diff --git a/hack/go.mod b/hack/go.mod
index 728c086b0..4f9120e42 100644
--- a/hack/go.mod
+++ b/hack/go.mod
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ require (
 	dies.dev/diegen v0.7.0
 	github.com/get-woke/woke v0.19.0
 	golang.org/x/tools v0.11.0
-	sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.12.0
+	sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.12.1
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/hack/go.sum b/hack/go.sum
index 6bc949917..02e781a0b 100644
--- a/hack/go.sum
+++ b/hack/go.sum
@@ -610,8 +610,8 @@ k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20230209194617-a36077c30491/go.mod h1:OLgZIPagt7ERELqWJFomSt
 rsc.io/binaryregexp v0.2.0/go.mod h1:qTv7/COck+e2FymRvadv62gMdZztPaShugOCi3I+8D8=
 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/controller-tools v0.12.0 h1:TY6CGE6+6hzO7hhJFte65ud3cFmmZW947jajXkuDfBw=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.12.0/go.mod h1:rXlpTfFHZMpZA8aGq9ejArgZiieHd+fkk/fTatY8A2M=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.12.1 h1:GyQqxzH5wksa4n3YDIJdJJOopztR5VDM+7qsyg5yE4U=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.12.1/go.mod h1:rXlpTfFHZMpZA8aGq9ejArgZiieHd+fkk/fTatY8A2M=
 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 v4.2.3 h1:PRbqxJClWWYMNV1dhaG4NsibJbArud9kFxnAMREiWFE=