diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index d51cb47ec..14769bf43 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module github.com/kuadrant/kuadrant-operator
 go 1.22.5
 
 require (
-	github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager v1.16.1
+	github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager v1.16.2
 	github.com/elliotchance/orderedmap/v2 v2.2.0
 	github.com/envoyproxy/gateway v1.1.0
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.2
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index c2b7b0dc8..72f82c2d4 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ dario.cat/mergo v0.3.5 h1:rybKppoxBoyv1JiXjzlqE4gdrhB0Xk/us0OW7yDEAl0=
 dario.cat/mergo v0.3.5/go.mod h1:fvkCdyGtdx6UQvuEimZ9mB2dzc2AymrLoRgHC4lz6ec=
 github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.1 h1:VlbKKnNfV8bJzeqoa4cOKqO6bYr3WgKZxO8Z16+hsOM=
 github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.1/go.mod h1:G2ZrVWU2WbWT9wwq4/hrbKbnv/1ERSJQ0ibhJ6rlkpw=
-github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager v1.16.1 h1:1ceFMqTtwiqY2vyfaRT85CNiVmK7pJjt3GebYCx9awY=
-github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager v1.16.1/go.mod h1:MfLVTL45hFZsqmaT1O0+b2ugaNNQQZttSFV9hASHUb0=
+github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager v1.16.2 h1:c9UU2E+8XWGruyvC/mdpc1wuLddtgmNr8foKdP7a8Jg=
+github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager v1.16.2/go.mod h1:MfLVTL45hFZsqmaT1O0+b2ugaNNQQZttSFV9hASHUb0=
 github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.3.0 h1:UL815xU9SqsFlibzuggzjXhog7bL6oX9BbNZnL2UFvs=
 github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.3.0/go.mod h1:VGX0DQ3Q6kWi7AoAeZDth3/j3BFtOZR5XLFGgcrjCOs=
 github.com/datawire/dlib v1.3.0 h1:KkmyXU1kwm3oPBk1ypR70YbcOlEXWzEbx5RE0iRXTGk=