diff --git a/api/go.mod b/api/go.mod
index 8839f73..f2a96e1 100644
--- a/api/go.mod
+++ b/api/go.mod
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.23.4
 	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.37.0
-	github.com/openmcp-project/controller-utils v0.7.0
+	github.com/openmcp-project/controller-utils v0.9.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0
 	k8s.io/api v0.33.1
 	k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.33.1
diff --git a/api/go.sum b/api/go.sum
index 48b72d6..c675d81 100644
--- a/api/go.sum
+++ b/api/go.sum
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ 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 v0.7.0 h1:o8Ot4r1rUxwkBWVmTAhMqCNcjQCY08iFYFuvAVRMDuo=
-github.com/openmcp-project/controller-utils v0.7.0/go.mod h1:/PeEIAdVHe9W1u0Nw8PlrKr5Gp3Wqwhnr2uo/Q7BtEI=
+github.com/openmcp-project/controller-utils v0.9.0 h1:S9g23FFbUBfHOkRTvpjT826hcbX5SXd/gZ9VT83V7Lg=
+github.com/openmcp-project/controller-utils v0.9.0/go.mod h1:j0FuxU5JhlDq+XkWNhDUY+k8AuqFINqXWjX7dlpQlNU=
 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 47dd178..36176d9 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.2
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.23.4
 	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.37.0
-	github.com/openmcp-project/controller-utils v0.7.0
+	github.com/openmcp-project/controller-utils v0.9.0
 	github.com/openmcp-project/project-workspace-operator/api v0.12.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0
 	k8s.io/api v0.33.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 19f7062..4ec5596 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -88,8 +88,8 @@ 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 v0.7.0 h1:o8Ot4r1rUxwkBWVmTAhMqCNcjQCY08iFYFuvAVRMDuo=
-github.com/openmcp-project/controller-utils v0.7.0/go.mod h1:/PeEIAdVHe9W1u0Nw8PlrKr5Gp3Wqwhnr2uo/Q7BtEI=
+github.com/openmcp-project/controller-utils v0.9.0 h1:S9g23FFbUBfHOkRTvpjT826hcbX5SXd/gZ9VT83V7Lg=
+github.com/openmcp-project/controller-utils v0.9.0/go.mod h1:j0FuxU5JhlDq+XkWNhDUY+k8AuqFINqXWjX7dlpQlNU=
 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=