diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 85df785..6333aba 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.33.1
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1
 	ocm.software/ocm v0.24.0
-	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.20.4
+	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.21.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/e2e-framework v0.6.0
 )
 
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 641a08b..719d7bb 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1279,8 +1279,8 @@ oras.land/oras-go v1.2.6 h1:z8cmxQXBU8yZ4mkytWqXfo6tZcamPwjsuxYU81xJ8Lk=
 oras.land/oras-go v1.2.6/go.mod h1:OVPc1PegSEe/K8YiLfosrlqlqTN9PUyFvOw5Y9gwrT8=
 oras.land/oras-go/v2 v2.5.0 h1:o8Me9kLY74Vp5uw07QXPiitjsw7qNXi8Twd+19Zf02c=
 oras.land/oras-go/v2 v2.5.0/go.mod h1:z4eisnLP530vwIOUOJeBIj0aGI0L1C3d53atvCBqZHg=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.20.4 h1:X3c+Odnxz+iPTRobG4tp092+CvBU9UK0t/bRf+n0DGU=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.20.4/go.mod h1:xg2XB0K5ShQzAgsoujxuKN4LNXR2LfwwHsPj7Iaw+XY=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.21.0 h1:CYfjpEuicjUecRk+KAeyYh+ouUBn4llGyDYytIGcJS8=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.21.0/go.mod h1:OSg14+F65eWqIu4DceX7k/+QRAbTTvxeQSNSOQpukWM=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.16.5 h1:5k9FNRqziBPwqr17AMEPPV/En39ZBplLAdOwwQHruP4=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.16.5/go.mod h1:8vztuRVzs8IuuJqKqbXCSlXcw+lkAv/M2sTpg55qjMY=
 sigs.k8s.io/e2e-framework v0.6.0 h1:p7hFzHnLKO7eNsWGI2AbC1Mo2IYxidg49BiT4njxkrM=