diff --git a/test/go.mod b/test/go.mod
index a1f0e37da..281f2e0de 100644
--- a/test/go.mod
+++ b/test/go.mod
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.29.4
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.110.1
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20231127182322-b307cd553661
-	sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.7.1
+	sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.7.2
 	sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api-operator v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000
 	sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/test v1.7.1
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.17.3
diff --git a/test/go.sum b/test/go.sum
index 1b597b3f4..8245e161c 100644
--- a/test/go.sum
+++ b/test/go.sum
@@ -419,8 +419,8 @@ k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20231127182322-b307cd553661 h1:FepOBzJ0GXm8t0su67ln2wAZjbQ6R
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20231127182322-b307cd553661/go.mod h1:OLgZIPagt7ERELqWJFomSt595RzquPNLL48iOWgYOg0=
 sigs.k8s.io/apiserver-network-proxy/konnectivity-client v0.28.0 h1:TgtAeesdhpm2SGwkQasmbeqDo8th5wOBA5h/AjTKA4I=
 sigs.k8s.io/apiserver-network-proxy/konnectivity-client v0.28.0/go.mod h1:VHVDI/KrK4fjnV61bE2g3sA7tiETLn8sooImelsCx3Y=
-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/cluster-api v1.7.2 h1:bRE8zoao7ajuLC0HijqfZVcubKQCPlZ04HMgcA53FGE=
+sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.7.2/go.mod h1:V9ZhKLvQtsDODwjXOKgbitjyCmC71yMBwDcMyNNIov0=
 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 v0.17.3 h1:65QmN7r3FWgTxDMz9fvGnO1kbf2nu+acg9p2R9oYYYk=