diff --git a/apis/go.mod b/apis/go.mod
index de2604589b..3a78afbf0d 100644
--- a/apis/go.mod
+++ b/apis/go.mod
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
 	k8s.io/api v0.29.3
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.29.3
-	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.16.3
+	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.16.5
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/apis/go.sum b/apis/go.sum
index 27436c8b25..04fd735809 100644
--- a/apis/go.sum
+++ b/apis/go.sum
@@ -171,8 +171,8 @@ k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20231010175941-2dd684a91f00 h1:aVUu9fTY98ivBPKR9Y5w/A
 k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20231010175941-2dd684a91f00/go.mod h1:AsvuZPBlUDVuCdzJ87iajxtXuR9oktsTctW/R9wwouA=
 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 v0.16.3 h1:2TuvuokmfXvDUamSx1SuAOO3eTyye+47mJCigwG62c4=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.16.3/go.mod h1:j7bialYoSn142nv9sCOJmQgDXQXxnroFU4VnX/brVJ0=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.16.5 h1:yr1cEJbX08xsTW6XEIzT13KHHmIyX8Umvme2cULvFZw=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.16.5/go.mod h1:j7bialYoSn142nv9sCOJmQgDXQXxnroFU4VnX/brVJ0=
 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 v4.4.1 h1:150L+0vs/8DA78h1u02ooW1/fFq/Lwr+sGiqlzvrtq4=
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index ac6ffbd026..5ecc3f8afe 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/component-base v0.29.3
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.110.1
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20230726121419-3b25d923346b
-	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.16.3
+	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.16.5
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0
 )
 
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 02808dd9f9..7ada0926e8 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -196,8 +196,8 @@ k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20231010175941-2dd684a91f00 h1:aVUu9fTY98ivBPKR9Y5w/A
 k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20231010175941-2dd684a91f00/go.mod h1:AsvuZPBlUDVuCdzJ87iajxtXuR9oktsTctW/R9wwouA=
 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 v0.16.3 h1:2TuvuokmfXvDUamSx1SuAOO3eTyye+47mJCigwG62c4=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.16.3/go.mod h1:j7bialYoSn142nv9sCOJmQgDXQXxnroFU4VnX/brVJ0=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.16.5 h1:yr1cEJbX08xsTW6XEIzT13KHHmIyX8Umvme2cULvFZw=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.16.5/go.mod h1:j7bialYoSn142nv9sCOJmQgDXQXxnroFU4VnX/brVJ0=
 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 v4.4.1 h1:150L+0vs/8DA78h1u02ooW1/fFq/Lwr+sGiqlzvrtq4=
diff --git a/test/go.mod b/test/go.mod
index 9cf3d8be3a..fbedcfb783 100644
--- a/test/go.mod
+++ b/test/go.mod
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.29.3
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.110.1
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20230726121419-3b25d923346b
-	sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.6.3
-	sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/test v1.6.3
+	sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.6.4
+	sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/test v1.6.4
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.16.5
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.13.5-0.20230601165947-6ce0bf390ce3
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.14.3-0.20230601165947-6ce0bf390ce3
diff --git a/test/go.sum b/test/go.sum
index 56306f805d..aef08fed95 100644
--- a/test/go.sum
+++ b/test/go.sum
@@ -827,10 +827,10 @@ rsc.io/quote/v3 v3.1.0/go.mod h1:yEA65RcK8LyAZtP9Kv3t0HmxON59tX3rD+tICJqUlj0=
 rsc.io/sampler v1.3.0/go.mod h1:T1hPZKmBbMNahiBKFy5HrXp6adAjACjK9JXDnKaTXpA=
 sigs.k8s.io/apiserver-network-proxy/konnectivity-client v0.28.0 h1:TgtAeesdhpm2SGwkQasmbeqDo8th5wOBA5h/AjTKA4I=
 sigs.k8s.io/apiserver-network-proxy/konnectivity-client v0.28.0/go.mod h1:VHVDI/KrK4fjnV61bE2g3sA7tiETLn8sooImelsCx3Y=
-sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.6.3 h1:VOlPNg92PQLlhBVLc5pg+cbAuPvGOOBujeFLk9zgnoo=
-sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.6.3/go.mod h1:4FzfgPPiYaFq8X9F9j2SvmggH/4OOLEDgVJuWDqKLig=
-sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/test v1.6.3 h1:ZCboLCTpKWzSbf+f7MpQT7EN8aeH9DNhJC1T9/vAuAM=
-sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/test v1.6.3/go.mod h1:AKs25dgW6AnyGaQBoWuXfWnBs+FT7vJmAI/aox64DEI=
+sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.6.4 h1:O3J+Dm/wBMAQSyTtdkEPcWbv4KyY4yqv8Q8g6pJVefM=
+sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.6.4/go.mod h1:az1S/g/6umDjmh3ZWpjJWm23peUZOqEt3vv2FuOIZ3s=
+sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/test v1.6.4 h1:eNs1FtKEQqWKxBB19/cQ/1IAgb4nHT0qbh0w7T9yqZ4=
+sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/test v1.6.4/go.mod h1:QimdqQoykUpYpUKkpIabhj8R34wAzw7akMwlCc65xeA=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.16.5 h1:yr1cEJbX08xsTW6XEIzT13KHHmIyX8Umvme2cULvFZw=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.16.5/go.mod h1:j7bialYoSn142nv9sCOJmQgDXQXxnroFU4VnX/brVJ0=
 sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api v0.5.0 h1:ze+k9fJqvmL8s1t3e4q1ST8RnN+f09dEv+gfacahlAE=