diff --git a/test/go.mod b/test/go.mod
index 72fde0e6e59a..253428b2aa18 100644
--- a/test/go.mod
+++ b/test/go.mod
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.100.1
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20230406110748-d93618cff8a2
 	sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000
-	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.16.1
+	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.16.2
 	sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.20.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.3.0
 )
diff --git a/test/go.sum b/test/go.sum
index 7bb101f9a541..91a7e3824162 100644
--- a/test/go.sum
+++ b/test/go.sum
@@ -1009,8 +1009,8 @@ 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/apiserver-network-proxy/konnectivity-client v0.1.2 h1:trsWhjU5jZrx6UvFu4WzQDrN7Pga4a7Qg+zcfcj64PA=
 sigs.k8s.io/apiserver-network-proxy/konnectivity-client v0.1.2/go.mod h1:+qG7ISXqCDVVcyO8hLn12AKVYYUjM7ftlqsqmrhMZE0=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.16.1 h1:+15lzrmHsE0s2kNl0Dl8cTchI5Cs8qofo5PGcPrV9z0=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.16.1/go.mod h1:vpMu3LpI5sYWtujJOa2uPK61nB5rbwlN7BAB8aSLvGU=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.16.2 h1:mwXAVuEk3EQf478PQwQ48zGOXvW27UJc8NHktQVuIPU=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.16.2/go.mod h1:vpMu3LpI5sYWtujJOa2uPK61nB5rbwlN7BAB8aSLvGU=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd h1:EDPBXCAspyGV4jQlpZSudPeMmr1bNJefnuqLsRAsHZo=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd/go.mod h1:B8JuhiUyNFVKdsE8h686QcCxMaH6HrOAZj4vswFpcB0=
 sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.20.0 h1:f0sc3v9mQbGnjBUaqSFST1dwIuiikKVGgoTwpoP33a8=