diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index f8e14dae082a..adbaf5e7d4ad 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/kube-aggregator v0.29.3
 	k8s.io/pod-security-admission v0.29.2
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240102154912-e7106e64919e
-	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.17.2
+	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.17.3
 	sigs.k8s.io/kubectl-validate v0.0.3
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.16.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.17.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index ed66a91f4832..68ecc2d67eaf 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1206,8 +1206,8 @@ oras.land/oras-go/v2 v2.3.1 h1:lUC6q8RkeRReANEERLfH86iwGn55lbSWP20egdFHVec=
 oras.land/oras-go/v2 v2.3.1/go.mod h1:5AQXVEu1X/FKp1F9DMOb5ZItZBOa0y5dha0yCm4NR9c=
 sigs.k8s.io/apiserver-network-proxy/konnectivity-client v0.29.0 h1:/U5vjBbQn3RChhv7P11uhYvCSm5G2GaIi5AIGBS6r4c=
 sigs.k8s.io/apiserver-network-proxy/konnectivity-client v0.29.0/go.mod h1:z7+wmGM2dfIiLRfrC6jb5kV2Mq/sK1ZP303cxzkV5Y4=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.17.2 h1:FwHwD1CTUemg0pW2otk7/U5/i5m2ymzvOXdbeGOUvw0=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.17.2/go.mod h1:+MngTvIQQQhfXtwfdGw/UOQ/aIaqsYywfCINOtwMO/s=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.17.3 h1:65QmN7r3FWgTxDMz9fvGnO1kbf2nu+acg9p2R9oYYYk=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.17.3/go.mod h1:N0jpP5Lo7lMTF9aL56Z/B2oWBJjey6StQM0jRbKQXtY=
 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/kubectl-validate v0.0.3 h1:wcbx6dPXF7BWoWSyih295mEOLBbzZA6CaEHoCufutUo=