diff --git a/core/go.mod b/core/go.mod
index 4a878b768..cf6a8aad7 100644
--- a/core/go.mod
+++ b/core/go.mod
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ require (
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.28.1
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.28.1
-	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.16.1
+	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.16.2
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/core/go.sum b/core/go.sum
index 205d9a87d..cc3507299 100644
--- a/core/go.sum
+++ b/core/go.sum
@@ -1346,6 +1346,8 @@ 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/controller-runtime v0.16.1 h1:+15lzrmHsE0s2kNl0Dl8cTchI5Cs8qofo5PGcPrV9z0=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.16.1/go.mod h1:vpMu3LpI5sYWtujJOa2uPK61nB5rbwlN7BAB8aSLvGU=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.16.2 h1:mwXAVuEk3EQf478PQwQ48zGOXvW27UJc8NHktQVuIPU=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.16.2/go.mod h1:vpMu3LpI5sYWtujJOa2uPK61nB5rbwlN7BAB8aSLvGU=
 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 v4.2.3 h1:PRbqxJClWWYMNV1dhaG4NsibJbArud9kFxnAMREiWFE=