diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index c57b2891..18e0c0f9 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.120.1
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20231127182322-b307cd553661
 	sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.8.5
-	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.18.5
+	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.18.6
 
 )
 
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 15da3418..db8a4cd6 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -340,8 +340,8 @@ sigs.k8s.io/apiserver-network-proxy/konnectivity-client v0.30.0 h1:Tc9rS7JJoZ9sl
 sigs.k8s.io/apiserver-network-proxy/konnectivity-client v0.30.0/go.mod h1:1ewhL9l1gkPcU/IU/6rFYfikf+7Y5imWv7ARVbBOzNs=
 sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.8.5 h1:lNA2fPN4fkXEs+oOQlnwxT/4VwRFBpv5kkSoJG8nqBA=
 sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.8.5/go.mod h1:pXv5LqLxuIbhGIXykyNKiJh+KrLweSBajVHHitPLyoY=
-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/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=