diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 8cbf6271..e5d893be 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.32.2
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.32.2
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20250321185631-1f6e0b77f77e
-	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.20.2
+	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.20.4
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/tools/setup-envtest v0.0.0-20231204011133-c2179ec349ec // controller-runtime v0.15.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.17.2
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index aecd0b69..3f54ee0f 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -275,8 +275,8 @@ k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20241105132330-32ad38e42d3f h1:GA7//TjRY9yWGy1poLzYYJ
 k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20241105132330-32ad38e42d3f/go.mod h1:R/HEjbvWI0qdfb8viZUeVZm0X6IZnxAydC7YU42CMw4=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20250321185631-1f6e0b77f77e h1:KqK5c/ghOm8xkHYhlodbp6i6+r+ChV2vuAuVRdFbLro=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20250321185631-1f6e0b77f77e/go.mod h1:OLgZIPagt7ERELqWJFomSt595RzquPNLL48iOWgYOg0=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.20.2 h1:/439OZVxoEc02psi1h4QO3bHzTgu49bb347Xp4gW1pc=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.20.2/go.mod h1:xg2XB0K5ShQzAgsoujxuKN4LNXR2LfwwHsPj7Iaw+XY=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.20.4 h1:X3c+Odnxz+iPTRobG4tp092+CvBU9UK0t/bRf+n0DGU=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.20.4/go.mod h1:xg2XB0K5ShQzAgsoujxuKN4LNXR2LfwwHsPj7Iaw+XY=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/tools/setup-envtest v0.0.0-20231204011133-c2179ec349ec h1:H6DFglDdFZPFpUJ0LSxqRLRKMHNnJ+0F/xBlGQfbDhk=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/tools/setup-envtest v0.0.0-20231204011133-c2179ec349ec/go.mod h1:TF/lVLWS+JNNaVqJuDDictY2hZSXSsIHCx4FClMvqFg=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.17.2 h1:jNFOKps8WnaRKZU2R+4vRCHnXyJanVmXBWqkuUPFyFg=