diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index bae14536369..a2e4ef56e15 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ require (
 	kubevirt.io/api v1.4.0
 	kubevirt.io/client-go v1.4.0
 	kubevirt.io/kubevirt v1.4.0
-	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.20.1
+	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.20.2
 	sigs.k8s.io/network-policy-api v0.1.5
 )
 
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 61de889816a..a86edac138a 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1154,8 +1154,8 @@ kubevirt.io/kubevirt v1.4.0 h1:uVSa4YFzkqsv4p+UF+Zyg6976Fis2DQ/It+p26ekvLA=
 kubevirt.io/kubevirt v1.4.0/go.mod h1:UmaDMGGrk1BOiLLrGnWkg0KOJaBvy7RB8iFd7FoHXQ4=
 sigs.k8s.io/apiserver-network-proxy/konnectivity-client v0.31.1 h1:uOuSLOMBWkJH0TWa9X6l+mj5nZdm6Ay6Bli8HL8rNfk=
 sigs.k8s.io/apiserver-network-proxy/konnectivity-client v0.31.1/go.mod h1:Ve9uj1L+deCXFrPOk1LpFXqTg7LCFzFso6PA48q/XZw=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.20.1 h1:JbGMAG/X94NeM3xvjenVUaBjy6Ui4Ogd/J5ZtjZnHaE=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.20.1/go.mod h1:BrP3w158MwvB3ZbNpaAcIKkHQ7YGpYnzpoSTZ8E14WU=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.20.2 h1:/439OZVxoEc02psi1h4QO3bHzTgu49bb347Xp4gW1pc=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.20.2/go.mod h1:xg2XB0K5ShQzAgsoujxuKN4LNXR2LfwwHsPj7Iaw+XY=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd/go.mod h1:B8JuhiUyNFVKdsE8h686QcCxMaH6HrOAZj4vswFpcB0=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20241010143419-9aa6b5e7a4b3/go.mod h1:18nIHnGi6636UCz6m8i4DhaJ65T6EruyzmoQqI2BVDo=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20241014173422-cfa47c3a1cc8 h1:gBQPwqORJ8d8/YNZWEjoZs7npUVDpVXUUOFfW6CgAqE=