diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index dc8ffab39..d93e5eb80 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1
 	k8s.io/kubectl v0.33.1
 	oras.land/oras-go/v2 v2.6.0
-	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.20.4
+	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.21.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0
 )
 
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index ebc7ed7f2..39c715621 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -526,8 +526,8 @@ k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20250321185631-1f6e0b77f77e h1:KqK5c/ghOm8xkHYhlodbp6i6+r+Ch
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20250321185631-1f6e0b77f77e/go.mod h1:OLgZIPagt7ERELqWJFomSt595RzquPNLL48iOWgYOg0=
 oras.land/oras-go/v2 v2.6.0 h1:X4ELRsiGkrbeox69+9tzTu492FMUu7zJQW6eJU+I2oc=
 oras.land/oras-go/v2 v2.6.0/go.mod h1:magiQDfG6H1O9APp+rOsvCPcW1GD2MM7vgnKY0Y+u1o=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.20.4 h1:X3c+Odnxz+iPTRobG4tp092+CvBU9UK0t/bRf+n0DGU=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.20.4/go.mod h1:xg2XB0K5ShQzAgsoujxuKN4LNXR2LfwwHsPj7Iaw+XY=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.21.0 h1:CYfjpEuicjUecRk+KAeyYh+ouUBn4llGyDYytIGcJS8=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.21.0/go.mod h1:OSg14+F65eWqIu4DceX7k/+QRAbTTvxeQSNSOQpukWM=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20241014173422-cfa47c3a1cc8 h1:gBQPwqORJ8d8/YNZWEjoZs7npUVDpVXUUOFfW6CgAqE=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20241014173422-cfa47c3a1cc8/go.mod h1:mdzfpAEoE6DHQEN0uh9ZbOCuHbLK5wOm7dK4ctXE9Tg=
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.19.0 h1:F+2HB2mU1MSiR9Hp1NEgoU2q9ItNOaBJl0I4Dlus5SQ=