diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 8583622..ffb1e3c 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.28.2
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.28.2
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.100.1
-	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.16.1
+	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.16.2
 	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.3.0
 )
 
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index f84b169..94c17ea 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1251,8 +1251,8 @@ oras.land/oras-go v1.2.3/go.mod h1:M/uaPdYklze0Vf3AakfarnpoEckvw0ESbRdN8Z1vdJg=
 rsc.io/binaryregexp v0.2.0/go.mod h1:qTv7/COck+e2FymRvadv62gMdZztPaShugOCi3I+8D8=
 rsc.io/quote/v3 v3.1.0/go.mod h1:yEA65RcK8LyAZtP9Kv3t0HmxON59tX3rD+tICJqUlj0=
 rsc.io/sampler v1.3.0/go.mod h1:T1hPZKmBbMNahiBKFy5HrXp6adAjACjK9JXDnKaTXpA=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.16.1 h1:+15lzrmHsE0s2kNl0Dl8cTchI5Cs8qofo5PGcPrV9z0=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.16.1/go.mod h1:vpMu3LpI5sYWtujJOa2uPK61nB5rbwlN7BAB8aSLvGU=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.16.2 h1:mwXAVuEk3EQf478PQwQ48zGOXvW27UJc8NHktQVuIPU=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.16.2/go.mod h1:vpMu3LpI5sYWtujJOa2uPK61nB5rbwlN7BAB8aSLvGU=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20211020170558-c049b76a60c6/go.mod h1:p4QtZmO4uMYipTQNzagwnNoseA6OxSUutVw05NhYDRs=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd h1:EDPBXCAspyGV4jQlpZSudPeMmr1bNJefnuqLsRAsHZo=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd/go.mod h1:B8JuhiUyNFVKdsE8h686QcCxMaH6HrOAZj4vswFpcB0=