diff --git a/hack/controller-gen/go.mod b/hack/controller-gen/go.mod
index e3d15f2046..9b2726d3da 100644
--- a/hack/controller-gen/go.mod
+++ b/hack/controller-gen/go.mod
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ go 1.22.4
 require (
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.1
 	k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.31.2
-	sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.16.4
+	sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.16.5
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/hack/controller-gen/go.sum b/hack/controller-gen/go.sum
index ac0983729c..da3b2496d4 100644
--- a/hack/controller-gen/go.sum
+++ b/hack/controller-gen/go.sum
@@ -125,8 +125,8 @@ k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1 h1:n9Xl7H1Xvksem4KFG4PYbdQCQxqc/tTUyrgXaOhHSzk=
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1/go.mod h1:3Jpz1GvMt720eyJH1ckRHK1EDfpxISzJ7I9OYgaDtPE=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240821151609-f90d01438635 h1:2wThSvJoW/Ncn9TmQEYXRnevZXi2duqHWf5OX9S3zjI=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240821151609-f90d01438635/go.mod h1:OLgZIPagt7ERELqWJFomSt595RzquPNLL48iOWgYOg0=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.16.4 h1:VXmar78eDXbx1by/H09ikEq1hiq3bqInxuV3lMr3GmQ=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.16.4/go.mod h1:kcsZyYMXiOFuBhofSPtkB90zTSxVRxVVyvtKQcx3q1A=
+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/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 v4.4.1 h1:150L+0vs/8DA78h1u02ooW1/fFq/Lwr+sGiqlzvrtq4=