diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 8177af739a32c..82cfd66cbc680 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20241210054802-24370beab758
 	layeh.com/gopher-json v0.0.0-20190114024228-97fed8db8427
 	oras.land/oras-go/v2 v2.6.0
-	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.20.1
+	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.20.4
 	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.7.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 02a5d72f9fa11..d793c8e83a187 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -649,8 +649,8 @@ github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.3.0/go.mod h1:Eew0uilEqZmIEZr8JrvYlvOM7Rr6xzTmMV8Ay
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.4.0/go.mod h1:iHkDK1fKGcBoEHT5W7YBq4RFWaQulw+caOMkAt4OrFo=
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.5.0/go.mod h1:Luc4sArBICYCS8THh8v3i3i5CuSZO+RaQRaJoeNwomw=
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.7.0/go.mod h1:yjiuMwPokqY1XauOgju45q3sJt6VzQ/Fict1LFVcsAo=
-github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.21.0 h1:7rg/4f3rB88pb5obDgNZrNHrQ4e6WpjonchcpuBRnZM=
-github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.21.0/go.mod h1:7Du3c42kxCUegi0IImZ1wUQzMBVecgIHjR1C+NkhLQo=
+github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.22.0 h1:Yed107/8DjTr0lKCNt7Dn8yQ6ybuDRQoMGrNFKzMfHg=
+github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.22.0/go.mod h1:7Du3c42kxCUegi0IImZ1wUQzMBVecgIHjR1C+NkhLQo=
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.5.0/go.mod h1:ex+gbHU/CVuBBDIJjb2X0qEXbFg53c61hWP/1CpauHY=
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.7.1/go.mod h1:XdKZgCCFLUoM/7CFJVPcG8C1xQ1AJ0vpAezJrB7JYyY=
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.10.1/go.mod h1:iN09h71vgCQne3DLsj+A5owkum+a2tYe+TOCB1ybHNo=
@@ -663,8 +663,8 @@ github.com/onsi/gomega v1.22.1/go.mod h1:x6n7VNe4hw0vkyYUM4mjIXx3JbLiPaBPNgB7PRQ
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.24.0/go.mod h1:Z/NWtiqwBrwUt4/2loMmHL63EDLnYHmVbuBpDr2vQAg=
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.24.1/go.mod h1:3AOiACssS3/MajrniINInwbfOOtfZvplPzuRSmvt1jM=
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.25.0/go.mod h1:r+zV744Re+DiYCIPRlYOTxn0YkOLcAnW8k1xXdMPGhM=
-github.com/onsi/gomega v1.35.1 h1:Cwbd75ZBPxFSuZ6T+rN/WCb/gOc6YgFBXLlZLhC7Ds4=
-github.com/onsi/gomega v1.35.1/go.mod h1:PvZbdDc8J6XJEpDK4HCuRBm8a6Fzp9/DmhC9C7yFlog=
+github.com/onsi/gomega v1.36.1 h1:bJDPBO7ibjxcbHMgSCoo4Yj18UWbKDlLwX1x9sybDcw=
+github.com/onsi/gomega v1.36.1/go.mod h1:PvZbdDc8J6XJEpDK4HCuRBm8a6Fzp9/DmhC9C7yFlog=
 github.com/opencontainers/go-digest v1.0.0 h1:apOUWs51W5PlhuyGyz9FCeeBIOUDA/6nW8Oi/yOhh5U=
 github.com/opencontainers/go-digest v1.0.0/go.mod h1:0JzlMkj0TRzQZfJkVvzbP0HBR3IKzErnv2BNG4W4MAM=
 github.com/opencontainers/image-spec v1.1.1 h1:y0fUlFfIZhPF1W537XOLg0/fcx6zcHCJwooC2xJA040=
@@ -1322,8 +1322,8 @@ oras.land/oras-go/v2 v2.6.0/go.mod h1:magiQDfG6H1O9APp+rOsvCPcW1GD2MM7vgnKY0Y+u1
 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 v0.20.1 h1:JbGMAG/X94NeM3xvjenVUaBjy6Ui4Ogd/J5ZtjZnHaE=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.20.1/go.mod h1:BrP3w158MwvB3ZbNpaAcIKkHQ7YGpYnzpoSTZ8E14WU=
+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/kustomize/api v0.18.0 h1:hTzp67k+3NEVInwz5BHyzc9rGxIauoXferXyjv5lWPo=