diff --git a/components/eventing-controller/go.mod b/components/eventing-controller/go.mod
index e7d85d02c13e..36a61e9c2b50 100644
--- a/components/eventing-controller/go.mod
+++ b/components/eventing-controller/go.mod
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.28.1
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.28.1
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20230406110748-d93618cff8a2
-	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.15.2
+	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.16.2
 )
 
 require (
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/stretchr/objx v0.5.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.11.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20220722155223-a9213eeb770e // indirect
 	golang.org/x/net v0.13.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.11.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/term v0.10.0 // indirect
diff --git a/components/eventing-controller/go.sum b/components/eventing-controller/go.sum
index d789fe6df74a..009bb7eb77fb 100644
--- a/components/eventing-controller/go.sum
+++ b/components/eventing-controller/go.sum
@@ -178,6 +178,8 @@ 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 v0.11.0 h1:6Ewdq3tDic1mg5xRO4milcWCfMVQhI4NkqWWvqejpuA=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.11.0/go.mod h1:xgJhtzW8F9jGdVFWZESrid1U1bjeNy4zgy5cRr/CIio=
+golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20220722155223-a9213eeb770e h1:+WEEuIdZHnUeJJmEUjyYC2gfUMj69yZXw17EnHg/otA=
+golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20220722155223-a9213eeb770e/go.mod h1:Kr81I6Kryrl9sr8s2FK3vxD90NdsKWRuOIl2O4CvYbA=
 golang.org/x/lint v0.0.0-20190930215403-16217165b5de/go.mod h1:6SW0HCj/g11FgYtHlgUYUwCkIfeOF89ocIRzGO/8vkc=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.2.0/go.mod h1:s0Qsj1ACt9ePp/hMypM3fl4fZqREWJwdYDEqhRiZZUA=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.3.0/go.mod h1:s0Qsj1ACt9ePp/hMypM3fl4fZqREWJwdYDEqhRiZZUA=
@@ -289,8 +291,8 @@ k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20230717233707-2695361300d9 h1:LyMgNKD2P8Wn1iAwQU5Ohx
 k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20230717233707-2695361300d9/go.mod h1:wZK2AVp1uHCp4VamDVgBP2COHZjqD1T68Rf0CM3YjSM=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20230406110748-d93618cff8a2 h1:qY1Ad8PODbnymg2pRbkyMT/ylpTrCM8P2RJ0yroCyIk=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20230406110748-d93618cff8a2/go.mod h1:OLgZIPagt7ERELqWJFomSt595RzquPNLL48iOWgYOg0=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.15.2 h1:9V7b7SDQSJ08IIsJ6CY1CE85Okhp87dyTMNDG0FS7f4=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.15.2/go.mod h1:7ngYvp1MLT+9GeZ+6lH3LOlcHkp/+tzA/fmHa4iq9kk=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.16.2 h1:mwXAVuEk3EQf478PQwQ48zGOXvW27UJc8NHktQVuIPU=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.16.2/go.mod h1:vpMu3LpI5sYWtujJOa2uPK61nB5rbwlN7BAB8aSLvGU=
 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 v4.2.3 h1:PRbqxJClWWYMNV1dhaG4NsibJbArud9kFxnAMREiWFE=