diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 515a67b50e..6108889c8c 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/time v0.9.0
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20241104100929-3ea5e8cea738
 	ocm.software/ocm v0.19.0
-	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.19.4
+	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.20.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0
 )
 
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 6b7d576918..1d65c848fb 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1319,8 +1319,8 @@ ocm.software/ocm v0.19.0 h1:Hr2mzGnoiEQC7nmP6SWvUCfdo5C/V6jeKa2mgNxIUbo=
 ocm.software/ocm v0.19.0/go.mod h1:JCGMa/y8PPXvRhD+8SnnNHco4aAXMaXxiJKe8gyRHTQ=
 oras.land/oras-go v1.2.6 h1:z8cmxQXBU8yZ4mkytWqXfo6tZcamPwjsuxYU81xJ8Lk=
 oras.land/oras-go v1.2.6/go.mod h1:OVPc1PegSEe/K8YiLfosrlqlqTN9PUyFvOw5Y9gwrT8=
-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 v0.20.0 h1:jjkMo29xEXH+02Md9qaVXfEIaMESSpy3TBWPrsfQkQs=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.20.0/go.mod h1:BrP3w158MwvB3ZbNpaAcIKkHQ7YGpYnzpoSTZ8E14WU=
 sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api v1.1.0 h1:DsLDXCi6jR+Xz8/xd0Z1PYl2Pn0TyaFMOPPZIj4inDM=
 sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api v1.1.0/go.mod h1:ZH4lHrL2sDi0FHZ9jjneb8kKnGzFWyrTya35sWUTrRs=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20241014173422-cfa47c3a1cc8 h1:gBQPwqORJ8d8/YNZWEjoZs7npUVDpVXUUOFfW6CgAqE=