diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index b704f6e..536834a 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.30.1
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.30.1
 	sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.7.2
-	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.18.3
+	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.18.4
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 519ecc7..6981fb3 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -389,8 +389,8 @@ launchpad.net/gocheck v0.0.0-20140225173054-000000000087/go.mod h1:hj7XX3B/0A+80
 launchpad.net/xmlpath v0.0.0-20130614043138-000000000004/go.mod h1:vqyExLOM3qBx7mvYRkoxjSCF945s0mbe7YynlKYXtsA=
 sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.7.2 h1:bRE8zoao7ajuLC0HijqfZVcubKQCPlZ04HMgcA53FGE=
 sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.7.2/go.mod h1:V9ZhKLvQtsDODwjXOKgbitjyCmC71yMBwDcMyNNIov0=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.18.3 h1:B5Wmmo8WMWK7izei+2LlXLVDGzMwAHBNLX68lwtlSR4=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.18.3/go.mod h1:TVoGrfdpbA9VRFaRnKgk9P5/atA0pMwq+f+msb9M8Sg=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.18.4 h1:87+guW1zhvuPLh1PHybKdYFLU0YJp4FhJRmiHvm5BZw=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.18.4/go.mod h1:TVoGrfdpbA9VRFaRnKgk9P5/atA0pMwq+f+msb9M8Sg=
 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=