diff --git a/hack/tools/go.mod b/hack/tools/go.mod
index cb16d6b6d..b353d49bc 100644
--- a/hack/tools/go.mod
+++ b/hack/tools/go.mod
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/joelanford/go-apidiff v0.4.0
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.16.5
 	gotest.tools/gotestsum v1.8.1
-	k8s.io/code-generator v0.24.3
+	k8s.io/code-generator v0.24.4
 	sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/hack/tools v0.0.0-20220810171425-8b4214d72762
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/tools/setup-envtest v0.0.0-20211110210527-619e6b92dab9
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.9.2
diff --git a/hack/tools/go.sum b/hack/tools/go.sum
index 55ae514b4..c1acefdee 100644
--- a/hack/tools/go.sum
+++ b/hack/tools/go.sum
@@ -1557,8 +1557,8 @@ k8s.io/apimachinery v0.24.2/go.mod h1:82Bi4sCzVBdpYjyI4jY6aHX+YCUchUIrZrXKedjd2U
 k8s.io/apiserver v0.24.2/go.mod h1:pSuKzr3zV+L+MWqsEo0kHHYwCo77AT5qXbFXP2jbvFI=
 k8s.io/client-go v0.24.2/go.mod h1:zg4Xaoo+umDsfCWr4fCnmLEtQXyCNXCvJuSsglNcV30=
 k8s.io/code-generator v0.24.2/go.mod h1:dpVhs00hTuTdTY6jvVxvTFCk6gSMrtfRydbhZwHI15w=
-k8s.io/code-generator v0.24.3 h1:itd1V1ZAYKM+WT+qQDlFKhU1D/Ff5HcEFL/icfClnZA=
-k8s.io/code-generator v0.24.3/go.mod h1:dpVhs00hTuTdTY6jvVxvTFCk6gSMrtfRydbhZwHI15w=
+k8s.io/code-generator v0.24.4 h1:HLnoAabkTFKy1Ex4cMvffz6KkWFJ7oFN2yX37Icbbyg=
+k8s.io/code-generator v0.24.4/go.mod h1:dpVhs00hTuTdTY6jvVxvTFCk6gSMrtfRydbhZwHI15w=
 k8s.io/component-base v0.24.2/go.mod h1:ucHwW76dajvQ9B7+zecZAP3BVqvrHoOxm8olHEg0nmM=
 k8s.io/gengo v0.0.0-20210813121822-485abfe95c7c/go.mod h1:FiNAH4ZV3gBg2Kwh89tzAEV2be7d5xI0vBa/VySYy3E=
 k8s.io/gengo v0.0.0-20211129171323-c02415ce4185 h1:TT1WdmqqXareKxZ/oNXEUSwKlLiHzPMyB0t8BaFeBYI=