diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index bd6ea4cc..b85acf46 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/component-base v0.32.1
 	k8s.io/kubectl v0.32.1
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20241210054802-24370beab758
-	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.20.1
+	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.20.3
 )
 
 require (
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.2-0.20180830191138-d8f796af33cc // indirect
 	github.com/emicklei/go-restful/v3 v3.12.1 // indirect
 	github.com/evanphx/json-patch v5.7.0+incompatible // indirect
-	github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.9.0 // indirect
+	github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.9.11 // indirect
 	github.com/felixge/httpsnoop v1.0.4 // indirect
 	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.8.0 // indirect
 	github.com/fxamacker/cbor/v2 v2.7.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 44fe8782..11d28b82 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ github.com/evanphx/json-patch v5.7.0+incompatible h1:vgGkfT/9f8zE6tvSCe74nfpAVDQ
 github.com/evanphx/json-patch v5.7.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:50XU6AFN0ol/bzJsmQLiYLvXMP4fmwYFNcr97nuDLSk=
 github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.9.0 h1:kcBlZQbplgElYIlo/n1hJbls2z/1awpXxpRi0/FOJfg=
 github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.9.0/go.mod h1:VNkHZ/282BpEyt/tObQO8s5CMPmYYq14uClGH4abBuQ=
+github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.9.11 h1:/8HVnzMq13/3x9TPvjG08wUGqBTmZBsCWzjTM0wiaDU=
+github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.9.11/go.mod h1:3j+LviiESTElxA4p3EMKAB9HXj3/XEtnUf6OZxqIQTM=
 github.com/felixge/httpsnoop v1.0.4 h1:NFTV2Zj1bL4mc9sqWACXbQFVBBg2W3GPvqp8/ESS2Wg=
 github.com/felixge/httpsnoop v1.0.4/go.mod h1:m8KPJKqk1gH5J9DgRY2ASl2lWCfGKXixSwevea8zH2U=
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.4.7/go.mod h1:jwhsz4b93w/PPRr/qN1Yymfu8t87LnFCMoQvtojpjFo=
@@ -339,6 +341,8 @@ k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20241210054802-24370beab758 h1:sdbE21q2nlQtFh65saZY+rRM6x6aJ
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20241210054802-24370beab758/go.mod h1:OLgZIPagt7ERELqWJFomSt595RzquPNLL48iOWgYOg0=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.20.1 h1:JbGMAG/X94NeM3xvjenVUaBjy6Ui4Ogd/J5ZtjZnHaE=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.20.1/go.mod h1:BrP3w158MwvB3ZbNpaAcIKkHQ7YGpYnzpoSTZ8E14WU=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.20.3 h1:I6Ln8JfQjHH7JbtCD2HCYHoIzajoRxPNuvhvcDbZgkI=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.20.3/go.mod h1:xg2XB0K5ShQzAgsoujxuKN4LNXR2LfwwHsPj7Iaw+XY=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20241014173422-cfa47c3a1cc8 h1:gBQPwqORJ8d8/YNZWEjoZs7npUVDpVXUUOFfW6CgAqE=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20241014173422-cfa47c3a1cc8/go.mod h1:mdzfpAEoE6DHQEN0uh9ZbOCuHbLK5wOm7dK4ctXE9Tg=
 sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.5.0 h1:nbCitCK2hfnhyiKo6uf2HxUPTCodY6Qaf85SbDIaMBk=