diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index fc45d58..3a5ae57 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/fluxcd/kustomize-controller/api v1.6.1
 	github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/meta v1.21.0
 	github.com/go-git/go-billy/v5 v5.6.2
-	github.com/go-git/go-git/v5 v5.16.2
+	github.com/go-git/go-git/v5 v5.16.3
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.3
 	github.com/openmcp-project/controller-utils v0.22.0
 	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.3
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 0883b60..aa58a00 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ github.com/go-git/go-billy/v5 v5.6.2 h1:6Q86EsPXMa7c3YZ3aLAQsMA0VlWmy43r6FHqa/UN
 github.com/go-git/go-billy/v5 v5.6.2/go.mod h1:rcFC2rAsp/erv7CMz9GczHcuD0D32fWzH+MJAU+jaUU=
 github.com/go-git/go-git-fixtures/v4 v4.3.2-0.20231010084843-55a94097c399 h1:eMje31YglSBqCdIqdhKBW8lokaMrL3uTkpGYlE2OOT4=
 github.com/go-git/go-git-fixtures/v4 v4.3.2-0.20231010084843-55a94097c399/go.mod h1:1OCfN199q1Jm3HZlxleg+Dw/mwps2Wbk9frAWm+4FII=
-github.com/go-git/go-git/v5 v5.16.2 h1:fT6ZIOjE5iEnkzKyxTHK1W4HGAsPhqEqiSAssSO77hM=
-github.com/go-git/go-git/v5 v5.16.2/go.mod h1:4Ge4alE/5gPs30F2H1esi2gPd69R0C39lolkucHBOp8=
+github.com/go-git/go-git/v5 v5.16.3 h1:Z8BtvxZ09bYm/yYNgPKCzgWtaRqDTgIKRgIRHBfU6Z8=
+github.com/go-git/go-git/v5 v5.16.3/go.mod h1:4Ge4alE/5gPs30F2H1esi2gPd69R0C39lolkucHBOp8=
 github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.3 h1:CjnDlHq8ikf6E492q6eKboGOC0T8CDaOvkHCIg8idEI=
 github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.3/go.mod h1:9T104GzyrTigFIr8wt5mBrctHMim0Nb2HLGrmQ40KvY=
 github.com/go-logr/zapr v1.3.0 h1:XGdV8XW8zdwFiwOA2Dryh1gj2KRQyOOoNmBy4EplIcQ=