diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index ca750023..e5fcde7c 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -17,5 +17,5 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.22.0
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.22.0
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20210722164352-7f3ee0f31471
-	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.9.5
+	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.9.6
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index dd68db7a..3e6465c1 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -974,8 +974,8 @@ rsc.io/sampler v1.3.0/go.mod h1:T1hPZKmBbMNahiBKFy5HrXp6adAjACjK9JXDnKaTXpA=
 sigs.k8s.io/apiserver-network-proxy/konnectivity-client v0.0.14/go.mod h1:LEScyzhFmoF5pso/YSeBstl57mOzx9xlU9n85RGrDQg=
 sigs.k8s.io/apiserver-network-proxy/konnectivity-client v0.0.19/go.mod h1:LEScyzhFmoF5pso/YSeBstl57mOzx9xlU9n85RGrDQg=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.8.3/go.mod h1:U/l+DUopBc1ecfRZ5aviA9JDmGFQKvLf5YkZNx2e0sU=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.9.5 h1:WThcFE6cqctTn2jCZprLICO6BaKZfhsT37uAapTNfxc=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.9.5/go.mod h1:q6PpkM5vqQubEKUKOM6qr06oXGzOBcCby1DA9FbyZeA=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.9.6 h1:EevVMlgUj4fC1NVM4+DB3iPkWkmGRNarA66neqv9Qew=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.9.6/go.mod h1:q6PpkM5vqQubEKUKOM6qr06oXGzOBcCby1DA9FbyZeA=
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize v2.0.3+incompatible/go.mod h1:MkjgH3RdOWrievjo6c9T245dYlB5QeXV4WCbnt/PEpU=
 sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.0.2/go.mod h1:bJZC9H9iH24zzfZ/41RGcq60oK1F7G282QMXDPYydCw=
 sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.1.2 h1:Hr/htKFmJEbtMgS/UD0N+gtgctAqz81t3nu+sPzynno=