diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 998ed2c3..bca9a2d5 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -10,14 +10,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.42.1
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.23.2
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1
-	// UNMERGED: pinned to the head of network-services-operator#411
-	// (branch proto/network-service), which adds the NetworkService API and the
-	// networkService HTTPProxy backend that `datumctl compute --http-port` needs.
-	// That PR is a draft and its branch may be force-pushed or deleted, which
-	// would break `go mod download` here. Re-pin to main as soon as it merges.
-	// The pre-411 pin was chosen for the Prepared condition, which this commit
-	// also carries.
-	go.datum.net/network-services-operator v0.26.5-0.20260909170421-bcd1965a821c
+	go.datum.net/network-services-operator v0.26.5-0.20260911135634-aeaa6ff1ab23
 	// Pinned by pseudo-version to the commit deployed to staging, which is the
 	// same one network-services-operator pins. The module publishes no tag yet.
 	go.miloapis.com/locations v0.0.0-20260825185141-507ac2cbd48c
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 891611a2..99a75413 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -337,8 +337,8 @@ github.com/youmark/pkcs8 v0.0.0-20240726163527-a2c0da244d78 h1:ilQV1hzziu+LLM3zU
 github.com/youmark/pkcs8 v0.0.0-20240726163527-a2c0da244d78/go.mod h1:aL8wCCfTfSfmXjznFBSZNN13rSJjlIOI1fUNAtF7rmI=
 go.datum.net/datumctl v0.17.1-0.20260710003126-296c2fcbbd67 h1:Mhgt688CeTh2hX7ql61ySR3+/YHdZMgYBSFhBW7W2gA=
 go.datum.net/datumctl v0.17.1-0.20260710003126-296c2fcbbd67/go.mod h1:6skEjcE7aT8VPf/HVamA/BB6Dc9IISA6c/DdYKhqWNc=
-go.datum.net/network-services-operator v0.26.5-0.20260909170421-bcd1965a821c h1:nHFLUbR5xi2hvYuV7DtH00SPuve/uyL95Fi0ASSjHY8=
-go.datum.net/network-services-operator v0.26.5-0.20260909170421-bcd1965a821c/go.mod h1:9nuuBWdrkdnIBMaWJsWM3j4CcbKJIF1GDuCmAjdpIHo=
+go.datum.net/network-services-operator v0.26.5-0.20260911135634-aeaa6ff1ab23 h1:a6qaqnhT1eLueTvAgkebWmZ+8taFaQwAX7knVEPYEW4=
+go.datum.net/network-services-operator v0.26.5-0.20260911135634-aeaa6ff1ab23/go.mod h1:9nuuBWdrkdnIBMaWJsWM3j4CcbKJIF1GDuCmAjdpIHo=
 go.miloapis.com/locations v0.0.0-20260825185141-507ac2cbd48c h1:+BQirT3wYCgv7H2lEZtAH+dpMiWu9j/Wa+c8s4jJUIA=
 go.miloapis.com/locations v0.0.0-20260825185141-507ac2cbd48c/go.mod h1:gzfAfHhSMwl/N68k/uSNYXOKK3IOBJCdXYaBgCE3gdE=
 go.miloapis.com/milo v0.32.0 h1:TkNIQu/37d+SEquLJ5+GmdisSl+K2RT7eEC4idg6RIs=
@@ -414,8 +414,6 @@ google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20260526163538-3dc84a4a5aaa h1:
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20260526163538-3dc84a4a5aaa/go.mod h1:q4lMZS6kskjT5HvCPrnnypcDPVJqT/f4nfxmkE7gryY=
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20260526163538-3dc84a4a5aaa h1:mZHHdPZl0dbGHCflZgAq/Q468DWVFcU2whhB2KAo8fk=
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20260526163538-3dc84a4a5aaa/go.mod h1:4Hqkh8ycfw05ld/3BWL7rJOSfebL2Q+DVDeRgYgxUU8=
-google.golang.org/grpc v1.83.1 h1:HIO0+BEtBP6soyqvqC8sNUjZ7bTs+0hFQuFF+RAy++Y=
-google.golang.org/grpc v1.83.1/go.mod h1:kDyl6SKsiHKt0uylY5gtn5cEjkrIOhQOGDgIc4JGwzQ=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.83.2 h1:EManeRomTObA0BU7I8vXgg/78uE5MJ9M8B39EX2WscU=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.83.2/go.mod h1:YPI1hK3kDked6iHvgX3tR0y+nX/qpMFKhPgFsokw1S8=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.12-0.20260120151049-f2248ac996af h1:+5/Sw3GsDNlEmu7TfklWKPdQ0Ykja5VEmq2i817+jbI=