diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 02285d1..a4a75fd 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.28.1
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.28.1
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.28.1
-	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.16.0
+	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.16.1
 	sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.20.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.3.0
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 3b2ad72..5486973 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -197,8 +197,8 @@ k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20230811205723-7ac0aad8c58d h1:lGN9colvFFZIY0Guxkzdd7
 k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20230811205723-7ac0aad8c58d/go.mod h1:wZK2AVp1uHCp4VamDVgBP2COHZjqD1T68Rf0CM3YjSM=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20230726121419-3b25d923346b h1:sgn3ZU783SCgtaSJjpcVVlRqd6GSnlTLKgpAAttJvpI=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20230726121419-3b25d923346b/go.mod h1:OLgZIPagt7ERELqWJFomSt595RzquPNLL48iOWgYOg0=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.16.0 h1:5koYaaRVBHDr0LZAJjO5dWzUjMsh6cwa7q1Mmusrdvk=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.16.0/go.mod h1:77DnuwA8+J7AO0njzv3wbNlMOnGuLrwFr8JPNwx3J7g=
+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/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd h1:EDPBXCAspyGV4jQlpZSudPeMmr1bNJefnuqLsRAsHZo=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd/go.mod h1:B8JuhiUyNFVKdsE8h686QcCxMaH6HrOAZj4vswFpcB0=
 sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.20.0 h1:f0sc3v9mQbGnjBUaqSFST1dwIuiikKVGgoTwpoP33a8=