diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 8e212a5d..610ff5f9 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/component-base v0.32.0
 	k8s.io/kubelet v0.32.0
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20241210054802-24370beab758
-	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.19.3
+	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.19.4
 )
 
 require (
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.9.0 // indirect
 	github.com/fatih/color v1.17.0 // indirect
 	github.com/fluent/fluent-operator/v2 v2.9.0 // indirect
+	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.7.0 // indirect
 	github.com/fxamacker/cbor/v2 v2.7.0 // indirect
 	github.com/gardener/cert-management v0.15.0 // indirect
 	github.com/gardener/hvpa-controller/api v0.17.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index c70d2e2b..f0345df2 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -626,8 +626,8 @@ k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20200729134348-d5654de09c73/go.mod h1:jPW/WVKK9YHAvNhRxK0md/
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20241210054802-24370beab758 h1:sdbE21q2nlQtFh65saZY+rRM6x6aJJI8IUa1AmH/qa0=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20241210054802-24370beab758/go.mod h1:OLgZIPagt7ERELqWJFomSt595RzquPNLL48iOWgYOg0=
 rsc.io/binaryregexp v0.2.0/go.mod h1:qTv7/COck+e2FymRvadv62gMdZztPaShugOCi3I+8D8=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.19.3 h1:XO2GvC9OPftRst6xWCpTgBZO04S2cbp0Qqkj8bX1sPw=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.19.3/go.mod h1:j4j87DqtsThvwTv5/Tc5NFRyyF/RF0ip4+62tbTSIUM=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.19.4 h1:SUmheabttt0nx8uJtoII4oIP27BVVvAKFvdvGFwV/Qo=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.19.4/go.mod h1:iRmWllt8IlaLjvTTDLhRBXIEtkCK6hwVBJJsYS9Ajf4=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/tools/setup-envtest v0.0.0-20231015215740-bf15e44028f9 h1:O27fSMHw4u0h+Rj8bNzcZk5jY0iZCO0J8/mCpigpnbw=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/tools/setup-envtest v0.0.0-20231015215740-bf15e44028f9/go.mod h1:TF/lVLWS+JNNaVqJuDDictY2hZSXSsIHCx4FClMvqFg=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.16.4 h1:VXmar78eDXbx1by/H09ikEq1hiq3bqInxuV3lMr3GmQ=