diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 97556f1..3ed2322 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/api v0.21.3
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.21.3
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.21.3
-	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.9.5
+	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.9.6
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/tools/setup-envtest v0.0.0-20210713022429-8b55f85c90c3
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.6.2
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kustomize/v3 v3.10.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 9a0dc73..ddd82cb 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1171,8 +1171,8 @@ 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/apiserver-network-proxy/konnectivity-client v0.0.19/go.mod h1:LEScyzhFmoF5pso/YSeBstl57mOzx9xlU9n85RGrDQg=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.9.5 h1:WThcFE6cqctTn2jCZprLICO6BaKZfhsT37uAapTNfxc=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.9.5/go.mod h1:q6PpkM5vqQubEKUKOM6qr06oXGzOBcCby1DA9FbyZeA=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.9.6 h1:EevVMlgUj4fC1NVM4+DB3iPkWkmGRNarA66neqv9Qew=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.9.6/go.mod h1:q6PpkM5vqQubEKUKOM6qr06oXGzOBcCby1DA9FbyZeA=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/tools/setup-envtest v0.0.0-20210713022429-8b55f85c90c3 h1:7E+RSEdWMZmmPeGAvE/7pxMldZP+Z3fxwUkLZTsp308=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/tools/setup-envtest v0.0.0-20210713022429-8b55f85c90c3/go.mod h1:jqzBWjsNdxfl/cDmihB034I5aCqlfw2p24HYs3Eo4K4=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.6.2 h1:+Y8L0UsAugDipGRw8lrkPoAi6XqlQVZuf1DQHME3PgU=