diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 43bce7002f..4233f43114 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -51,11 +51,11 @@ require (
 	gopkg.in/tomb.v2 v2.0.0-20161208151619-d5d1b5820637
 
 	//pinned k8s.io to v0.23.1 tag
-	k8s.io/api v0.23.1
+	k8s.io/api v0.23.5
 	k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.23.1
-	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.23.1
+	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.23.5
 	k8s.io/cli-runtime v0.23.1
-	k8s.io/client-go v0.23.1
+	k8s.io/client-go v0.23.5
 	k8s.io/kubectl v0.23.1
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20220210201930-3a6ce19ff2f9
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.11.0
@@ -189,6 +189,6 @@ require (
 	sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20211020170558-c049b76a60c6 // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.10.1 // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.13.0 // indirect
-	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.2.0 // indirect
+	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.2.1 // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.3.0 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 2343467ad3..5a23e0faed 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1821,16 +1821,18 @@ honnef.co/go/tools v0.1.3/go.mod h1:NgwopIslSNH47DimFoV78dnkksY2EFtX0ajyb3K/las=
 k8s.io/api v0.18.3/go.mod h1:UOaMwERbqJMfeeeHc8XJKawj4P9TgDRnViIqqBeH2QA=
 k8s.io/api v0.19.0/go.mod h1:I1K45XlvTrDjmj5LoM5LuP/KYrhWbjUKT/SoPG0qTjw=
 k8s.io/api v0.23.0/go.mod h1:8wmDdLBHBNxtOIytwLstXt5E9PddnZb0GaMcqsvDBpg=
-k8s.io/api v0.23.1 h1:ncu/qfBfUoClqwkTGbeRqqOqBCRoUAflMuOaOD7J0c8=
 k8s.io/api v0.23.1/go.mod h1:WfXnOnwSqNtG62Y1CdjoMxh7r7u9QXGCkA1u0na2jgo=
+k8s.io/api v0.23.5 h1:zno3LUiMubxD/V1Zw3ijyKO3wxrhbUF1Ck+VjBvfaoA=
+k8s.io/api v0.23.5/go.mod h1:Na4XuKng8PXJ2JsploYYrivXrINeTaycCGcYgF91Xm8=
 k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.23.0/go.mod h1:xIFAEEDlAZgpVBl/1VSjGDmLoXAWRG40+GsWhKhAxY4=
 k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.23.1 h1:xxE0q1vLOVZiWORu1KwNRQFsGWtImueOrqSl13sS5EU=
 k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.23.1/go.mod h1:0qz4fPaHHsVhRApbtk3MGXNn2Q9M/cVWWhfHdY2SxiM=
 k8s.io/apimachinery v0.18.3/go.mod h1:OaXp26zu/5J7p0f92ASynJa1pZo06YlV9fG7BoWbCko=
 k8s.io/apimachinery v0.19.0/go.mod h1:DnPGDnARWFvYa3pMHgSxtbZb7gpzzAZ1pTfaUNDVlmA=
 k8s.io/apimachinery v0.23.0/go.mod h1:fFCTTBKvKcwTPFzjlcxp91uPFZr+JA0FubU4fLzzFYc=
-k8s.io/apimachinery v0.23.1 h1:sfBjlDFwj2onG0Ijx5C+SrAoeUscPrmghm7wHP+uXlo=
 k8s.io/apimachinery v0.23.1/go.mod h1:SADt2Kl8/sttJ62RRsi9MIV4o8f5S3coArm0Iu3fBno=
+k8s.io/apimachinery v0.23.5 h1:Va7dwhp8wgkUPWsEXk6XglXWU4IKYLKNlv8VkX7SDM0=
+k8s.io/apimachinery v0.23.5/go.mod h1:BEuFMMBaIbcOqVIJqNZJXGFTP4W6AycEpb5+m/97hrM=
 k8s.io/apiserver v0.23.0/go.mod h1:Cec35u/9zAepDPPFyT+UMrgqOCjgJ5qtfVJDxjZYmt4=
 k8s.io/apiserver v0.23.1/go.mod h1:Bqt0gWbeM2NefS8CjWswwd2VNAKN6lUKR85Ft4gippY=
 k8s.io/cli-runtime v0.23.1 h1:vHUZrq1Oejs0WaJnxs09mLHKScvIIl2hMSthhS8o8Yo=
@@ -1838,8 +1840,9 @@ k8s.io/cli-runtime v0.23.1/go.mod h1:r9r8H/qfXo9w+69vwUL7LokKlLRKW5D6A8vUKCx+YL0
