diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index a061c8c..d98433d 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/api v0.24.0
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.24.0
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.24.0
-	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.12.0
+	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.12.1
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 14399e6..4d833c5 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -950,8 +950,8 @@ 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/apiserver-network-proxy/konnectivity-client v0.0.30/go.mod h1:fEO7lRTdivWO2qYVCVG7dEADOMo/MLDCVr8So2g88Uw=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.12.0 h1:gA4zphrmHFc7ihmY/+GyyE0BxKD+OYdb5+DjD2azFAQ=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.12.0/go.mod h1:BKhxlA4l7FPK4AQcsuL4X6vZeWnKDXez/vp1Y8dxTU0=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.12.1 h1:4BJY01xe9zKQti8oRjj/NeHKRXthf1YkYJAgLONFFoI=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.12.1/go.mod h1:BKhxlA4l7FPK4AQcsuL4X6vZeWnKDXez/vp1Y8dxTU0=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20211208200746-9f7c6b3444d2 h1:kDi4JBNAsJWfz1aEXhO8Jg87JJaPNLh5tIzYHgStQ9Y=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20211208200746-9f7c6b3444d2/go.mod h1:B+TnT182UBxE84DiCz4CVE26eOSDAeYCpfDnC2kdKMY=
 sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.0.2/go.mod h1:bJZC9H9iH24zzfZ/41RGcq60oK1F7G282QMXDPYydCw=