diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index dd49d3d1048..661826530aa 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/resourcemanager/privatedns/armprivatedns v1.1.0
 	github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/resourcemanager/resourcehealth/armresourcehealth v1.2.0
 	github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/resourcemanager/resources/armresources v1.1.1
-	github.com/Azure/azure-service-operator/v2 v2.3.1-0.20231113091516-a5b528ef1049
+	github.com/Azure/azure-service-operator/v2 v2.4.0
 	github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest v0.11.29
 	github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest/azure/auth v0.5.12
 	github.com/asaskevich/govalidator v0.0.0-20210307081110-f21760c49a8d
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru v1.0.2
 	github.com/jongio/azidext/go/azidext v0.5.0
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.13.1
-	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.29.0
+	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.30.0
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
 	github.com/pkg/sftp v1.13.6
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.17.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 1fa9cd45543..631dfa38a97 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@ github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/resourcemanager/search/armsearch v1.2.0 h1
 github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/resourcemanager/servicebus/armservicebus v1.1.1 h1:h+ZMdUM0/8oVqHjY9+1rupIvT0craBLapKhuzWui9lo=
 github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/resourcemanager/storage/armstorage v1.4.0 h1:YLeqNPz/6sJC4fGNUofP+I9QZrMQBvL6lKpCzeu/3Ms=
 github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/resourcemanager/subscription/armsubscription v1.1.0 h1:pYhaMoTHP/zYIJGDA1sWsfyTDjdglaoYjIFMOEcL+/U=
-github.com/Azure/azure-service-operator/v2 v2.3.1-0.20231113091516-a5b528ef1049 h1:Gy6a0X1mrcsJw19OHBy0H42Zr+d2G62OI0jL/8a95AQ=
-github.com/Azure/azure-service-operator/v2 v2.3.1-0.20231113091516-a5b528ef1049/go.mod h1:C7sCq7YmaCaqTC4fqUKuxazlhZ9rTcrj6IBrhMh5/Ag=
+github.com/Azure/azure-service-operator/v2 v2.4.0 h1:uFzN8dzwNJl68QHnpNGLU/29tc5cMklg9x7hK/E0RQQ=
+github.com/Azure/azure-service-operator/v2 v2.4.0/go.mod h1:bIyuYaF9888WlXjser0bW2Rj/jnPMsNvkft0FGT92rE=
 github.com/Azure/go-ansiterm v0.0.0-20210617225240-d185dfc1b5a1 h1:UQHMgLO+TxOElx5B5HZ4hJQsoJ/PvUvKRhJHDQXO8P8=
 github.com/Azure/go-autorest v14.2.0+incompatible h1:V5VMDjClD3GiElqLWO7mz2MxNAK/vTfRHdAubSIPRgs=
 github.com/Azure/go-autorest v14.2.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:r+4oMnoxhatjLLJ6zxSWATqVooLgysK6ZNox3g/xq24=
@@ -515,8 +515,8 @@ github.com/niemeyer/pretty v0.0.0-20200227124842-a10e7caefd8e/go.mod h1:zD1mROLA
 github.com/oklog/ulid v1.3.1/go.mod h1:CirwcVhetQ6Lv90oh/F+FBtV6XMibvdAFo93nm5qn4U=
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.13.1 h1:LNGfMbR2OVGBfXjvRZIZ2YCTQdGKtPLvuI1rMCCj3OU=
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.13.1/go.mod h1:XStQ8QcGwLyF4HdfcZB8SFOS/MWCgDuXMSBe6zrvLgM=
-github.com/onsi/gomega v1.29.0 h1:KIA/t2t5UBzoirT4H9tsML45GEbo3ouUnBHsCfD2tVg=
-github.com/onsi/gomega v1.29.0/go.mod h1:9sxs+SwGrKI0+PWe4Fxa9tFQQBG5xSsSbMXOI8PPpoQ=
+github.com/onsi/gomega v1.30.0 h1:hvMK7xYz4D3HapigLTeGdId/NcfQx1VHMJc60ew99+8=
+github.com/onsi/gomega v1.30.0/go.mod h1:9sxs+SwGrKI0+PWe4Fxa9tFQQBG5xSsSbMXOI8PPpoQ=
 github.com/opencontainers/go-digest v1.0.0 h1:apOUWs51W5PlhuyGyz9FCeeBIOUDA/6nW8Oi/yOhh5U=
 github.com/opencontainers/go-digest v1.0.0/go.mod h1:0JzlMkj0TRzQZfJkVvzbP0HBR3IKzErnv2BNG4W4MAM=
 github.com/opencontainers/image-spec v1.1.0-rc2.0.20221005185240-3a7f492d3f1b h1:YWuSjZCQAPM8UUBLkYUk1e+rZcvWHJmFb6i6rM44Xs8=
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 8d67cd98296..9e1c3312bc2 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -256,10 +256,6 @@ func main() {
 
 	ctrl.SetLogger(textlogger.NewLogger(logConfig))
 
-	if watchNamespace != "" {
-		setupLog.Info("Watching cluster-api objects only in namespace for reconciliation", "namespace", watchNamespace)
-	}
-
 	// Machine and cluster operations can create enough events to trigger the event recorder spam filter
 	// Setting the burst size higher ensures all events will be recorded and submitted to the API
 	broadcaster := cgrecord.NewBroadcasterWithCorrelatorOptions(cgrecord.CorrelatorOptions{
@@ -270,6 +266,7 @@ func main() {
 
 	var watchNamespaces map[string]cache.Config
 	if watchNamespace != "" {
+		setupLog.Info("Watching cluster-api objects only in namespace for reconciliation", "namespace", watchNamespace)
 		watchNamespaces = map[string]cache.Config{
 			watchNamespace: {},
 		}