diff --git a/testdata/project-v4/go.mod b/testdata/project-v4/go.mod
index 05f3e3b09f5..cd5af16166e 100644
--- a/testdata/project-v4/go.mod
+++ b/testdata/project-v4/go.mod
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/api v0.32.0
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.32.0
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.32.0
-	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.20.0
+	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.20.1
 )
 
 require (