diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 5c879a697..4b6c0596d 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.28.2
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.100.1
 	oras.land/oras-go v1.2.3
-	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.16.1
+	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.16.2
 	sigs.k8s.io/e2e-framework v0.3.0
 )
 
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 851420376..6017fcf39 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1714,8 +1714,8 @@ periph.io/x/host/v3 v3.8.2/go.mod h1:yFL76AesNHR68PboofSWYaQTKmvPXsQH2Apvp/ls/K4
 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/e2e-framework v0.3.0 h1:eqQALBtPCth8+ulTs6lcPK7ytV5rZSSHJzQHZph4O7U=
 sigs.k8s.io/e2e-framework v0.3.0/go.mod h1:C+ef37/D90Dc7Xq1jQnNbJYscrUGpxrWog9bx2KIa+c=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd h1:EDPBXCAspyGV4jQlpZSudPeMmr1bNJefnuqLsRAsHZo=