diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 93fb05ff..2b6ba566 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.30.0
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240423183400-0849a56e8f22
 	sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.7.1
-	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.18.1
+	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.18.2
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 5e39f5b3..3336f2cb 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -235,8 +235,8 @@ k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240423183400-0849a56e8f22 h1:ao5hUqGhsqdm+bYbjH/pRkCs0unBG
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240423183400-0849a56e8f22/go.mod h1:OLgZIPagt7ERELqWJFomSt595RzquPNLL48iOWgYOg0=
 sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.7.1 h1:JkMAbAMzBM+WBHxXLTJXTiCisv1PAaHRzld/3qrmLYY=
 sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.7.1/go.mod h1:V9ZhKLvQtsDODwjXOKgbitjyCmC71yMBwDcMyNNIov0=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.18.1 h1:RpWbigmuiylbxOCLy0tGnq1cU1qWPwNIQzoJk+QeJx4=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.18.1/go.mod h1:tuAt1+wbVsXIT8lPtk5RURxqAnq7xkpv2Mhttslg7Hw=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.18.2 h1:RqVW6Kpeaji67CY5nPEfRz6ZfFMk0lWQlNrLqlNpx+Q=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.18.2/go.mod h1:tuAt1+wbVsXIT8lPtk5RURxqAnq7xkpv2Mhttslg7Hw=
 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=