🌱 Bump sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api from 1.7.3 to 1.9.4

Bumps [sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api) from 1.7.3 to 1.9.4.
- [Release notes](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api/releases)
- [Commits](kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api@v1.7.3...v1.9.4)

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updated-dependencies:
- dependency-name: sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api
  dependency-type: direct:production
  update-type: version-update:semver-minor
...

Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <[email protected]>

Author: dependabot[bot]

go.mod

@@ -1,85 +1,86 @@
 module github.com/vmware-tanzu/load-balancer-operator-for-kubernetes
 
 go 1.22
+toolchain go1.22.5
 
 require (
 	github.com/bitly/go-simplejson v0.5.1
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.2
 	github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir v1.1.0
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.16.5
-	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.33.1
+	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.36.0
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
 	github.com/satori/go.uuid v1.2.0
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.6
 	github.com/vmware-tanzu/tanzu-framework/apis/run v0.0.0-20221104044415-a462bbe793b9
 	github.com/vmware/alb-sdk v0.0.0-20240502042605-947bfcf176dd
 	github.com/vmware/load-balancer-and-ingress-services-for-kubernetes v0.0.0-20231012053946-537d99c1eba2
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
-	k8s.io/api v0.29.3
-	k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.29.3
-	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.29.3
-	k8s.io/client-go v0.29.3
-	k8s.io/component-base v0.29.3
-	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.110.1
-	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20231127182322-b307cd553661
-	sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.7.3
-	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.17.3
+	k8s.io/api v0.31.3
+	k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.31.3
+	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.31.3
+	k8s.io/client-go v0.31.3
+	k8s.io/component-base v0.31.3
+	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1
+	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240711033017-18e509b52bc8
+	sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.9.4
+	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.19.4
 )
 
 require (
 	github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/blang/semver/v4 v4.0.0 // indirect
-	github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.2.0 // indirect
+	github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.2-0.20180830191138-d8f796af33cc // indirect
-	github.com/emicklei/go-restful/v3 v3.11.0 // indirect
-	github.com/evanphx/json-patch v5.7.0+incompatible // indirect
+	github.com/emicklei/go-restful/v3 v3.12.1 // indirect
 	github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.9.0 // indirect
 	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.7.0 // indirect
+	github.com/fxamacker/cbor/v2 v2.7.0 // indirect
 	github.com/go-logr/zapr v1.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/go-openapi/jsonpointer v0.19.6 // indirect
 	github.com/go-openapi/jsonreference v0.20.2 // indirect
-	github.com/go-openapi/swag v0.22.3 // indirect
-	github.com/gobuffalo/flect v1.0.2 // indirect
+	github.com/go-openapi/swag v0.22.4 // indirect
+	github.com/gobuffalo/flect v1.0.3 // indirect
 	github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2 // indirect
 	github.com/golang/glog v1.2.4 // indirect
 	github.com/golang/groupcache v0.0.0-20210331224755-41bb18bfe9da // indirect
 	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.4 // indirect
 	github.com/google/gnostic-models v0.6.8 // indirect
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0 // indirect
 	github.com/google/gofuzz v1.2.0 // indirect
-	github.com/google/uuid v1.4.0 // indirect
+	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0 // indirect
 	github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.13 // indirect
 	github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/josharian/intern v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12 // indirect
 	github.com/mailru/easyjson v0.7.7 // indirect
-	github.com/matttproud/golang_protobuf_extensions/v2 v2.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180306012644-bacd9c7ef1dd // indirect
 	github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.2 // indirect
 	github.com/munnerz/goautoneg v0.0.0-20191010083416-a7dc8b61c822 // indirect
 	github.com/nxadm/tail v1.4.8 // indirect
-	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.18.0 // indirect
-	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.5.0 // indirect
-	github.com/prometheus/common v0.45.0 // indirect
-	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.12.0 // indirect
-	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.0 // indirect
+	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.19.1 // indirect
+	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.6.1 // indirect
+	github.com/prometheus/common v0.55.0 // indirect
+	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.15.1 // indirect
+	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.1 // indirect
+	github.com/x448/float16 v0.8.4 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20230905200255-921286631fa9 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/net v0.24.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.18.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.19.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/term v0.19.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/text v0.14.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240719175910-8a7402abbf56 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/net v0.33.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.24.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.28.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/term v0.27.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/text v0.21.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/time v0.5.0 // indirect
 	gomodules.xyz/jsonpatch/v2 v2.4.0 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/appengine v1.6.7 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.33.0 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.35.1 // indirect
+	gopkg.in/evanphx/json-patch.v4 v4.12.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/inf.v0 v0.9.1 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/tomb.v1 v1.0.0-20141024135613-dd632973f1e7 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 // indirect
-	k8s.io/cluster-bootstrap v0.29.3 // indirect
-	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20231010175941-2dd684a91f00 // indirect
+	k8s.io/cluster-bootstrap v0.31.3 // indirect
+	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20240228011516-70dd3763d340 // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.4.1 // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0 // indirect