diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 6ad5eca901f..c972b462f6e 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.32.1
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20241210054802-24370beab758
-	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.20.1
+	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.20.2
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.17.1
 	sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api v1.2.1
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.19.0
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/emicklei/go-restful/v3 v3.12.1 // indirect
 	github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane/ratelimit v0.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/envoyproxy/protoc-gen-validate v1.2.1 // indirect
-	github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.9.0 // indirect
+	github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.9.11 // indirect
 	github.com/fatih/color v1.18.0 // indirect
 	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.8.0 // indirect
 	github.com/fxamacker/cbor/v2 v2.7.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index c264ca51d22..854e82f51ed 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -109,8 +109,8 @@ github.com/envoyproxy/protoc-gen-validate v1.2.1 h1:DEo3O99U8j4hBFwbJfrz9VtgcDfU
 github.com/envoyproxy/protoc-gen-validate v1.2.1/go.mod h1:d/C80l/jxXLdfEIhX1W2TmLfsJ31lvEjwamM4DxlWXU=
 github.com/evanphx/json-patch v5.9.0+incompatible h1:fBXyNpNMuTTDdquAq/uisOr2lShz4oaXpDTX2bLe7ls=
 github.com/evanphx/json-patch v5.9.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:50XU6AFN0ol/bzJsmQLiYLvXMP4fmwYFNcr97nuDLSk=
-github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.9.0 h1:kcBlZQbplgElYIlo/n1hJbls2z/1awpXxpRi0/FOJfg=
-github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.9.0/go.mod h1:VNkHZ/282BpEyt/tObQO8s5CMPmYYq14uClGH4abBuQ=
+github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.9.11 h1:/8HVnzMq13/3x9TPvjG08wUGqBTmZBsCWzjTM0wiaDU=
+github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.9.11/go.mod h1:3j+LviiESTElxA4p3EMKAB9HXj3/XEtnUf6OZxqIQTM=
 github.com/fatih/color v1.18.0 h1:S8gINlzdQ840/4pfAwic/ZE0djQEH3wM94VfqLTZcOM=
 github.com/fatih/color v1.18.0/go.mod h1:4FelSpRwEGDpQ12mAdzqdOukCy4u8WUtOY6lkT/6HfU=
 github.com/frankban/quicktest v1.14.6 h1:7Xjx+VpznH+oBnejlPUj8oUpdxnVs4f8XU8WnHkI4W8=
@@ -797,8 +797,8 @@ rsc.io/pdf v0.1.1 h1:k1MczvYDUvJBe93bYd7wrZLLUEcLZAuF824/I4e5Xr4=
 rsc.io/pdf v0.1.1/go.mod h1:n8OzWcQ6Sp37PL01nO98y4iUCRdTGarVfzxY20ICaU4=
 rsc.io/quote/v3 v3.1.0/go.mod h1:yEA65RcK8LyAZtP9Kv3t0HmxON59tX3rD+tICJqUlj0=
 rsc.io/sampler v1.3.0/go.mod h1:T1hPZKmBbMNahiBKFy5HrXp6adAjACjK9JXDnKaTXpA=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.20.1 h1:JbGMAG/X94NeM3xvjenVUaBjy6Ui4Ogd/J5ZtjZnHaE=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.20.1/go.mod h1:BrP3w158MwvB3ZbNpaAcIKkHQ7YGpYnzpoSTZ8E14WU=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.20.2 h1:/439OZVxoEc02psi1h4QO3bHzTgu49bb347Xp4gW1pc=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.20.2/go.mod h1:xg2XB0K5ShQzAgsoujxuKN4LNXR2LfwwHsPj7Iaw+XY=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.17.1 h1:bQ+dKCS7jY9AgpefenBDtm6geJZCHVKbegpLynxgyus=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.17.1/go.mod h1:3QXAdrmdxYuQ4MifvbCAFD9wLXn7jylnfBPYS4yVDdc=
 sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api v1.2.1 h1:fZZ/+RyRb+Y5tGkwxFKuYuSRQHu9dZtbjenblleOLHM=