diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 965f0dfb6..424834bb8 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/mount-utils v0.29.3
 	k8s.io/pod-security-admission v0.30.1
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20230726121419-3b25d923346b
-	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.18.3
+	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.18.4
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index cf992eb81..fd7970870 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -2716,8 +2716,8 @@ rsc.io/sampler v1.3.0/go.mod h1:T1hPZKmBbMNahiBKFy5HrXp6adAjACjK9JXDnKaTXpA=
 sigs.k8s.io/apiserver-network-proxy/konnectivity-client v0.29.0 h1:/U5vjBbQn3RChhv7P11uhYvCSm5G2GaIi5AIGBS6r4c=
 sigs.k8s.io/apiserver-network-proxy/konnectivity-client v0.29.0/go.mod h1:z7+wmGM2dfIiLRfrC6jb5kV2Mq/sK1ZP303cxzkV5Y4=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.2.2/go.mod h1:9dyohw3ZtoXQuV1e766PHUn+cmrRCIcBh6XIMFNMZ+I=
-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/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd h1:EDPBXCAspyGV4jQlpZSudPeMmr1bNJefnuqLsRAsHZo=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd/go.mod h1:B8JuhiUyNFVKdsE8h686QcCxMaH6HrOAZj4vswFpcB0=
 sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.2.3/go.mod h1:qjx8mGObPmV2aSZepjQjbmb2ihdVs8cGKBraizNC69E=
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index e11b42f75..8777b7ce7 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -1752,7 +1752,7 @@ sigs.k8s.io/apiserver-network-proxy/konnectivity-client/pkg/client
 sigs.k8s.io/apiserver-network-proxy/konnectivity-client/pkg/client/metrics
 sigs.k8s.io/apiserver-network-proxy/konnectivity-client/pkg/common/metrics
 sigs.k8s.io/apiserver-network-proxy/konnectivity-client/proto/client
-# sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.18.3
+# sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.18.4
 ## explicit; go 1.22.0
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/cache
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/cache/internal