diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index c4b87e480d..1c836e8da3 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.30.0
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.30.0
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.30.0
-	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.18.0
+	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.18.2
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.15.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api v1.0.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 05e5684b75..844f7d278d 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -278,8 +278,8 @@ k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20240228011516-70dd3763d340 h1:BZqlfIlq5YbRMFko6/PM7F
 k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20240228011516-70dd3763d340/go.mod h1:yD4MZYeKMBwQKVht279WycxKyM84kkAx2DPrTXaeb98=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20230726121419-3b25d923346b h1:sgn3ZU783SCgtaSJjpcVVlRqd6GSnlTLKgpAAttJvpI=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20230726121419-3b25d923346b/go.mod h1:OLgZIPagt7ERELqWJFomSt595RzquPNLL48iOWgYOg0=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.18.0 h1:Z7jKuX784TQSUL1TIyeuF7j8KXZ4RtSX0YgtjKcSTME=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.18.0/go.mod h1:tuAt1+wbVsXIT8lPtk5RURxqAnq7xkpv2Mhttslg7Hw=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.18.2 h1:RqVW6Kpeaji67CY5nPEfRz6ZfFMk0lWQlNrLqlNpx+Q=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.18.2/go.mod h1:tuAt1+wbVsXIT8lPtk5RURxqAnq7xkpv2Mhttslg7Hw=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.15.0 h1:4dxdABXGDhIa68Fiwaif0vcu32xfwmgQ+w8p+5CxoAI=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.15.0/go.mod h1:8zUSS2T8Hx0APCNRhJWbS3CAQEbIxLa07khzh7pZmXM=
 sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api v1.0.0 h1:iPTStSv41+d9p0xFydll6d7f7MOBGuqXM6p2/zVYMAs=