diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 3ccfc65b..0c6e4bcc 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.28.1
 	k8s.io/kubectl v0.28.1
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20230726121419-3b25d923346b
-	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.16.1
+	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.16.2
 	sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api v0.8.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.20.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.14.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 3b508673..44a1d1f2 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -825,8 +825,8 @@ k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20230726121419-3b25d923346b/go.mod h1:OLgZIPagt7ERELqWJFomSt
 rsc.io/binaryregexp v0.2.0/go.mod h1:qTv7/COck+e2FymRvadv62gMdZztPaShugOCi3I+8D8=
 rsc.io/quote/v3 v3.1.0/go.mod h1:yEA65RcK8LyAZtP9Kv3t0HmxON59tX3rD+tICJqUlj0=
 rsc.io/sampler v1.3.0/go.mod h1:T1hPZKmBbMNahiBKFy5HrXp6adAjACjK9JXDnKaTXpA=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.16.1 h1:+15lzrmHsE0s2kNl0Dl8cTchI5Cs8qofo5PGcPrV9z0=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.16.1/go.mod h1:vpMu3LpI5sYWtujJOa2uPK61nB5rbwlN7BAB8aSLvGU=
+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/gateway-api v0.8.0 h1:isQQ3Jx2qFP7vaA3ls0846F0Amp9Eq14P08xbSwVbQg=
 sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api v0.8.0/go.mod h1:okOnjPNBFbIS/Rw9kAhuIUaIkLhTKEu+ARIuXk2dgaM=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd h1:EDPBXCAspyGV4jQlpZSudPeMmr1bNJefnuqLsRAsHZo=