diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index f97a566b..d81e8bb3 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/component-base v0.29.0
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.110.1
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20231127182322-b307cd553661
-	sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.6.0
+	sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.6.1
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.16.3
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kustomize/v5 v5.3.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index e66c8073..351c0b43 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -214,8 +214,8 @@ golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2/go.mod h1:djNgcEr1/C05ACk
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20191011191535-87dc89f01550/go.mod h1:yigFU9vqHzYiE8UmvKecakEJjdnWj3jj499lnFckfCI=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20200622213623-75b288015ac9/go.mod h1:LzIPMQfyMNhhGPhUkYOs5KpL4U8rLKemX1yGLhDgUto=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20210921155107-089bfa567519/go.mod h1:GvvjBRRGRdwPK5ydBHafDWAxML/pGHZbMvKqRZ5+Abc=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.16.0 h1:mMMrFzRSCF0GvB7Ne27XVtVAaXLrPmgPC7/v0tkwHaY=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.16.0/go.mod h1:gCAAfMLgwOJRpTjQ2zCCt2OcSfYMTeZVSRtQlPC7Nq4=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.17.0 h1:r8bRNjWL3GshPW3gkd+RpvzWrZAwPS49OmTGZ/uhM4k=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.17.0/go.mod h1:gCAAfMLgwOJRpTjQ2zCCt2OcSfYMTeZVSRtQlPC7Nq4=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20231219180239-dc181d75b848 h1:+iq7lrkxmFNBM7xx+Rae2W6uyPfhPeDWD+n+JgppptE=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20231219180239-dc181d75b848/go.mod h1:iRJReGqOEeBhDZGkGbynYwcHlctCvnjTYIamk7uXpHI=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.2.0/go.mod h1:s0Qsj1ACt9ePp/hMypM3fl4fZqREWJwdYDEqhRiZZUA=
@@ -341,8 +341,8 @@ k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20231214164306-ab13479f8bf8 h1:yHNkNuLjht7iq95pO9Qmbj
 k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20231214164306-ab13479f8bf8/go.mod h1:AsvuZPBlUDVuCdzJ87iajxtXuR9oktsTctW/R9wwouA=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20231127182322-b307cd553661 h1:FepOBzJ0GXm8t0su67ln2wAZjbQ6RxQGZDnzuLcrUTI=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20231127182322-b307cd553661/go.mod h1:OLgZIPagt7ERELqWJFomSt595RzquPNLL48iOWgYOg0=
-sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.6.0 h1:2bhVSnUbtWI8taCjd9lGiHExsRUpKf7Z1fXqi/IwYx4=
-sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.6.0/go.mod h1:LB7u/WxiWj4/bbpHNOa1oQ8nq0MQ5iYlD0pGfRSBGLI=
+sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.6.1 h1:I34p/fwgRlEhs+o9cUhKXDwNNfPS3no0yJsd2bJyQVc=
+sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.6.1/go.mod h1:DaxwruDvSaEYq5q6FREDaGzX6UsAVUCA99Sp8vfMHyQ=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.16.3 h1:2TuvuokmfXvDUamSx1SuAOO3eTyye+47mJCigwG62c4=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.16.3/go.mod h1:j7bialYoSn142nv9sCOJmQgDXQXxnroFU4VnX/brVJ0=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd h1:EDPBXCAspyGV4jQlpZSudPeMmr1bNJefnuqLsRAsHZo=