diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index ca81041afff..8e2fa025bb6 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/ahmetb/gen-crd-api-reference-docs v0.3.0
 	github.com/alecthomas/kingpin/v2 v2.4.0
 	github.com/bombsimon/logrusr/v4 v4.1.0
-	github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager v1.16.1
+	github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager v1.16.2
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.2-0.20180830191138-d8f796af33cc
 	github.com/distribution/reference v0.6.0
 	github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane v0.13.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index adf683bad11..1dab611f360 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ github.com/campoy/embedmd v1.0.0/go.mod h1:oxyr9RCiSXg0M3VJ3ks0UGfp98BpSSGr0kpiX
 github.com/census-instrumentation/opencensus-proto v0.2.1/go.mod h1:f6KPmirojxKA12rnyqOA5BBL4O983OfeGPqjHWSTneU=
 github.com/census-instrumentation/opencensus-proto v0.4.1 h1:iKLQ0xPNFxR/2hzXZMrBo8f1j86j5WHzznCCQxV/b8g=
 github.com/census-instrumentation/opencensus-proto v0.4.1/go.mod h1:4T9NM4+4Vw91VeyqjLS6ao50K5bOcLKN6Q42XnYaRYw=
-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/cert-manager/cert-manager v1.16.2 h1:c9UU2E+8XWGruyvC/mdpc1wuLddtgmNr8foKdP7a8Jg=
+github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager v1.16.2/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/chigopher/pathlib v0.19.1 h1:RoLlUJc0CqBGwq239cilyhxPNLXTK+HXoASGyGznx5A=