diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index eb0ef9dd..d23cf569 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -19,10 +19,8 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/component-base v0.30.0
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.120.1
 	k8s.io/kubectl v0.30.0
-	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240310230437-4693a0247e57
-	// Required due to breaking change in Kubernetes 1.30 client-go/tools/leaderelection
-	// Update to latest stable when https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/controller-runtime/pull/2693 is released
-	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.17.1-0.20240416095710-67b27f27e514
+	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20230726121419-3b25d923346b
+	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.18.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.17.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 4508e3af..bc7ab6a6 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -317,10 +317,10 @@ k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20240228011516-70dd3763d340 h1:BZqlfIlq5YbRMFko6/PM7F
 k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20240228011516-70dd3763d340/go.mod h1:yD4MZYeKMBwQKVht279WycxKyM84kkAx2DPrTXaeb98=
 k8s.io/kubectl v0.30.0 h1:xbPvzagbJ6RNYVMVuiHArC1grrV5vSmmIcSZuCdzRyk=
 k8s.io/kubectl v0.30.0/go.mod h1:zgolRw2MQXLPwmic2l/+iHs239L49fhSeICuMhQQXTI=
-k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240310230437-4693a0247e57 h1:gbqbevonBh57eILzModw6mrkbwM0gQBEuevE/AaBsHY=
-k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240310230437-4693a0247e57/go.mod h1:OLgZIPagt7ERELqWJFomSt595RzquPNLL48iOWgYOg0=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.17.1-0.20240416095710-67b27f27e514 h1:jHkHzzQ/HXBagSiTfTnfGVdPhE7O0jC7QRXDZ9MK4Xg=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.17.1-0.20240416095710-67b27f27e514/go.mod h1:TLM3OvUJgcqHVBLVRlNylmfbOlOukMLFHtc6jo3EtIQ=
+k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20230726121419-3b25d923346b h1:sgn3ZU783SCgtaSJjpcVVlRqd6GSnlTLKgpAAttJvpI=
+k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20230726121419-3b25d923346b/go.mod h1:OLgZIPagt7ERELqWJFomSt595RzquPNLL48iOWgYOg0=
+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/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=