diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 1a60d5dc..9dbcac9e 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module github.com/crossplane-contrib/provider-kubernetes
 go 1.19
 
 require (
-	github.com/crossplane/crossplane-runtime v0.19.0
+	github.com/crossplane/crossplane-runtime v0.20.0-rc.0.0.20230320143010-c424c4aca5b0
 	github.com/crossplane/crossplane-tools v0.0.0-20220310165030-1f43fc12793e
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 2f2cffd4..b4d1b3d4 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@ github.com/cncf/udpa/go v0.0.0-20201120205902-5459f2c99403/go.mod h1:WmhPx2Nbnht
 github.com/cncf/xds/go v0.0.0-20210312221358-fbca930ec8ed/go.mod h1:eXthEFrGJvWHgFFCl3hGmgk+/aYT6PnTQLykKQRLhEs=
 github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.2/go.mod h1:tgQtvFlXSQOSOSIRvRPT7W67SCa46tRHOmNcaadrF8o=
 github.com/creack/pty v1.1.9/go.mod h1:oKZEueFk5CKHvIhNR5MUki03XCEU+Q6VDXinZuGJ33E=
-github.com/crossplane/crossplane-runtime v0.19.0 h1:+NuhkbW3oKnRKcIBTApw34HQ4m2guxZR84m0iNGJGJg=
-github.com/crossplane/crossplane-runtime v0.19.0/go.mod h1:OJQ1NxtQK2ZTRmvtnQPoy8LsXsARTnVydRVDQEgIuz4=
+github.com/crossplane/crossplane-runtime v0.20.0-rc.0.0.20230320143010-c424c4aca5b0 h1:CeOwmlDuq0MU62YguasLJ1j/W58uW/FVeSlPOvOK5xM=
+github.com/crossplane/crossplane-runtime v0.20.0-rc.0.0.20230320143010-c424c4aca5b0/go.mod h1:OJQ1NxtQK2ZTRmvtnQPoy8LsXsARTnVydRVDQEgIuz4=
 github.com/crossplane/crossplane-tools v0.0.0-20220310165030-1f43fc12793e h1:HqLaMji3FRPwEBA5P6twPz0HbE6no0XOnByLU5O1noM=
 github.com/crossplane/crossplane-tools v0.0.0-20220310165030-1f43fc12793e/go.mod h1:xFf30hwHd5n0/a0D4ZomId8nxQTTjE0Hc1j4/rWxefc=
 github.com/dave/jennifer v1.4.1 h1:XyqG6cn5RQsTj3qlWQTKlRGAyrTcsk1kUmWdZBzRjDw=
diff --git a/internal/controller/object/object.go b/internal/controller/object/object.go
index 6434d16e..4f62490c 100644
--- a/internal/controller/object/object.go
+++ b/internal/controller/object/object.go
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ func Setup(mgr ctrl.Manager, o controller.Options) error {
 
 	return ctrl.NewControllerManagedBy(mgr).
 		Named(name).
+		WithEventFilter(resource.DesiredStateChanged()).
 		WithOptions(o.ForControllerRuntime()).
 		For(&v1alpha1.Object{}).
 		Complete(ratelimiter.NewReconciler(name, r, o.GlobalRateLimiter))