diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index f0c804a0..3f988ec5 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.28.1
 	k8s.io/code-generator v0.28.1
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20230726121419-3b25d923346b
-	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.16.1
+	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.16.2
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kustomize/v5 v5.1.1
 )
 
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 86b4b7b2..c2e42e55 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -282,8 +282,8 @@ k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20230726121419-3b25d923346b h1:sgn3ZU783SCgtaSJjpcVVlRqd6GSn
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20230726121419-3b25d923346b/go.mod h1:OLgZIPagt7ERELqWJFomSt595RzquPNLL48iOWgYOg0=
 knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20230616134650-eb63a40adfb0 h1:weQWWxEEbNOPuL4qtGiBZuMSFhcjF/Cu163uktd/xFE=
 knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20230616134650-eb63a40adfb0/go.mod h1:dqC6IrvyBE7E+oZocs5PkVhq1G59pDTA7r8U17EAKMk=
-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/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd h1:EDPBXCAspyGV4jQlpZSudPeMmr1bNJefnuqLsRAsHZo=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd/go.mod h1:B8JuhiUyNFVKdsE8h686QcCxMaH6HrOAZj4vswFpcB0=
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.14.0 h1:6+QLmXXA8X4eDM7ejeaNUyruA1DDB3PVIjbpVhDOJRA=