diff --git a/test/go.mod b/test/go.mod
index a358623d9..5842691ff 100644
--- a/test/go.mod
+++ b/test/go.mod
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.31.4
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240711033017-18e509b52bc8
-	sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.9.0
+	sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.9.3
 	sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api-operator v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000
 	sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/test v1.8.5
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.19.3
diff --git a/test/go.sum b/test/go.sum
index f73f6f8ac..fb7fa4312 100644
--- a/test/go.sum
+++ b/test/go.sum
@@ -409,8 +409,8 @@ k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240711033017-18e509b52bc8 h1:pUdcCO1Lk/tbT5ztQWOBi5HBgbBP1
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240711033017-18e509b52bc8/go.mod h1:OLgZIPagt7ERELqWJFomSt595RzquPNLL48iOWgYOg0=
 sigs.k8s.io/apiserver-network-proxy/konnectivity-client v0.30.3 h1:2770sDpzrjjsAtVhSeUFseziht227YAWYHLGNM8QPwY=
 sigs.k8s.io/apiserver-network-proxy/konnectivity-client v0.30.3/go.mod h1:Ve9uj1L+deCXFrPOk1LpFXqTg7LCFzFso6PA48q/XZw=
-sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.9.0 h1:Iud4Zj8R/t7QX5Rvs9/V+R8HDLbf7QPVemrWfZi4g54=
-sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.9.0/go.mod h1:8rjpkMxLFcA87Y3P6NOi6E9RMZv2uRnN9ppOPAxrTAY=
+sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.9.3 h1:lKWbrXzyNmJh++IcX54ZbAmnO7tZ2wKgds7WvskpiXY=
+sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.9.3/go.mod h1:5iojv38PSvOd4cxqu08Un5TQmy2yBkd3+0U7R/e+msk=
 sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/test v1.8.5 h1:p2fjSv/exSFgYw+pO6iap1RVJPc0LJ+/A/PAMPl9vhU=
 sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/test v1.8.5/go.mod h1:odnzMkDndCRPCWdwl0CRofyZyY857wN34bUih1MLKIc=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.19.3 h1:XO2GvC9OPftRst6xWCpTgBZO04S2cbp0Qqkj8bX1sPw=