diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index ab43014d7..74dc99ec1 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ retract v1.2.2
 require (
 	github.com/Kong/sdk-konnect-go v0.0.15
 	github.com/Masterminds/semver v1.5.0
-	github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager v1.16.0
+	github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager v1.16.1
 	github.com/cloudflare/cfssl v1.6.5
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.2
 	github.com/google/go-containerregistry v0.20.2
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 36c4be703..35073dd58 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ github.com/boombuler/barcode v1.0.1/go.mod h1:paBWMcWSl3LHKBqUq+rly7CNSldXjb2rDl
 github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.3.0 h1:MyRJ/UdXutAwSAT+s3wNd7MfTIcy71VQueUuFK343L8=
 github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.3.0/go.mod h1:Y3VNntkOUPxTVeUxJ/G5vcM//AlwfmyYozVcomhLiZE=
 github.com/census-instrumentation/opencensus-proto v0.2.1/go.mod h1:f6KPmirojxKA12rnyqOA5BBL4O983OfeGPqjHWSTneU=
-github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager v1.16.0 h1:Gz20ezVUW1hveItLurl4OuFmSwwo0d7vr5gULjyeGlc=
-github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager v1.16.0/go.mod h1:MfLVTL45hFZsqmaT1O0+b2ugaNNQQZttSFV9hASHUb0=
+github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager v1.16.1 h1:1ceFMqTtwiqY2vyfaRT85CNiVmK7pJjt3GebYCx9awY=
+github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager v1.16.1/go.mod h1:MfLVTL45hFZsqmaT1O0+b2ugaNNQQZttSFV9hASHUb0=
 github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.3.0 h1:UL815xU9SqsFlibzuggzjXhog7bL6oX9BbNZnL2UFvs=
 github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.3.0/go.mod h1:VGX0DQ3Q6kWi7AoAeZDth3/j3BFtOZR5XLFGgcrjCOs=
 github.com/chzyer/logex v1.1.10/go.mod h1:+Ywpsq7O8HXn0nuIou7OrIPyXbp3wmkHB+jjWRnGsAI=