 k8s.io/client-go v0.18.3/go.mod h1:4a/dpQEvzAhT1BbuWW09qvIaGw6Gbu1gZYiQZIi1DMw=
 k8s.io/client-go v0.19.0/go.mod h1:H9E/VT95blcFQnlyShFgnFT9ZnJOAceiUHM3MlRC+mU=
 k8s.io/client-go v0.23.0/go.mod h1:hrDnpnK1mSr65lHHcUuIZIXDgEbzc7/683c6hyG4jTA=
-k8s.io/client-go v0.23.1 h1:Ma4Fhf/p07Nmj9yAB1H7UwbFHEBrSPg8lviR24U2GiQ=
 k8s.io/client-go v0.23.1/go.mod h1:6QSI8fEuqD4zgFK0xbdwfB/PthBsIxCJMa3s17WlcO0=
+k8s.io/client-go v0.23.5 h1:zUXHmEuqx0RY4+CsnkOn5l0GU+skkRXKGJrhmE2SLd8=
+k8s.io/client-go v0.23.5/go.mod h1:flkeinTO1CirYgzMPRWxUCnV0G4Fbu2vLhYCObnt/r4=
 k8s.io/code-generator v0.18.3/go.mod h1:TgNEVx9hCyPGpdtCWA34olQYLkh3ok9ar7XfSsr8b6c=
 k8s.io/code-generator v0.19.0/go.mod h1:moqLn7w0t9cMs4+5CQyxnfA/HV8MF6aAVENF+WZZhgk=
 k8s.io/code-generator v0.23.0/go.mod h1:vQvOhDXhuzqiVfM/YHp+dmg10WDZCchJVObc9MvowsE=
@@ -1873,6 +1876,7 @@ k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20200324210504-a9aa75ae1b89/go.mod h1:sZAwmy6armz5eXlNoLmJcl
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20200729134348-d5654de09c73/go.mod h1:jPW/WVKK9YHAvNhRxK0md/EJ228hCsBRufyofKtW8HA=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20210802155522-efc7438f0176/go.mod h1:jPW/WVKK9YHAvNhRxK0md/EJ228hCsBRufyofKtW8HA=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20210930125809-cb0fa318a74b/go.mod h1:jPW/WVKK9YHAvNhRxK0md/EJ228hCsBRufyofKtW8HA=
+k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20211116205334-6203023598ed/go.mod h1:jPW/WVKK9YHAvNhRxK0md/EJ228hCsBRufyofKtW8HA=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20220210201930-3a6ce19ff2f9 h1:HNSDgDCrr/6Ly3WEGKZftiE7IY19Vz2GdbOCyI4qqhc=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20220210201930-3a6ce19ff2f9/go.mod h1:jPW/WVKK9YHAvNhRxK0md/EJ228hCsBRufyofKtW8HA=
 nhooyr.io/websocket v1.8.6/go.mod h1:B70DZP8IakI65RVQ51MsWP/8jndNma26DVA/nFSCgW0=
@@ -1897,8 +1901,9 @@ sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v3 v3.0.0/go.mod h1:PlARxl6Hbt/+BC80dRLi1qAmnM
 sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.0.1/go.mod h1:bJZC9H9iH24zzfZ/41RGcq60oK1F7G282QMXDPYydCw=
 sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.0.2/go.mod h1:bJZC9H9iH24zzfZ/41RGcq60oK1F7G282QMXDPYydCw=
 sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.1.2/go.mod h1:j/nl6xW8vLS49O8YvXW1ocPhZawJtm+Yrr7PPRQ0Vg4=
-sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.2.0 h1:kDvPBbnPk+qYmkHmSo8vKGp438IASWofnbbUKDE/bv0=
 sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.2.0/go.mod h1:j/nl6xW8vLS49O8YvXW1ocPhZawJtm+Yrr7PPRQ0Vg4=
+sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.2.1 h1:bKCqE9GvQ5tiVHn5rfn1r+yao3aLQEaLzkkmAkf+A6Y=
+sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.2.1/go.mod h1:j/nl6xW8vLS49O8YvXW1ocPhZawJtm+Yrr7PPRQ0Vg4=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.1.0/go.mod h1:UJmg0vDUVViEyp3mgSv9WPwZCDxu4rQW1olrI1uml+o=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.2.0/go.mod h1:yfXDCHCao9+ENCvLSE62v9VSji2MKu5jeNfTrofGhJc=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.3.0 h1:a2VclLzOGrwOHDiV8EfBGhvjHvP46CtW5j6POvhYGGo=