diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 5770469d5..4ed0ef08f 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/openstack-k8s-operators/swift-operator/api v0.3.1-0.20240612111911-209ad35b5db7
 	github.com/openstack-k8s-operators/telemetry-operator/api v0.3.1-0.20240614144556-940a48eaf688
 	github.com/openstack-k8s-operators/test-operator/api v0.0.0-20240613081303-0fafab189e4c
-	github.com/operator-framework/api v0.20.0
+	github.com/operator-framework/api v0.21.0
 	github.com/rabbitmq/cluster-operator/v2 v2.6.0
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240409090435-93d18d7e34b8
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 6fbc20c09..e3d7b5d49 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -154,8 +154,8 @@ github.com/openstack-k8s-operators/telemetry-operator/api v0.3.1-0.2024061414455
 github.com/openstack-k8s-operators/telemetry-operator/api v0.3.1-0.20240614144556-940a48eaf688/go.mod h1:EuzACoj5reBC4tvdsMkSsoIMcYmrPTC16gEb0qkR86Y=
 github.com/openstack-k8s-operators/test-operator/api v0.0.0-20240613081303-0fafab189e4c h1:Dn45Kw8eKO83OXU0GWOzDNIMGwZfUXIgE/KEkxn2dh0=
 github.com/openstack-k8s-operators/test-operator/api v0.0.0-20240613081303-0fafab189e4c/go.mod h1:UgqzIVmPod3EOAwoaiB4nXSpyOO5NI2GJKAwjLi+VzU=
-github.com/operator-framework/api v0.20.0 h1:A2YCRhr+6s0k3pRJacnwjh1Ue8BqjIGuQ2jvPg9XCB4=
-github.com/operator-framework/api v0.20.0/go.mod h1:rXPOhrQ6mMeXqCmpDgt1ALoar9ZlHL+Iy5qut9R99a4=
+github.com/operator-framework/api v0.21.0 h1:89LhqGTLskxpPR4siEaorkF9PY3KLI51S5mFxP6q1G8=
+github.com/operator-framework/api v0.21.0/go.mod h1:3tsDLxXChMY1KgxO5v1CZQogHNQCIMy14YXkXqA5lT4=
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 h1:FEBLx1zS214owpjy7qsBeixbURkuhQAwrK5UwLGTwt4=
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINEl0=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=