diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 937cfba05..11f4b56ad 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.21.3
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.21.3
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20210722164352-7f3ee0f31471
-	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.9.5
+	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.9.6
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/tools/setup-envtest v0.0.0-20210623192810-985e819db7af
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.6.2
 	sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.11.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 5de42a77f..622879f53 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1518,8 +1518,8 @@ rsc.io/pdf v0.1.1/go.mod h1:n8OzWcQ6Sp37PL01nO98y4iUCRdTGarVfzxY20ICaU4=
 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 v0.0.19/go.mod h1:LEScyzhFmoF5pso/YSeBstl57mOzx9xlU9n85RGrDQg=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.9.5 h1:WThcFE6cqctTn2jCZprLICO6BaKZfhsT37uAapTNfxc=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.9.5/go.mod h1:q6PpkM5vqQubEKUKOM6qr06oXGzOBcCby1DA9FbyZeA=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.9.6 h1:EevVMlgUj4fC1NVM4+DB3iPkWkmGRNarA66neqv9Qew=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.9.6/go.mod h1:q6PpkM5vqQubEKUKOM6qr06oXGzOBcCby1DA9FbyZeA=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/tools/setup-envtest v0.0.0-20210623192810-985e819db7af h1:Dpl/X7HWK/4ed3jZqLmLYYV0i0BdMabZlfG2bwE16gU=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/tools/setup-envtest v0.0.0-20210623192810-985e819db7af/go.mod h1:jqzBWjsNdxfl/cDmihB034I5aCqlfw2p24HYs3Eo4K4=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.2.2/go.mod h1:8SNGuj163x/sMwydREj7ld5mIMJu1cDanIfnx6xsU70=