diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index dd78d6378e..980f030f05 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/kube-aggregator v0.32.2
 	k8s.io/pod-security-admission v0.31.0
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20241210054802-24370beab758
-	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.20.2
+	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.20.3
 	sigs.k8s.io/kubectl-validate v0.0.5-0.20241223122011-eb064d2f92d5
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.19.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.19.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index b629e55065..844c6fc890 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1249,8 +1249,8 @@ 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/apiserver-network-proxy/konnectivity-client v0.31.2 h1:jpcvIRr3GLoUoEKRkHKSmGjxb6lWwrBlJsXc+eUYQHM=
 sigs.k8s.io/apiserver-network-proxy/konnectivity-client v0.31.2/go.mod h1:Ve9uj1L+deCXFrPOk1LpFXqTg7LCFzFso6PA48q/XZw=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.20.2 h1:/439OZVxoEc02psi1h4QO3bHzTgu49bb347Xp4gW1pc=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.20.2/go.mod h1:xg2XB0K5ShQzAgsoujxuKN4LNXR2LfwwHsPj7Iaw+XY=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.20.3 h1:I6Ln8JfQjHH7JbtCD2HCYHoIzajoRxPNuvhvcDbZgkI=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.20.3/go.mod h1:xg2XB0K5ShQzAgsoujxuKN4LNXR2LfwwHsPj7Iaw+XY=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20241014173422-cfa47c3a1cc8 h1:gBQPwqORJ8d8/YNZWEjoZs7npUVDpVXUUOFfW6CgAqE=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20241014173422-cfa47c3a1cc8/go.mod h1:mdzfpAEoE6DHQEN0uh9ZbOCuHbLK5wOm7dK4ctXE9Tg=
 sigs.k8s.io/kubectl-validate v0.0.5-0.20241223122011-eb064d2f92d5 h1:hNBVJn2bLSAw6vfO2HATzBZlSPMuz5zm+uE+0N1hQx4=