diff --git a/release/cli/go.mod b/release/cli/go.mod
index 5c5f129a1cc6..654c40904acf 100644
--- a/release/cli/go.mod
+++ b/release/cli/go.mod
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ require (
 	helm.sh/helm/v3 v3.15.1
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.30.1
 	k8s.io/helm v2.17.0+incompatible
-	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.18.3
+	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.18.4
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0
 )
 
diff --git a/release/cli/go.sum b/release/cli/go.sum
index 206f728e9ffe..91cf3540b173 100644
--- a/release/cli/go.sum
+++ b/release/cli/go.sum
@@ -925,8 +925,8 @@ 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 v0.18.3 h1:B5Wmmo8WMWK7izei+2LlXLVDGzMwAHBNLX68lwtlSR4=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.18.3/go.mod h1:TVoGrfdpbA9VRFaRnKgk9P5/atA0pMwq+f+msb9M8Sg=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.18.4 h1:87+guW1zhvuPLh1PHybKdYFLU0YJp4FhJRmiHvm5BZw=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.18.4/go.mod h1:TVoGrfdpbA9VRFaRnKgk9P5/atA0pMwq+f+msb9M8Sg=
 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=