diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 90342e39ebc1..3f8a478305ce 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/component-base v0.17.8
 	k8s.io/klog v1.0.0
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20200619165400-6e3d28b6ed19
-	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.5.8
+	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.5.9
 	sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.7.1-0.20200303021537-981bd80d3802
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.2.0
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index fad368654124..01cf45df9942 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -646,8 +646,8 @@ modernc.org/golex v1.0.0/go.mod h1:b/QX9oBD/LhixY6NDh+IdGv17hgB+51fET1i2kPSmvk=
 modernc.org/mathutil v1.0.0/go.mod h1:wU0vUrJsVWBZ4P6e7xtFJEhFSNsfRLJ8H458uRjg03k=
 modernc.org/strutil v1.0.0/go.mod h1:lstksw84oURvj9y3tn8lGvRxyRC1S2+g5uuIzNfIOBs=
 modernc.org/xc v1.0.0/go.mod h1:mRNCo0bvLjGhHO9WsyuKVU4q0ceiDDDoEeWDJHrNx8I=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.5.8 h1:+pp4plYh2rpjuVo6HBJ1pVgN3cvAfQHfkKK27rLdxxI=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.5.8/go.mod h1:UI/unU7Q+mo/rWBrND0NAaVNj/Xjh/+aqSv/M3njpmo=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.5.9 h1:ccbiT+HK8Eyw252Nv8wZi84iWVOQVDha6NU2w2/yML4=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.5.9/go.mod h1:UI/unU7Q+mo/rWBrND0NAaVNj/Xjh/+aqSv/M3njpmo=
 sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.7.1-0.20200303021537-981bd80d3802 h1:L6/8hETA7jvdx3xBcbDifrIN2xaYHE7tA58n+Kdp2Zw=
 sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.7.1-0.20200303021537-981bd80d3802/go.mod h1:HIZ3PWUezpklcjkqpFbnYOqaqsAE1JeCTEwkgvPLXjk=
 sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff v0.0.0-20190525122527-15d366b2352e/go.mod h1:wWxsB5ozmmv/SG7nM11ayaAW51xMvak/t1r0CSlcokI=
diff --git a/test/infrastructure/docker/go.mod b/test/infrastructure/docker/go.mod
index 6629755a854f..da2d30008e05 100644
--- a/test/infrastructure/docker/go.mod
+++ b/test/infrastructure/docker/go.mod
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.17.8
 	k8s.io/klog v1.0.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v0.3.3
-	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.5.8
+	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.5.9
 	sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.7.1-0.20200303021537-981bd80d3802
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.2.0
 )
diff --git a/test/infrastructure/docker/go.sum b/test/infrastructure/docker/go.sum
index 0302f10b8ed0..f2239622738e 100644
--- a/test/infrastructure/docker/go.sum
+++ b/test/infrastructure/docker/go.sum
@@ -606,8 +606,8 @@ modernc.org/golex v1.0.0/go.mod h1:b/QX9oBD/LhixY6NDh+IdGv17hgB+51fET1i2kPSmvk=
 modernc.org/mathutil v1.0.0/go.mod h1:wU0vUrJsVWBZ4P6e7xtFJEhFSNsfRLJ8H458uRjg03k=
 modernc.org/strutil v1.0.0/go.mod h1:lstksw84oURvj9y3tn8lGvRxyRC1S2+g5uuIzNfIOBs=
 modernc.org/xc v1.0.0/go.mod h1:mRNCo0bvLjGhHO9WsyuKVU4q0ceiDDDoEeWDJHrNx8I=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.5.8 h1:+pp4plYh2rpjuVo6HBJ1pVgN3cvAfQHfkKK27rLdxxI=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.5.8/go.mod h1:UI/unU7Q+mo/rWBrND0NAaVNj/Xjh/+aqSv/M3njpmo=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.5.9 h1:ccbiT+HK8Eyw252Nv8wZi84iWVOQVDha6NU2w2/yML4=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.5.9/go.mod h1:UI/unU7Q+mo/rWBrND0NAaVNj/Xjh/+aqSv/M3njpmo=
 sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.7.1-0.20200303021537-981bd80d3802 h1:L6/8hETA7jvdx3xBcbDifrIN2xaYHE7tA58n+Kdp2Zw=
 sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.7.1-0.20200303021537-981bd80d3802/go.mod h1:HIZ3PWUezpklcjkqpFbnYOqaqsAE1JeCTEwkgvPLXjk=
 sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff v0.0.0-20190525122527-15d366b2352e/go.mod h1:wWxsB5ozmmv/SG7nM11ayaAW51xMvak/t1r0CSlcokI=