diff --git a/api/go.mod b/api/go.mod
index 993dd91..c0ed8bd 100644
--- a/api/go.mod
+++ b/api/go.mod
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ go 1.24.5
 require (
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.23.4
 	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.37.0
-	github.com/openmcp-project/controller-utils v0.11.0
+	github.com/openmcp-project/controller-utils v0.12.0
 	k8s.io/api v0.33.2
 	k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.33.2
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.33.2
diff --git a/api/go.sum b/api/go.sum
index eb384d4..4c6c3ec 100644
--- a/api/go.sum
+++ b/api/go.sum
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.23.4 h1:ktYTpKJAVZnDT4VjxSbiBenUjmlL/5QkBEocaWXiQus
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.23.4/go.mod h1:Bt66ApGPBFzHyR+JO10Zbt0Gsp4uWxu5mIOTusL46e8=
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.37.0 h1:CdEG8g0S133B4OswTDC/5XPSzE1OeP29QOioj2PID2Y=
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.37.0/go.mod h1:8D9+Txp43QWKhM24yyOBEdpkzN8FvJyAwecBgsU4KU0=
-github.com/openmcp-project/controller-utils v0.11.0 h1:CRdA3SYWLBVHItbvShW6nsk1jwzG6ZfD08MEXqCda7k=
-github.com/openmcp-project/controller-utils v0.11.0/go.mod h1:l74IQ8cpNsJTn2LBP5hyUOiTouEjrvDzNp/TMkoh5NI=
+github.com/openmcp-project/controller-utils v0.12.0 h1:ZWaQthvYjK7FaA1lKfCZt9aiqJ60RoSMfV8mADinGsw=
+github.com/openmcp-project/controller-utils v0.12.0/go.mod h1:LaWQN46pvb6vPP7snGdTl1Q/6NQWlfKRyONbj1ce3tw=
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 h1:FEBLx1zS214owpjy7qsBeixbURkuhQAwrK5UwLGTwt4=
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINEl0=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index b89d1c8..957797b 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.23.4
 	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.37.0
 	github.com/openmcp-project/control-plane-operator v0.1.10
-	github.com/openmcp-project/controller-utils v0.11.0
+	github.com/openmcp-project/controller-utils v0.12.0
 	github.com/openmcp-project/mcp-operator/api v0.32.0
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.9.1
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.6
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 8a0f93d..92fe865 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -111,8 +111,8 @@ github.com/onsi/gomega v1.37.0 h1:CdEG8g0S133B4OswTDC/5XPSzE1OeP29QOioj2PID2Y=
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.37.0/go.mod h1:8D9+Txp43QWKhM24yyOBEdpkzN8FvJyAwecBgsU4KU0=
 github.com/openmcp-project/control-plane-operator v0.1.10 h1:5ticEP3llBmIHQkBzkZwgTdcHJ7Z9rSaw5BsY3QQ2pM=
 github.com/openmcp-project/control-plane-operator v0.1.10/go.mod h1:GNu9LBTPWoE3dKsBo2kS+SeKSLU2qLtu3VjpaznsB2o=
-github.com/openmcp-project/controller-utils v0.11.0 h1:CRdA3SYWLBVHItbvShW6nsk1jwzG6ZfD08MEXqCda7k=
-github.com/openmcp-project/controller-utils v0.11.0/go.mod h1:l74IQ8cpNsJTn2LBP5hyUOiTouEjrvDzNp/TMkoh5NI=
+github.com/openmcp-project/controller-utils v0.12.0 h1:ZWaQthvYjK7FaA1lKfCZt9aiqJ60RoSMfV8mADinGsw=
+github.com/openmcp-project/controller-utils v0.12.0/go.mod h1:LaWQN46pvb6vPP7snGdTl1Q/6NQWlfKRyONbj1ce3tw=
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 h1:FEBLx1zS214owpjy7qsBeixbURkuhQAwrK5UwLGTwt4=
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINEl0=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=