMs3cyo3Yncou5ZscifuDolrwPKZanG3xk=
 github.com/kr/text v0.2.0 h1:5Nx0Ya0ZqY2ygV366QzturHI13Jq95ApcVaJBhpS+AY=
 github.com/kr/text v0.2.0/go.mod h1:eLer722TekiGuMkidMxC/pM04lWEeraHUUmBw8l2grE=
-github.com/mdlayher/netlink v1.9.0 h1:G8+GLq2x3v4D4MVIqDdNUhTUC7TKiCy/6MDkmItfKco=
-github.com/mdlayher/netlink v1.9.0/go.mod h1:YBnl5BXsCoRuwBjKKlZ+aYmEoq0r12FDA/3JC+94KDg=
-github.com/mdlayher/socket v0.5.1 h1:VZaqt6RkGkt2OE9l3GcC6nZkqD3xKeQLyfleW/uBcos=
-github.com/mdlayher/socket v0.5.1/go.mod h1:TjPLHI1UgwEv5J1B5q0zTZq12A/6H7nKmtTanQE37IQ=
+github.com/mdlayher/netlink v1.11.2 h1:HKh2jqe+omdSWcQ88nrT7INE61B0NXfiSPFdgL4YbNI=
+github.com/mdlayher/netlink v1.11.2/go.mod h1:uT2Yc/QLaZubzDpZIBi9d4GoeLwtp3x1AMeqSRrK2sA=
+github.com/mdlayher/socket v0.6.0 h1:ScZPaAGyO1icQnbFrhPM8mnXyMu9qukC1K4ZoM2IQKU=
+github.com/mdlayher/socket v0.6.0/go.mod h1:q7vozUAnxSqnjHc12Fik5yUKIzfZ8ITCfMkhOtE9z18=
 github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.14.1 h1:UQB4HGPB6osV0SQTLymcB4TgvyWu6ZyliaW0tI/otEQ=
 github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.14.1/go.mod h1:MaRKkUm5W0goXpeCfT7UZI6fk/L7L7so1lCWt35ZSgc=
 golang.org/x/net v0.55.0 h1:bcvxaJn3e1U6InsFWt1JUq1aSjnRxLzT2rtD2KfkDF8=