diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 3342d001..a2ba0a3d 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/code-generator v0.32.2
 	k8s.io/component-base v0.32.2
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20241210054802-24370beab758
-	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.20.2
+	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.20.3
 	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.5.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 2e18e4ad..90018f15 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -318,8 +318,8 @@ k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20241210054802-24370beab758 h1:sdbE21q2nlQtFh65saZY+rRM6x6aJ
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20241210054802-24370beab758/go.mod h1:OLgZIPagt7ERELqWJFomSt595RzquPNLL48iOWgYOg0=
 sigs.k8s.io/apiserver-network-proxy/konnectivity-client v0.31.0 h1:CPT0ExVicCzcpeN4baWEV2ko2Z/AsiZgEdwgcfwLgMo=
 sigs.k8s.io/apiserver-network-proxy/konnectivity-client v0.31.0/go.mod h1:Ve9uj1L+deCXFrPOk1LpFXqTg7LCFzFso6PA48q/XZw=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.20.2 h1:/439OZVxoEc02psi1h4QO3bHzTgu49bb347Xp4gW1pc=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.20.2/go.mod h1:xg2XB0K5ShQzAgsoujxuKN4LNXR2LfwwHsPj7Iaw+XY=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.20.3 h1:I6Ln8JfQjHH7JbtCD2HCYHoIzajoRxPNuvhvcDbZgkI=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.20.3/go.mod h1:xg2XB0K5ShQzAgsoujxuKN4LNXR2LfwwHsPj7Iaw+XY=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.14.0 h1:rnNoCC5wSXlrNoBKKzL70LNJKIQKEzT6lloG6/LF73A=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.14.0/go.mod h1:TV7uOtNNnnR72SpzhStvPkoS/U5ir0nMudrkrC4M9Sc=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20241010143419-9aa6b5e7a4b3 h1:/Rv+M11QRah1itp8VhT6HoVx1Ray9eB4DBr+K+/sCJ8=