diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 219e6c8f5..a4051cbd6 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.32.3
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.32.3
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.32.3
-	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.20.3
+	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.20.4
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0
 )
 
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index f81c24931..731e62058 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -253,8 +253,8 @@ k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20241104100929-3ea5e8cea738 h1:M3sRQVHv7vB20Xc2ybTt7ODCeFj6J
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20241104100929-3ea5e8cea738/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 v0.20.3 h1:I6Ln8JfQjHH7JbtCD2HCYHoIzajoRxPNuvhvcDbZgkI=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.20.3/go.mod h1:xg2XB0K5ShQzAgsoujxuKN4LNXR2LfwwHsPj7Iaw+XY=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.20.4 h1:X3c+Odnxz+iPTRobG4tp092+CvBU9UK0t/bRf+n0DGU=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.20.4/go.mod h1:xg2XB0K5ShQzAgsoujxuKN4LNXR2LfwwHsPj7Iaw+XY=
 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/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.4.2 h1:MdmvkGuXi/8io6ixD5wud3vOLwc1rj0aNqRlpuvjmwA=