diff --git a/tests/go.mod b/tests/go.mod
index c1ea2abe11..fde8a9e0c2 100644
--- a/tests/go.mod
+++ b/tests/go.mod
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.30.0
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.30.1
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.30.1
-	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.18.0
+	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.18.2
 	sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api v1.0.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0
 )
diff --git a/tests/go.sum b/tests/go.sum
index 1abac7fd11..120d5e9087 100644
--- a/tests/go.sum
+++ b/tests/go.sum
@@ -232,8 +232,8 @@ k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20230726121419-3b25d923346b h1:sgn3ZU783SCgtaSJjpcVVlRqd6GSn
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20230726121419-3b25d923346b/go.mod h1:OLgZIPagt7ERELqWJFomSt595RzquPNLL48iOWgYOg0=
 pgregory.net/rapid v1.1.0 h1:CMa0sjHSru3puNx+J0MIAuiiEV4N0qj8/cMWGBBCsjw=
 pgregory.net/rapid v1.1.0/go.mod h1:PY5XlDGj0+V1FCq0o192FdRhpKHGTRIWBgqjDBTrq04=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.18.0 h1:Z7jKuX784TQSUL1TIyeuF7j8KXZ4RtSX0YgtjKcSTME=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.18.0/go.mod h1:tuAt1+wbVsXIT8lPtk5RURxqAnq7xkpv2Mhttslg7Hw=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.18.2 h1:RqVW6Kpeaji67CY5nPEfRz6ZfFMk0lWQlNrLqlNpx+Q=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.18.2/go.mod h1:tuAt1+wbVsXIT8lPtk5RURxqAnq7xkpv2Mhttslg7Hw=
 sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api v1.0.0 h1:iPTStSv41+d9p0xFydll6d7f7MOBGuqXM6p2/zVYMAs=
 sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api v1.0.0/go.mod h1:4cUgr0Lnp5FZ0Cdq8FdRwCvpiWws7LVhLHGIudLlf4c=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd h1:EDPBXCAspyGV4jQlpZSudPeMmr1bNJefnuqLsRAsHZo=