diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 11d4ab218..291e92402 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.30.0
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.30.0
 	knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20211119170723-a99300deff34
-	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.18.0
+	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.18.1
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0
 )
 
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 667de72fd..5fc1dccf0 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -862,12 +862,6 @@ go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp v1.22.0 h1:FyjCy
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp v1.22.0/go.mod h1:hYwym2nDEeZfG/motx0p7L7J1N1vyzIThemQsb4g2qY=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.26.0 h1:7S39CLuY5Jgg9CrnA9HHiEjGMF/X2VHvoXGgSllRz30=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.26.0/go.mod h1:SY+rHOI4cEawI9a7N1A4nIg/nTQXe1ccCNWYOJUrpX4=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.22.0 h1:6coWHw9xw7EfClIC/+O31R8IY3/+EiRFHevmHafB2Gw=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.22.0/go.mod h1:iu7luyVGYovrRpe2fmj3CVKouQNdTOkxtLzPvPz1DOc=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.23.1 h1:O7JmZw0h76if63LQdsBMKQDWNb5oEcOThG9IrxscV+E=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.23.1/go.mod h1:LzdEVR5am1uKOOwfBWFef2DCi1nu3SA8XQxx2IerWFk=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.24.0 h1:YMPPDNymmQN3ZgczicBY3B6sf9n62Dlj9pWD3ucgoDw=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.24.0/go.mod h1:KVrIYw6tEubO9E96HQpcmpTKDVn9gdv35HoYiQWGDFg=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.25.0 h1:PDryEJPC8YJZQSyLY5eqLeafHtG+X7FWnf3aXMtxbqo=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.25.0/go.mod h1:oFgzCM2zdsxKzz6zwpTZYLLQsFwc+K0daArPdIhuxkw=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.26.0 h1:1ieeAUb4y0TE26jUFrCIXKpTuVK7uJGN9/Z/2LP5sQA=
@@ -1380,8 +1374,8 @@ knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20211119170723-a99300deff34 h1:3PTfphK/gjxA+XJIwyDZ1g1KxR
 knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20211119170723-a99300deff34/go.mod h1:VqUp1KWJqpTDNoiSI/heaX3uMdubImslJE2tBkP+Bbw=
 pgregory.net/rapid v0.3.3/go.mod h1:UYpPVyjFHzYBGHIxLFoupi8vwk6rXNzRY9OMvVxFIOU=
 sigs.k8s.io/apiserver-network-proxy/konnectivity-client v0.0.22/go.mod h1:LEScyzhFmoF5pso/YSeBstl57mOzx9xlU9n85RGrDQg=
-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 v0.18.1 h1:RpWbigmuiylbxOCLy0tGnq1cU1qWPwNIQzoJk+QeJx4=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.18.1/go.mod h1:tuAt1+wbVsXIT8lPtk5RURxqAnq7xkpv2Mhttslg7Hw=
 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 v4.0.2/go.mod h1:bJZC9H9iH24zzfZ/41RGcq60oK1F7G282QMXDPYydCw=