diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index ed2afdb7..ff366659 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/cli-runtime v0.28.0
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.28.2
 	k8s.io/kubectl v0.28.0
-	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.15.1
+	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.16.2
 )
 
 require (
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/term v0.12.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.13.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/time v0.3.0 // indirect
-	gomodules.xyz/jsonpatch/v2 v2.4.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/appengine v1.6.7 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20230525234030-28d5490b6b19 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.55.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 49b2b015..34106728 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -972,6 +972,8 @@ golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20191227195350-da58074b4299/go.mod h1:2RIsYlXP63K8oxa1u0
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20200119233911-0405dc783f0a/go.mod h1:2RIsYlXP63K8oxa1u096TMicItID8zy7Y6sNkU49FU4=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20200207192155-f17229e696bd/go.mod h1:J/WKrq2StrnmMY6+EHIKF9dgMWnmCNThgcyBT1FY9mM=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20200224162631-6cc2880d07d6/go.mod h1:3jZMyOhIsHpP37uCMkUooju7aAi5cS1Q23tOzKc+0MU=
+golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20220722155223-a9213eeb770e h1:+WEEuIdZHnUeJJmEUjyYC2gfUMj69yZXw17EnHg/otA=
+golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20220722155223-a9213eeb770e/go.mod h1:Kr81I6Kryrl9sr8s2FK3vxD90NdsKWRuOIl2O4CvYbA=
 golang.org/x/image v0.0.0-20190227222117-0694c2d4d067/go.mod h1:kZ7UVZpmo3dzQBMxlp+ypCbDeSB+sBbTgSJuh5dn5js=
 golang.org/x/image v0.0.0-20190802002840-cff245a6509b/go.mod h1:FeLwcggjj3mMvU+oOTbSwawSJRM1uh48EjtB4UJZlP0=
 golang.org/x/lint v0.0.0-20181026193005-c67002cb31c3/go.mod h1:UVdnD1Gm6xHRNCYTkRU2/jEulfH38KcIWyp/GAMgvoE=
@@ -1496,8 +1498,8 @@ sigs.k8s.io/apiserver-network-proxy/konnectivity-client v0.0.7/go.mod h1:PHgbrJT
 sigs.k8s.io/apiserver-network-proxy/konnectivity-client v0.0.14/go.mod h1:LEScyzhFmoF5pso/YSeBstl57mOzx9xlU9n85RGrDQg=
 sigs.k8s.io/apiserver-network-proxy/konnectivity-client v0.0.15/go.mod h1:LEScyzhFmoF5pso/YSeBstl57mOzx9xlU9n85RGrDQg=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.8.0/go.mod h1:v9Lbj5oX443uR7GXYY46E0EE2o7k2YxQ58GxVNeXSW4=
-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/controller-tools v0.4.1/go.mod h1:G9rHdZMVlBDocIxGkK3jHLWqcTMNvveypYJwrvYKjWU=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd h1:EDPBXCAspyGV4jQlpZSudPeMmr1bNJefnuqLsRAsHZo=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd/go.mod h1:B8JuhiUyNFVKdsE8h686QcCxMaH6HrOAZj4vswFpcB0=