diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 02677b83..a999a701 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.28.2
 	k8s.io/cli-runtime v0.28.2
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.28.2
-	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.15.1
+	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.16.2
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 16d8848e..4a2c2c7c 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -560,8 +560,8 @@ moul.io/http2curl/v2 v2.3.0 h1:9r3JfDzWPcbIklMOs2TnIFzDYvfAZvjeavG6EzP7jYs=
 moul.io/http2curl/v2 v2.3.0/go.mod h1:RW4hyBjTWSYDOxapodpNEtX0g5Eb16sxklBqmd2RHcE=
 nullprogram.com/x/optparse v1.0.0/go.mod h1:KdyPE+Igbe0jQUrVfMqDMeJQIJZEuyV7pjYmp6pbG50=
 rsc.io/pdf v0.1.1/go.mod h1:n8OzWcQ6Sp37PL01nO98y4iUCRdTGarVfzxY20ICaU4=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.15.1 h1:9UvgKD4ZJGcj24vefUFgZFP3xej/3igL9BsOUTb/+4c=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.15.1/go.mod h1:7ngYvp1MLT+9GeZ+6lH3LOlcHkp/+tzA/fmHa4iq9kk=
+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 v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd h1:EDPBXCAspyGV4jQlpZSudPeMmr1bNJefnuqLsRAsHZo=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd/go.mod h1:B8JuhiUyNFVKdsE8h686QcCxMaH6HrOAZj4vswFpcB0=
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.13.5-0.20230601165947-6ce0bf390ce3 h1:XX3Ajgzov2RKUdc5jW3t5jwY7Bo7dcRm+tFxT+NfgY0=