diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 782a17da2d..e59f00fe26 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.30.1
 	k8s.io/cli-runtime v0.30.1
 	k8s.io/kubectl v0.30.1
-	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.18.3
+	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.18.4
 )
 
 replace github.com/vishvananda/netns => github.com/inspektor-gadget/netns v0.0.5-0.20230524185006-155d84c555d6
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 1be8388e21..78427af7ca 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1118,8 +1118,8 @@ k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240102154912-e7106e64919e h1:eQ/4ljkx21sObifjzXwlPKpdGLrCf
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240102154912-e7106e64919e/go.mod h1:OLgZIPagt7ERELqWJFomSt595RzquPNLL48iOWgYOg0=
 oras.land/oras-go v1.2.5 h1:XpYuAwAb0DfQsunIyMfeET92emK8km3W4yEzZvUbsTo=
 oras.land/oras-go v1.2.5/go.mod h1:PuAwRShRZCsZb7g8Ar3jKKQR/2A/qN+pkYxIOd/FAoo=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.18.3 h1:B5Wmmo8WMWK7izei+2LlXLVDGzMwAHBNLX68lwtlSR4=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.18.3/go.mod h1:TVoGrfdpbA9VRFaRnKgk9P5/atA0pMwq+f+msb9M8Sg=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.18.4 h1:87+guW1zhvuPLh1PHybKdYFLU0YJp4FhJRmiHvm5BZw=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.18.4/go.mod h1:TVoGrfdpbA9VRFaRnKgk9P5/atA0pMwq+f+msb9M8Sg=
 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 v0.14.0 h1:6+QLmXXA8X4eDM7ejeaNUyruA1DDB3PVIjbpVhDOJRA=