diff --git a/deps/controller-gen/go.mod b/deps/controller-gen/go.mod
index 7d707f164..5c6af9b4e 100644
--- a/deps/controller-gen/go.mod
+++ b/deps/controller-gen/go.mod
@@ -3,42 +3,5 @@ module sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools
 go 1.22.7
 
 require (
-	github.com/fatih/color v1.17.0
-	github.com/gobuffalo/flect v1.0.3
-	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0
-	github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.16.5
-	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.34.2
-	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.1
-	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
-	golang.org/x/tools v0.26.0
-	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0
-	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
-	k8s.io/api v0.31.1
-	k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.31.1
-	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.31.1
-	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240711033017-18e509b52bc8
-	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0
-	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.7.0 // indirect
-	github.com/fxamacker/cbor/v2 v2.7.0 // indirect
-	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.2 // indirect
-	github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2 // indirect
-	github.com/google/gofuzz v1.2.0 // indirect
-	github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 // indirect
-	github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12 // indirect
-	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13 // indirect
-	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20 // indirect
-	github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180306012644-bacd9c7ef1dd // indirect
-	github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.2 // indirect
-	github.com/nxadm/tail v1.4.8 // indirect
-	github.com/x448/float16 v0.8.4 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/mod v0.21.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/net v0.30.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sync v0.8.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.26.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/text v0.19.0 // indirect
-	gopkg.in/inf.v0 v0.9.1 // indirect
-	gopkg.in/tomb.v1 v1.0.0-20141024135613-dd632973f1e7 // indirect
-	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1 // indirect
-	sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd // indirect
-	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.4.1 // indirect
+	sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools/cmd/controller-gen v0.16.4
 )
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