diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index e2972cec92..c9d07dd7d0 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.32.1
 	k8s.io/apiserver v0.32.1
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.32.1
-	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.20.0
+	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.20.1
 	sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.26.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 9f16856245..4967f86736 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -759,8 +759,8 @@ k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20241104100929-3ea5e8cea738/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 v0.20.0 h1:jjkMo29xEXH+02Md9qaVXfEIaMESSpy3TBWPrsfQkQs=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.20.0/go.mod h1:BrP3w158MwvB3ZbNpaAcIKkHQ7YGpYnzpoSTZ8E14WU=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.20.1 h1:JbGMAG/X94NeM3xvjenVUaBjy6Ui4Ogd/J5ZtjZnHaE=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.20.1/go.mod h1:BrP3w158MwvB3ZbNpaAcIKkHQ7YGpYnzpoSTZ8E14WU=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20241010143419-9aa6b5e7a4b3 h1:/Rv+M11QRah1itp8VhT6HoVx1Ray9eB4DBr+K+/sCJ8=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20241010143419-9aa6b5e7a4b3/go.mod h1:18nIHnGi6636UCz6m8i4DhaJ65T6EruyzmoQqI2BVDo=
 sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.26.0 h1:8fS6I0Q5WGlmLprSpH0DarlOSdcsv0txnwc93J2BP7M=