diff --git a/api/go.mod b/api/go.mod
index e4ffd54a3..69f202baa 100644
--- a/api/go.mod
+++ b/api/go.mod
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.32.2
 	kubevirt.io/containerized-data-importer-api v1.61.1
 	kubevirt.io/controller-lifecycle-operator-sdk/api v0.2.4
-	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.20.2
+	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.20.3
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/api/go.sum b/api/go.sum
index 44d5295f1..e815649ae 100644
--- a/api/go.sum
+++ b/api/go.sum
@@ -320,8 +320,8 @@ kubevirt.io/containerized-data-importer-api v1.61.1 h1:MoFyh6ryfT78y345rMe7PvZU/
 kubevirt.io/containerized-data-importer-api v1.61.1/go.mod h1:SDJjLGhbPyayDqAqawcGmVNapBp0KodOQvhKPLVGCQU=
 kubevirt.io/controller-lifecycle-operator-sdk/api v0.2.4 h1:fZYvD3/Vnitfkx6IJxjLAk8ugnZQ7CXVYcRfkSKmuZY=
 kubevirt.io/controller-lifecycle-operator-sdk/api v0.2.4/go.mod h1:018lASpFYBsYN6XwmA2TIrPCx6e0gviTd/ZNtSitKgc=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.20.2 h1:/439OZVxoEc02psi1h4QO3bHzTgu49bb347Xp4gW1pc=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.20.2/go.mod h1:xg2XB0K5ShQzAgsoujxuKN4LNXR2LfwwHsPj7Iaw+XY=
+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/json v0.0.0-20211020170558-c049b76a60c6/go.mod h1:p4QtZmO4uMYipTQNzagwnNoseA6OxSUutVw05NhYDRs=
 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=
diff --git a/api/vendor/modules.txt b/api/vendor/modules.txt
index cd8798998..f179638af 100644
--- a/api/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/api/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ kubevirt.io/containerized-data-importer-api/pkg/apis/core/v1beta1
 # kubevirt.io/controller-lifecycle-operator-sdk/api v0.2.4
 ## explicit; go 1.17
 kubevirt.io/controller-lifecycle-operator-sdk/api
-# sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.20.2
+# sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.20.3
 ## explicit; go 1.23.0
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/scheme
 # sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20241010143419-9aa6b5e7a4b3