diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index e18a83f5..7897144c 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ go 1.23.0
 
 require (
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0
-	github.com/kubewarden/kubewarden-controller v1.17.0-rc2.0.20240919130004-d0e5c14f215e
+	github.com/kubewarden/kubewarden-controller v1.17.0-rc3
 	github.com/rs/zerolog v1.33.0
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.1
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index ecc62c89..d2328d65 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -308,12 +308,8 @@ github.com/kr/pty v1.1.5/go.mod h1:9r2w37qlBe7rQ6e1fg1S/9xpWHSnaqNdHD3WcMdbPDA=
 github.com/kr/text v0.1.0/go.mod h1:4Jbv+DJW3UT/LiOwJeYQe1efqtUx/iVham/4vfdArNI=
 github.com/kr/text v0.2.0 h1:5Nx0Ya0ZqY2ygV366QzturHI13Jq95ApcVaJBhpS+AY=
 github.com/kr/text v0.2.0/go.mod h1:eLer722TekiGuMkidMxC/pM04lWEeraHUUmBw8l2grE=
-github.com/kubewarden/kubewarden-controller v1.17.0-rc2.0.20240917061215-5c7cf92af031 h1:mnHzr+IJMhTUdMGM/LpYRf1njOLHmjYUffWQ+O6+Bpc=
-github.com/kubewarden/kubewarden-controller v1.17.0-rc2.0.20240917061215-5c7cf92af031/go.mod h1:A5wSmXoDqKfvVgZ5haXzR+0RJTI1bMDPywOwPx2gPEE=
-github.com/kubewarden/kubewarden-controller v1.17.0-rc2.0.20240918153524-8237b777bc70 h1:sd13AoLHfW4oz4jbGHd6xIuYA6my2YhtJGOL4yoF0pM=
-github.com/kubewarden/kubewarden-controller v1.17.0-rc2.0.20240918153524-8237b777bc70/go.mod h1:A5wSmXoDqKfvVgZ5haXzR+0RJTI1bMDPywOwPx2gPEE=
-github.com/kubewarden/kubewarden-controller v1.17.0-rc2.0.20240919130004-d0e5c14f215e h1:nMbnjJ33ECWSqrHbUx4lpHBlcQX0+2rvlSaejTCnQ1c=
-github.com/kubewarden/kubewarden-controller v1.17.0-rc2.0.20240919130004-d0e5c14f215e/go.mod h1:A5wSmXoDqKfvVgZ5haXzR+0RJTI1bMDPywOwPx2gPEE=
+github.com/kubewarden/kubewarden-controller v1.17.0-rc3 h1:osjA5Lb7jxMVRftVypZ7tlR1Kzq7Z/uAuDu6M7WQpJ8=
+github.com/kubewarden/kubewarden-controller v1.17.0-rc3/go.mod h1:A5wSmXoDqKfvVgZ5haXzR+0RJTI1bMDPywOwPx2gPEE=
 github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.0/go.mod h1:PppfXfuXeibc/6YijjN8zIbojt8czPbwD3XqdrwzmxQ=
 github.com/mailru/easyjson v0.0.0-20160728113105-d5b7844b561a/go.mod h1:C1wdFJiN94OJF2b5HbByQZoLdCWB1Yqtg26g4irojpc=
 github.com/mailru/easyjson v0.0.0-20180823135443-60711f1a8329/go.mod h1:C1wdFJiN94OJF2b5HbByQZoLdCWB1Yqtg26g4irojpc=