diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index d4b66daa..f97119c6 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/kubernetes v1.24.0
 	k8s.io/pod-security-admission v0.0.0
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20220210201930-3a6ce19ff2f9
-	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.12.0
+	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.12.1
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.3.0
 )
 
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index ae4ebd8d..0f2306b1 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1235,8 +1235,8 @@ 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 v0.0.30 h1:dUk62HQ3ZFhD48Qr8MIXCiKA8wInBQCtuE4QGfFW7yA=
 sigs.k8s.io/apiserver-network-proxy/konnectivity-client v0.0.30/go.mod h1:fEO7lRTdivWO2qYVCVG7dEADOMo/MLDCVr8So2g88Uw=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.12.0 h1:gA4zphrmHFc7ihmY/+GyyE0BxKD+OYdb5+DjD2azFAQ=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.12.0/go.mod h1:BKhxlA4l7FPK4AQcsuL4X6vZeWnKDXez/vp1Y8dxTU0=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.12.1 h1:4BJY01xe9zKQti8oRjj/NeHKRXthf1YkYJAgLONFFoI=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.12.1/go.mod h1:BKhxlA4l7FPK4AQcsuL4X6vZeWnKDXez/vp1Y8dxTU0=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20211208200746-9f7c6b3444d2 h1:kDi4JBNAsJWfz1aEXhO8Jg87JJaPNLh5tIzYHgStQ9Y=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20211208200746-9f7c6b3444d2/go.mod h1:B+TnT182UBxE84DiCz4CVE26eOSDAeYCpfDnC2kdKMY=
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.11.4/go.mod h1:k+8RsqYbgpkIrJ4p9jcdPqe8DprLxFUUO0yNOq8C+xI=