diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index a4825c97f..f8f99e2fe 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/klog v1.0.0
 	k8s.io/kubectl v0.29.0
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20230726121419-3b25d923346b
-	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.16.3
+	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.21.0
 
 )