diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 328f077..eca6a30 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@ require (
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
 	k8s.io/api v0.21.2
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.21.2
-	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.9.2
+	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.9.4
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index c2749f7..622d082 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -759,8 +759,8 @@ 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 v0.0.19/go.mod h1:LEScyzhFmoF5pso/YSeBstl57mOzx9xlU9n85RGrDQg=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.9.2 h1:MnCAsopQno6+hI9SgJHKddzXpmv2wtouZz6931Eax+Q=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.9.2/go.mod h1:TxzMCHyEUpaeuOiZx/bIdc2T81vfs/aKdvJt9wuu0zk=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.9.4 h1:SVOInWxOoVAE2V1Buhd/XKKHTt7ou4//zvhYCd5LMcA=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.9.4/go.mod h1:TxzMCHyEUpaeuOiZx/bIdc2T81vfs/aKdvJt9wuu0zk=
 sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.0.2/go.mod h1:bJZC9H9iH24zzfZ/41RGcq60oK1F7G282QMXDPYydCw=
 sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.1.0 h1:C4r9BgJ98vrKnnVCjwCSXcWjWe0NKcUQkmzDXZXGwH8=
 sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.1.0/go.mod h1:bJZC9H9iH24zzfZ/41RGcq60oK1F7G282QMXDPYydCw=