diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 6d8d3684..b7deefa3 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.30.1
 	k8s.io/kubectl v0.30.1
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240502163921-fe8a2dddb1d0
-	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.18.3
+	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.18.4
 	sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api v1.1.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.23.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.17.2
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index b7d148c7..de964022 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -506,8 +506,8 @@ k8s.io/kubectl v0.30.1 h1:sHFIRI3oP0FFZmBAVEE8ErjnTyXDPkBcvO88mH9RjuY=
 k8s.io/kubectl v0.30.1/go.mod h1:7j+L0Cc38RYEcx+WH3y44jRBe1Q1jxdGPKkX0h4iDq0=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240502163921-fe8a2dddb1d0 h1:jgGTlFYnhF1PM1Ax/lAlxUPE+KfCIXHaathvJg1C3ak=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240502163921-fe8a2dddb1d0/go.mod h1:OLgZIPagt7ERELqWJFomSt595RzquPNLL48iOWgYOg0=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.18.3 h1:B5Wmmo8WMWK7izei+2LlXLVDGzMwAHBNLX68lwtlSR4=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.18.3/go.mod h1:TVoGrfdpbA9VRFaRnKgk9P5/atA0pMwq+f+msb9M8Sg=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.18.4 h1:87+guW1zhvuPLh1PHybKdYFLU0YJp4FhJRmiHvm5BZw=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.18.4/go.mod h1:TVoGrfdpbA9VRFaRnKgk9P5/atA0pMwq+f+msb9M8Sg=
 sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api v1.1.0 h1:DsLDXCi6jR+Xz8/xd0Z1PYl2Pn0TyaFMOPPZIj4inDM=
 sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api v1.1.0/go.mod h1:ZH4lHrL2sDi0FHZ9jjneb8kKnGzFWyrTya35sWUTrRs=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd h1:EDPBXCAspyGV4jQlpZSudPeMmr1bNJefnuqLsRAsHZo=