diff --git a/test/go.mod b/test/go.mod
index 796decca3e45..74a6c0cfa0a4 100644
--- a/test/go.mod
+++ b/test/go.mod
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.120.1
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20231127182322-b307cd553661
 	sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000
-	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.18.0
+	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.18.2
 	sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.22.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0
 )
diff --git a/test/go.sum b/test/go.sum
index 4156427c8f33..48c821854ac6 100644
--- a/test/go.sum
+++ b/test/go.sum
@@ -584,8 +584,8 @@ 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 v0.30.0 h1:Tc9rS7JJoZ9sl3OpL4842oIk6lH7gWBb0JOmJ0ute7M=
 sigs.k8s.io/apiserver-network-proxy/konnectivity-client v0.30.0/go.mod h1:1ewhL9l1gkPcU/IU/6rFYfikf+7Y5imWv7ARVbBOzNs=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.18.0 h1:Z7jKuX784TQSUL1TIyeuF7j8KXZ4RtSX0YgtjKcSTME=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.18.0/go.mod h1:tuAt1+wbVsXIT8lPtk5RURxqAnq7xkpv2Mhttslg7Hw=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.18.2 h1:RqVW6Kpeaji67CY5nPEfRz6ZfFMk0lWQlNrLqlNpx+Q=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.18.2/go.mod h1:tuAt1+wbVsXIT8lPtk5RURxqAnq7xkpv2Mhttslg7Hw=
 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/kind v0.22.0 h1:z/+yr/azoOfzsfooqRsPw1wjJlqT/ukXP0ShkHwNlsI=