diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index d6d77d3e..f723c3a0 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.30.1
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.120.1
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20230726121419-3b25d923346b
-	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.18.3
+	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.18.4
 	sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api v1.0.0
 )
 
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 3d3b2f38..0e518c7a 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -254,8 +254,8 @@ k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20240228011516-70dd3763d340 h1:BZqlfIlq5YbRMFko6/PM7F
 k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20240228011516-70dd3763d340/go.mod h1:yD4MZYeKMBwQKVht279WycxKyM84kkAx2DPrTXaeb98=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20230726121419-3b25d923346b h1:sgn3ZU783SCgtaSJjpcVVlRqd6GSnlTLKgpAAttJvpI=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20230726121419-3b25d923346b/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 v1.0.0 h1:iPTStSv41+d9p0xFydll6d7f7MOBGuqXM6p2/zVYMAs=
 sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api v1.0.0/go.mod h1:4cUgr0Lnp5FZ0Cdq8FdRwCvpiWws7LVhLHGIudLlf4c=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd h1:EDPBXCAspyGV4jQlpZSudPeMmr1bNJefnuqLsRAsHZo=