diff --git a/cmd/file_openapi2kong.go b/cmd/file_openapi2kong.go
index 2f7b1062d..83a547671 100644
--- a/cmd/file_openapi2kong.go
+++ b/cmd/file_openapi2kong.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ var (
 	cmdO2KignoreSecurityError bool
 	cmdO2KignoreCircularRefs  bool
 	cmdO2KskipRouteByHeader   bool
+	cmdO2KreuseService        bool
 )
 
 // Executes the CLI command "openapi2kong"
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ func executeOpenapi2Kong(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
 		IgnoreSecurityErrors: cmdO2KignoreSecurityError,
 		IgnoreCircularRefs:   cmdO2KignoreCircularRefs,
 		SkipRouteByHeader:    cmdO2KskipRouteByHeader,
+		ReuseServices:        cmdO2KreuseService,
 	}
 
 	trackInfo := deckformat.HistoryNewEntry("openapi2kong")
@@ -120,6 +122,9 @@ The output will be targeted at Kong version 3.x.
 	openapi2kongCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&cmdO2KskipRouteByHeader, "skip-route-by-header", false,
 		"skip generation of separate route for each required header parameter enum value.\n"+
 			"When set, generates a single route per operation.")
+	openapi2kongCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&cmdO2KreuseService, "reuse-services", false,
+		"reuse existing Kong services when multiple paths share the same backend URL.\n"+
+			"When set, deduplicates services by checking host, protocol, port, and path.")
 
 	return openapi2kongCmd
 }
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 6f5d41950..246f5e993 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/ettle/strcase v0.2.0
 	github.com/fatih/color v1.19.0
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.7.0
-	github.com/kong/go-apiops v0.4.1
+	github.com/kong/go-apiops v0.4.2
 	github.com/kong/go-database-reconciler v1.38.0
 	github.com/kong/go-kong v0.75.1
 	github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir v1.1.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 889176598..d961029a3 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -223,8 +223,8 @@ github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12 h1:PV8peI4a0ysnczrg+LtxykD8LfKY9ML6u2jnxaEnr
 github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12/go.mod h1:e30LSqwooZae/UwlEbR2852Gd8hjQvJoHmT4TnhNGBo=
 github.com/kisielk/errcheck v1.5.0/go.mod h1:pFxgyoBC7bSaBwPgfKdkLd5X25qrDl4LWUI2bnpBCr8=
 github.com/kisielk/gotool v1.0.0/go.mod h1:XhKaO+MFFWcvkIS/tQcRk01m1F5IRFswLeQ+oQHNcck=
-github.com/kong/go-apiops v0.4.1 h1:jVE7O2wSwrmV/meppKRxst9ny+aASJlwj7zma+9pbzc=
-github.com/kong/go-apiops v0.4.1/go.mod h1:Xt99d90LallLVwYJAGaufiNbBdsK0KKboe7gR4Ryths=
+github.com/kong/go-apiops v0.4.2 h1:t+k42WVdxm5xOKsKTkkTIKK6l2QAhTerWqRa5muZVhM=
+github.com/kong/go-apiops v0.4.2/go.mod h1:Xt99d90LallLVwYJAGaufiNbBdsK0KKboe7gR4Ryths=
 github.com/kong/go-database-reconciler v1.38.0 h1:KecRJLDRMrH/r/BTORQ17x4coZBOv8vKXTP/K9rlVzg=
 github.com/kong/go-database-reconciler v1.38.0/go.mod h1:4YhUoBTMO5smJ0BuWaSfxknbhjrKx9Cg4hvUMR2EW8M=
 github.com/kong/go-kong v0.75.1 h1:2W4bZQUvXYGsZ7PvbZKkWnjrZmEiKueSY1yf6xv2jwY=