diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index ac7e12af..05398c36 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/kubectl v0.30.3
 	sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.7.4
 	sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api-provider-aws/v2 v2.5.2
-	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.18.4
+	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.18.5
 )
 
 replace google.golang.org/protobuf v1.31.0 => google.golang.org/protobuf v1.33.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index f5abfc7d..5966fef9 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -213,8 +213,8 @@ sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.7.4 h1:gT9WGbLXKE19pNR6s/cTLRqK2G0EbwxxQrUrw7/w5P4=
 sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.7.4/go.mod h1:V9ZhKLvQtsDODwjXOKgbitjyCmC71yMBwDcMyNNIov0=
 sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api-provider-aws/v2 v2.5.2 h1:KIIgGf7CmYcvmrluwq7kPO8ZIfCduVtJ2aFR8GvA6IU=
 sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api-provider-aws/v2 v2.5.2/go.mod h1:eQodl6ZvSu8PVNsOPt5TrqDc8gmCsor+BZHQQFX2Gns=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.18.4 h1:87+guW1zhvuPLh1PHybKdYFLU0YJp4FhJRmiHvm5BZw=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.18.4/go.mod h1:TVoGrfdpbA9VRFaRnKgk9P5/atA0pMwq+f+msb9M8Sg=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.18.5 h1:nTHio/W+Q4aBlQMgbnC5hZb4IjIidyrizMai9P6n4Rk=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.18.5/go.mod h1:TVoGrfdpbA9VRFaRnKgk9P5/atA0pMwq+f+msb9M8Sg=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd h1:EDPBXCAspyGV4jQlpZSudPeMmr1bNJefnuqLsRAsHZo=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd/go.mod h1:B8JuhiUyNFVKdsE8h686QcCxMaH6HrOAZj4vswFpcB0=
 sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.4.1 h1:150L+0vs/8DA78h1u02ooW1/fFq/Lwr+sGiqlzvrtq4=