diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index c4a9b4eb5..6e836b944 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/apiserver v0.22.2
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.22.2
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20210819203725-bdf08cb9a70a
-	sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v0.4.3
+	sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v0.4.4
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.10.2
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.7.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.3.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index d7a799bcb..c06b19168 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1560,8 +1560,8 @@ rsc.io/binaryregexp v0.2.0/go.mod h1:qTv7/COck+e2FymRvadv62gMdZztPaShugOCi3I+8D8
 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/apiserver-network-proxy/konnectivity-client v0.0.22/go.mod h1:LEScyzhFmoF5pso/YSeBstl57mOzx9xlU9n85RGrDQg=
-sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v0.4.3 h1:bQl0jnVfOa4AW6gUOh5f0QaTv5im7JZwUesbhf/3a0w=
-sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v0.4.3/go.mod h1:KKycu4yJEm1sxKG5UaHX9ZnYxRiBzJsFjJVmvMQUP2k=
+sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v0.4.4 h1:gTSjXQEfSwphgYMelKEZZPXvok06GCF5tsCC550A5zA=
+sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v0.4.4/go.mod h1:KKycu4yJEm1sxKG5UaHX9ZnYxRiBzJsFjJVmvMQUP2k=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.9.7/go.mod h1:nExcHcQ2zvLMeoO9K7rOesGCmgu32srN5SENvpAEbGA=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.10.2 h1:jW8qiY+yMnnPx6O9hu63tgcwaKzd1yLYui+mpvClOOc=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.10.2/go.mod h1:CQp8eyUQZ/Q7PJvnIrB6/hgfTC1kBkGylwsLgOQi1WY=