diff --git a/release/cli/go.mod b/release/cli/go.mod
index efb56c49c8aa8..bf3af89d8a878 100644
--- a/release/cli/go.mod
+++ b/release/cli/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 module github.com/aws/eks-anywhere/release/cli
 
-go 1.21
+go 1.22
+
 toolchain go1.22.2
 
 require (
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ require (
 	helm.sh/helm/v3 v3.15.0
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.30.0
 	k8s.io/helm v2.17.0+incompatible
-	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.16.6
+	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.18.2
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0
 )
 
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/docker/go-units v0.5.0 // indirect
 	github.com/emicklei/go-restful/v3 v3.11.0 // indirect
 	github.com/evanphx/json-patch v5.7.0+incompatible // indirect
-	github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.8.0 // indirect
+	github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.9.0 // indirect
 	github.com/exponent-io/jsonpath v0.0.0-20151013193312-d6023ce2651d // indirect
 	github.com/fatih/color v1.14.1 // indirect
 	github.com/felixge/httpsnoop v1.0.4 // indirect
diff --git a/release/cli/go.sum b/release/cli/go.sum
index e1c8ff4887d1a..16ef77be5e03a 100644
--- a/release/cli/go.sum
+++ b/release/cli/go.sum
@@ -159,8 +159,8 @@ github.com/evanphx/json-patch v4.2.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:50XU6AFN0ol/bzJsmQLi
 github.com/evanphx/json-patch v4.5.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:50XU6AFN0ol/bzJsmQLiYLvXMP4fmwYFNcr97nuDLSk=
 github.com/evanphx/json-patch v5.7.0+incompatible h1:vgGkfT/9f8zE6tvSCe74nfpAVDQ2tG6yudJd8LBksgI=
 github.com/evanphx/json-patch v5.7.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:50XU6AFN0ol/bzJsmQLiYLvXMP4fmwYFNcr97nuDLSk=
-github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.8.0 h1:lRj6N9Nci7MvzrXuX6HFzU8XjmhPiXPlsKEy1u0KQro=
-github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.8.0/go.mod h1:VNkHZ/282BpEyt/tObQO8s5CMPmYYq14uClGH4abBuQ=
+github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.9.0 h1:kcBlZQbplgElYIlo/n1hJbls2z/1awpXxpRi0/FOJfg=
+github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.9.0/go.mod h1:VNkHZ/282BpEyt/tObQO8s5CMPmYYq14uClGH4abBuQ=
 github.com/exponent-io/jsonpath v0.0.0-20151013193312-d6023ce2651d h1:105gxyaGwCFad8crR9dcMQWvV9Hvulu6hwUh4tWPJnM=
 github.com/exponent-io/jsonpath v0.0.0-20151013193312-d6023ce2651d/go.mod h1:ZZMPRZwes7CROmyNKgQzC3XPs6L/G2EJLHddWejkmf4=
 github.com/fatih/color v1.7.0/go.mod h1:Zm6kSWBoL9eyXnKyktHP6abPY2pDugNf5KwzbycvMj4=
@@ -601,8 +601,9 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.1/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0/go.mod h1:yNjHg4UonilssWZ8iaSj1OCr/vHnekPRkoO+kdMU+MU=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.1/go.mod h1:w2LPCIKwWwSfY2zedu0+kehJoqGctiVI29o6fzry7u4=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4 h1:CcVxjf3Q8PM0mHUKJCdn+eZZtm5yQwehR5yeSVQQcUk=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4/go.mod h1:sz/lmYIOXD/1dqDmKjjqLyZ2RngseejIcXlSw2iwfAo=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0 h1:HtqpIVDClZ4nwg75+f6Lvsy/wHu+3BoSGCbBAcpTsTg=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0/go.mod h1:r2ic/lqez/lEtzL7wO/rwa5dbSLXVDPFyf8C91i36aY=
 github.com/subosito/gotenv v1.6.0 h1:9NlTDc1FTs4qu0DDq7AEtTPNw6SVm7uBMsUCUjABIf8=
 github.com/subosito/gotenv v1.6.0/go.mod h1:Dk4QP5c2W3ibzajGcXpNraDfq2IrhjMIvMSWPKKo0FU=
 github.com/tidwall/pretty v1.0.0/go.mod h1:XNkn88O1ChpSDQmQeStsy+sBenx6DDtFZJxhVysOjyk=
@@ -918,8 +919,8 @@ modernc.org/xc v1.0.0/go.mod h1:mRNCo0bvLjGhHO9WsyuKVU4q0ceiDDDoEeWDJHrNx8I=
 oras.land/oras-go v1.2.5 h1:XpYuAwAb0DfQsunIyMfeET92emK8km3W4yEzZvUbsTo=
 oras.land/oras-go v1.2.5/go.mod h1:PuAwRShRZCsZb7g8Ar3jKKQR/2A/qN+pkYxIOd/FAoo=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.5.0/go.mod h1:REiJzC7Y00U+2YkMbT8wxgrsX5USpXKGhb2sCtAXiT8=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.16.6 h1:FiXwTuFF5ZJKmozfP2Z0j7dh6kmxP4Ou1KLfxgKKC3I=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.16.6/go.mod h1:+dQzkZxnylD0u49e0a+7AR+vlibEBaThmPca7lTyUsI=
+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/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd h1:EDPBXCAspyGV4jQlpZSudPeMmr1bNJefnuqLsRAsHZo=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd/go.mod h1:B8JuhiUyNFVKdsE8h686QcCxMaH6HrOAZj4vswFpcB0=
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.13.5-0.20230601165947-6ce0bf390ce3 h1:XX3Ajgzov2RKUdc5jW3t5jwY7Bo7dcRm+tFxT+NfgY0=