diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index ec1c13273..a691053f1 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/component-base v0.33.1
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1
 	pault.ag/go/sniff v0.0.0-20200207005214-cf7e4d167732
-	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.20.4
+	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.21.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/mdtoc v1.4.0
 )
 
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 9b4fc054c..40e068df6 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -364,8 +364,8 @@ k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20250502105355-0f33e8f1c979 h1:jgJW5IePPXLGB8e/1wvd0Ich9QE97
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20250502105355-0f33e8f1c979/go.mod h1:OLgZIPagt7ERELqWJFomSt595RzquPNLL48iOWgYOg0=
 pault.ag/go/sniff v0.0.0-20200207005214-cf7e4d167732 h1:SAElp8THCfmBdM+4lmWX5gebiSSkEr7PAYDVF91qpfg=
 pault.ag/go/sniff v0.0.0-20200207005214-cf7e4d167732/go.mod h1:lpvCfhqEHNJSSpG5R5A2EgsVzG8RTt4RfPoQuRAcDmg=
-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=