diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 48db6c73c..fe1d8ec09 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ replace (
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml => sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.19.0
 )
 
+// Pin controller-runtime to v0.19.6
+// The Aggregated Disovery is buggy resulting in old API versions being returned as the preferred version.
+// Bug was introduced in v0.20.0 with https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/controller-runtime/pull/2901
+replace sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime => sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.19.6
+
 require (
 	github.com/Masterminds/semver v1.5.0
 	github.com/fluxcd/cli-utils v0.36.0-flux.12
@@ -167,6 +172,7 @@ require (
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.32.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240719175910-8a7402abbf56 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/net v0.34.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.25.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.11.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index aa64c9c5b..9ea4e2faa 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -423,6 +423,8 @@ golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20191011191535-87dc89f01550/go.mod h1:yigFU9vqHzYiE8U
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20200622213623-75b288015ac9/go.mod h1:LzIPMQfyMNhhGPhUkYOs5KpL4U8rLKemX1yGLhDgUto=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.32.0 h1:euUpcYgM8WcP71gNpTqQCn6rC2t6ULUPiOzfWaXVVfc=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.32.0/go.mod h1:ZnnJkOaASj8g0AjIduWNlq2NRxL0PlBrbKVyZ6V/Ugc=
+golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240719175910-8a7402abbf56 h1:2dVuKD2vS7b0QIHQbpyTISPd0LeHDbnYEryqj5Q1ug8=
+golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240719175910-8a7402abbf56/go.mod h1:M4RDyNAINzryxdtnbRXRL/OHtkFuWGRjvuhBJpk2IlY=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.2.0/go.mod h1:s0Qsj1ACt9ePp/hMypM3fl4fZqREWJwdYDEqhRiZZUA=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.3.0/go.mod h1:s0Qsj1ACt9ePp/hMypM3fl4fZqREWJwdYDEqhRiZZUA=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.21.0 h1:vvrHzRwRfVKSiLrG+d4FMl/Qi4ukBCE6kZlTUkDYRT0=
@@ -525,8 +527,8 @@ k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20241210054802-24370beab758 h1:sdbE21q2nlQtFh65saZY+rRM6x6aJ
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20241210054802-24370beab758/go.mod h1:OLgZIPagt7ERELqWJFomSt595RzquPNLL48iOWgYOg0=
 oras.land/oras-go v1.2.5 h1:XpYuAwAb0DfQsunIyMfeET92emK8km3W4yEzZvUbsTo=
 oras.land/oras-go v1.2.5/go.mod h1:PuAwRShRZCsZb7g8Ar3jKKQR/2A/qN+pkYxIOd/FAoo=
-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 v0.19.6 h1:fuq53qTLQ7aJTA7aNsklNnu7eQtSFqJUomOyM+phPLk=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.19.6/go.mod h1:iRmWllt8IlaLjvTTDLhRBXIEtkCK6hwVBJJsYS9Ajf4=
 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/kustomize/api v0.19.0 h1:F+2HB2mU1MSiR9Hp1NEgoU2q9ItNOaBJl0I4Dlus5SQ=