diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 5b96d3c7..2e5e8a0b 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/api v0.28.1
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.28.1
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.28.1
-	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.16.1
+	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.16.2
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/tools/setup-envtest v0.0.0-20230905084151-2a553d6f910d
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.13.0
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 40a895e2..396d0086 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -788,8 +788,8 @@ k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20230726121419-3b25d923346b/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 v0.16.1 h1:+15lzrmHsE0s2kNl0Dl8cTchI5Cs8qofo5PGcPrV9z0=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.16.1/go.mod h1:vpMu3LpI5sYWtujJOa2uPK61nB5rbwlN7BAB8aSLvGU=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.16.2 h1:mwXAVuEk3EQf478PQwQ48zGOXvW27UJc8NHktQVuIPU=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.16.2/go.mod h1:vpMu3LpI5sYWtujJOa2uPK61nB5rbwlN7BAB8aSLvGU=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/tools/setup-envtest v0.0.0-20230905084151-2a553d6f910d h1:GnylkdJIUVKvtnIS+0jC78pq+nr7yJJD8cmt5lQgVIo=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/tools/setup-envtest v0.0.0-20230905084151-2a553d6f910d/go.mod h1:B6HLcvOy2S1qq2eWOFm9xepiKPMIc8Z9OXSPsnUDaR4=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.13.0 h1:NfrvuZ4bxyolhDBt/rCZhDnx3M2hzlhgo5n3Iv2RykI=