diff --git a/api/go.mod b/api/go.mod
index 8cb664b..99ae568 100644
--- a/api/go.mod
+++ b/api/go.mod
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ go 1.25.3
 
 require (
 	github.com/openmcp-project/controller-utils v0.23.2
-	github.com/openmcp-project/openmcp-operator/api v0.14.0
+	github.com/openmcp-project/openmcp-operator/api v0.16.0
 	k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.34.1
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.34.1
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.34.1
diff --git a/api/go.sum b/api/go.sum
index 759bab3..e245fe8 100644
--- a/api/go.sum
+++ b/api/go.sum
@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@ github.com/onsi/gomega v1.38.2 h1:eZCjf2xjZAqe+LeWvKb5weQ+NcPwX84kqJ0cZNxok2A=
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.38.2/go.mod h1:W2MJcYxRGV63b418Ai34Ud0hEdTVXq9NW9+Sx6uXf3k=
 github.com/openmcp-project/controller-utils v0.23.2 h1:69zbDwFE7EYalvV1N0kOddkuFrCKLkIwcSzBIygGhq0=
 github.com/openmcp-project/controller-utils v0.23.2/go.mod h1:rycrEcxCREUTV3qu5KNNUcY1mfoQ8U4R5Mz/JG4DFKk=
-github.com/openmcp-project/openmcp-operator/api v0.14.0 h1:/Ogg13b/IBBmAVQEuFnOKvHuVV3o2DlrQpSQhXca0+g=
-github.com/openmcp-project/openmcp-operator/api v0.14.0/go.mod h1:mgckJa59TpgTjta8+BWHwbOxlY1zVasqQTDFQLCs6M8=
+github.com/openmcp-project/openmcp-operator/api v0.16.0 h1:sVqLiJmxSGTKnVEz274LIaj+2esrMkcD7j9H9n81CMo=
+github.com/openmcp-project/openmcp-operator/api v0.16.0/go.mod h1:0KytEWVi1Gw5SEjyclhNZmUXks+SqbivLW10fDe7vL4=
 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=