diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 7c095bd..6e86c6f 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.28.1
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.28.1
 	k8s.io/kube-aggregator v0.28.1
-	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.16.0
+	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.16.1
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.3.0
 )
 
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 2630916..b15faf6 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -383,6 +383,8 @@ sigs.k8s.io/cli-utils v0.35.0 h1:dfSJaF1W0frW74PtjwiyoB4cwdRygbHnC7qe7HF0g/Y=
 sigs.k8s.io/cli-utils v0.35.0/go.mod h1:ITitykCJxP1vaj1Cew/FZEaVJ2YsTN9Q71m02jebkoE=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.16.0 h1:5koYaaRVBHDr0LZAJjO5dWzUjMsh6cwa7q1Mmusrdvk=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.16.0/go.mod h1:77DnuwA8+J7AO0njzv3wbNlMOnGuLrwFr8JPNwx3J7g=
+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/gateway-api v0.7.0 h1:/mG8yyJNBifqvuVLW5gwlI4CQs0NR/5q4BKUlf1bVdY=
 sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api v0.7.0/go.mod h1:Xv0+ZMxX0lu1nSSDIIPEfbVztgNZ+3cfiYrJsa2Ooso=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd h1:EDPBXCAspyGV4jQlpZSudPeMmr1bNJefnuqLsRAsHZo=