diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 06c163c..bacb839 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module github.com/smallstep/step-issuer
 go 1.22.0
 
 require (
-	github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager v1.16.1
+	github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager v1.16.2
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.2
 	github.com/smallstep/certificates v0.28.1
 	k8s.io/api v0.31.2
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index b536df7..afa09b6 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.1 h1:VlbKKnNfV8bJzeqoa4cOKqO6bYr3WgKZxO8Z16+hsOM=
 github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.1/go.mod h1:G2ZrVWU2WbWT9wwq4/hrbKbnv/1ERSJQ0ibhJ6rlkpw=
 github.com/blang/semver/v4 v4.0.0 h1:1PFHFE6yCCTv8C1TeyNNarDzntLi7wMI5i/pzqYIsAM=
 github.com/blang/semver/v4 v4.0.0/go.mod h1:IbckMUScFkM3pff0VJDNKRiT6TG/YpiHIM2yvyW5YoQ=
-github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager v1.16.1 h1:1ceFMqTtwiqY2vyfaRT85CNiVmK7pJjt3GebYCx9awY=
-github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager v1.16.1/go.mod h1:MfLVTL45hFZsqmaT1O0+b2ugaNNQQZttSFV9hASHUb0=
+github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager v1.16.2 h1:c9UU2E+8XWGruyvC/mdpc1wuLddtgmNr8foKdP7a8Jg=
+github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager v1.16.2/go.mod h1:MfLVTL45hFZsqmaT1O0+b2ugaNNQQZttSFV9hASHUb0=
 github.com/cespare/xxhash v1.1.0 h1:a6HrQnmkObjyL+Gs60czilIUGqrzKutQD6XZog3p+ko=
 github.com/cespare/xxhash v1.1.0/go.mod h1:XrSqR1VqqWfGrhpAt58auRo0WTKS1nRRg3ghfAqPWnc=
 github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.1.1/go.mod h1:VGX0DQ3Q6kWi7AoAeZDth3/j3BFtOZR5XLFGgcrjCOs=