diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 394d31b1..c49af7fd 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.31.2
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.31.2
 	k8s.io/kubectl v0.31.2
-	sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.8.4
+	sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.8.5
 	sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api-provider-aws/v2 v2.7.1
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.19.0
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index fc88ad9b..1c5eb33e 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -298,8 +298,8 @@ k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240711033017-18e509b52bc8 h1:pUdcCO1Lk/tbT5ztQWOBi5HBgbBP1
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240711033017-18e509b52bc8/go.mod h1:OLgZIPagt7ERELqWJFomSt595RzquPNLL48iOWgYOg0=
 sigs.k8s.io/apiserver-network-proxy/konnectivity-client v0.30.3 h1:2770sDpzrjjsAtVhSeUFseziht227YAWYHLGNM8QPwY=
 sigs.k8s.io/apiserver-network-proxy/konnectivity-client v0.30.3/go.mod h1:Ve9uj1L+deCXFrPOk1LpFXqTg7LCFzFso6PA48q/XZw=
-sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.8.4 h1:jBKQH1H/HUdUFk8T6qDzIxZJfWw1F5ZP0ZpYQJDmTHs=
-sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.8.4/go.mod h1:pXv5LqLxuIbhGIXykyNKiJh+KrLweSBajVHHitPLyoY=
+sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.8.5 h1:lNA2fPN4fkXEs+oOQlnwxT/4VwRFBpv5kkSoJG8nqBA=
+sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.8.5/go.mod h1:pXv5LqLxuIbhGIXykyNKiJh+KrLweSBajVHHitPLyoY=
 sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api-provider-aws/v2 v2.7.1 h1:NmsH/IZsMIiQV/kfJY7+mNriqvk5ImCGZrnmbxUMEM0=
 sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api-provider-aws/v2 v2.7.1/go.mod h1:fQ/aPIQs1YKb1hDJtibBY7kspUqvXb9JSWIYkzWlX34=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.19.0 h1:nWVM7aq+Il2ABxwiCizrVDSlmDcshi9llbaFbC0ji/Q=