diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 5fe93eb3..d031a949 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/kubectl v0.32.1
 	sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.9.5
 	sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/test v1.9.5
-	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.20.2
+	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.20.4
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 8af20821..7d7fbcc8 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1579,8 +1579,8 @@ sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.9.5 h1:68164Q201Y5ANVkhyrOZenoMbfL2SEBjVYZs/ihhSro=
 sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.9.5/go.mod h1:DyqyZ4jRvKGKewDRn1Q4OCHaVjsdTogymbO6mrgHEDI=
 sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/test v1.9.5 h1:DtiiDWCIGaWhp4cA7xzGPWeM796XIRQwOptLATe0yFg=
 sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/test v1.9.5/go.mod h1:YL2wANe8TFWFBka9CDkxjPj7KALqUtK+PtKa4ChNIok=
-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 v0.20.4 h1:X3c+Odnxz+iPTRobG4tp092+CvBU9UK0t/bRf+n0DGU=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.20.4/go.mod h1:xg2XB0K5ShQzAgsoujxuKN4LNXR2LfwwHsPj7Iaw+XY=
 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=
 sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.4.2 h1:MdmvkGuXi/8io6ixD5wud3vOLwc1rj0aNqRlpuvjmwA=