diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 1c9bbf75f8e..c40d8672603 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.30.7
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240502163921-fe8a2dddb1d0
-	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.18.5
+	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.18.6
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.15.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api v1.1.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.17.2
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index fdb2f36a7f5..b2b1786f6f0 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -787,8 +787,8 @@ rsc.io/pdf v0.1.1 h1:k1MczvYDUvJBe93bYd7wrZLLUEcLZAuF824/I4e5Xr4=
 rsc.io/pdf v0.1.1/go.mod h1:n8OzWcQ6Sp37PL01nO98y4iUCRdTGarVfzxY20ICaU4=
 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 v0.18.5 h1:nTHio/W+Q4aBlQMgbnC5hZb4IjIidyrizMai9P6n4Rk=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.18.5/go.mod h1:TVoGrfdpbA9VRFaRnKgk9P5/atA0pMwq+f+msb9M8Sg=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.18.6 h1:UnEoLBLDpQwzJ2jYh6aTdiMhGjNDR7IdFn9YEqHIccc=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.18.6/go.mod h1:Dcsa9v8AEBWa3sQNJHsuWPT4ICv99irl5wj83NiC12U=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.15.0 h1:4dxdABXGDhIa68Fiwaif0vcu32xfwmgQ+w8p+5CxoAI=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.15.0/go.mod h1:8zUSS2T8Hx0APCNRhJWbS3CAQEbIxLa07khzh7pZmXM=
 sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api v1.1.0 h1:DsLDXCi6jR+Xz8/xd0Z1PYl2Pn0TyaFMOPPZIj4inDM=