diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 6210e3af42..0d33c8c865 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.110.1
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20231127182322-b307cd553661
 	sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000
-	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.17.3
+	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.17.4
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.17.1
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.17.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 607487d23a..7678a8c3aa 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1015,8 +1015,8 @@ sigs.k8s.io/apiserver-network-proxy/konnectivity-client v0.28.0/go.mod h1:VHVDI/
 sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.7.1 h1:JkMAbAMzBM+WBHxXLTJXTiCisv1PAaHRzld/3qrmLYY=
 sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.7.1/go.mod h1:V9ZhKLvQtsDODwjXOKgbitjyCmC71yMBwDcMyNNIov0=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.9.0/go.mod h1:TgkfvrhhEw3PlI0BRL/5xM+89y3/yc0ZDfdbTl84si8=
-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/controller-runtime v0.17.4 h1:AMf1E0+93/jLQ13fb76S6Atwqp24EQFCmNbG84GJxew=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.17.4/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/kustomize/api v0.17.1 h1:MYJBOP/yQ3/5tp4/sf6HiiMfNNyO97LmtnirH9SLNr4=
diff --git a/test/go.mod b/test/go.mod
index b40fc692a5..e05e19b34f 100644
--- a/test/go.mod
+++ b/test/go.mod
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ require (
 	sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000
 	sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api-provider-vsphere v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000
 	sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/test v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000
-	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.17.3
+	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.17.4
 	sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.22.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0
 )
diff --git a/test/go.sum b/test/go.sum
index 4e3bf54b33..ac84f6041b 100644
--- a/test/go.sum
+++ b/test/go.sum
@@ -1115,8 +1115,8 @@ sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.7.1/go.mod h1:V9ZhKLvQtsDODwjXOKgbitjyCmC71yMBwDcMyNN
 sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/test v1.7.1 h1:QDru2586ZjIFBTW1Z7VVXVtauzR/yANm4tglUNLm9iE=
 sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/test v1.7.1/go.mod h1:yG0g5Mdq73fMn9JP4akgRQPSne973L+Qx6iVH+LjtSM=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.9.0/go.mod h1:TgkfvrhhEw3PlI0BRL/5xM+89y3/yc0ZDfdbTl84si8=
-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/controller-runtime v0.17.4 h1:AMf1E0+93/jLQ13fb76S6Atwqp24EQFCmNbG84GJxew=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.17.4/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/kind v0.22.0 h1:z/+yr/azoOfzsfooqRsPw1wjJlqT/ukXP0ShkHwNlsI=