diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 2503866..06595d7 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/cli-runtime v0.35.2
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.35.2
 	ocm.software/ocm v0.36.0
-	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.23.1
+	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.23.3
 	sigs.k8s.io/e2e-framework v0.6.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.21.1
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.6.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 2ef8943..c0bcde2 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1299,8 +1299,8 @@ 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=
 pgregory.net/rapid v1.2.0 h1:keKAYRcjm+e1F0oAuU5F5+YPAWcyxNNRK2wud503Gnk=
 pgregory.net/rapid v1.2.0/go.mod h1:PY5XlDGj0+V1FCq0o192FdRhpKHGTRIWBgqjDBTrq04=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.23.1 h1:TjJSM80Nf43Mg21+RCy3J70aj/W6KyvDtOlpKf+PupE=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.23.1/go.mod h1:B6COOxKptp+YaUT5q4l6LqUJTRpizbgf9KSRNdQGns0=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.23.3 h1:VjB/vhoPoA9l1kEKZHBMnQF33tdCLQKJtydy4iqwZ80=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.23.3/go.mod h1:B6COOxKptp+YaUT5q4l6LqUJTRpizbgf9KSRNdQGns0=
 sigs.k8s.io/e2e-framework v0.6.0 h1:p7hFzHnLKO7eNsWGI2AbC1Mo2IYxidg49BiT4njxkrM=
 sigs.k8s.io/e2e-framework v0.6.0/go.mod h1:IREnCHnKgRCioLRmNi0hxSJ1kJ+aAdjEKK/gokcZu4k=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20250730193827-2d320260d730 h1:IpInykpT6ceI+QxKBbEflcR5EXP7sU1kvOlxwZh5txg=