diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b444581e62d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# To get started with Dependabot version updates, you'll need to specify which
+# package ecosystems to update and where the package manifests are located.
+# Please see the documentation for all configuration options:
+# https://docs.github.com/github/administering-a-repository/configuration-options-for-dependency-updates
+
+version: 2
+updates:
+  - package-ecosystem: "gomod" # See documentation for possible values
+    directory: "/" # Location of package manifests
+    schedule:
+      interval: "daily"
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 89e11c027b33..9cc251f86f2a 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -29,19 +29,19 @@ require (
 	github.com/valyala/fastjson v1.6.3
 	go.etcd.io/etcd/api/v3 v3.5.1
 	go.etcd.io/etcd/client/v3 v3.5.1
-	golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20210825183410-e898025ed96a
+	golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20211209124913-491a49abca63
 	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20211104180415-d3ed0bb246c8
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.42.0
-	k8s.io/api v0.23.0
+	k8s.io/api v0.23.4
 	k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.23.0
-	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.23.0
+	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.23.4
 	k8s.io/apiserver v0.23.0
-	k8s.io/client-go v0.23.0
+	k8s.io/client-go v0.23.4
 	k8s.io/cluster-bootstrap v0.23.0
 	k8s.io/component-base v0.23.0
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.30.0
 	k8s.io/kubectl v0.23.0
-	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20210930125809-cb0fa318a74b
+	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20211116205334-6203023598ed
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.11.1
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.3.0
 )
@@ -157,5 +157,5 @@ require (
 	sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20211020170558-c049b76a60c6 // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.10.1 // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.13.0 // indirect
-	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.2.0 // indirect
+	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.2.1 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 8e89d9bc003a..74c12a2e4650 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -813,8 +813,9 @@ golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20210428140749-89ef3d95e781/go.mod h1:OJAsFXCWl8Ukc7SiCT
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20210503060351-7fd8e65b6420/go.mod h1:9nx3DQGgdP8bBQD5qxJ1jj9UTztislL4KSBs9R2vV5Y=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20210525063256-abc453219eb5/go.mod h1:9nx3DQGgdP8bBQD5qxJ1jj9UTztislL4KSBs9R2vV5Y=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20210805182204-aaa1db679c0d/go.mod h1:9nx3DQGgdP8bBQD5qxJ1jj9UTztislL4KSBs9R2vV5Y=
-golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20210825183410-e898025ed96a h1:bRuuGXV8wwSdGTB+CtJf+FjgO1APK1CoO39T4BN/XBw=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20210825183410-e898025ed96a/go.mod h1:9nx3DQGgdP8bBQD5qxJ1jj9UTztislL4KSBs9R2vV5Y=
+golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20211209124913-491a49abca63 h1:iocB37TsdFuN6IBRZ+ry36wrkoV51/tl5vOWqkcPGvY=
+golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20211209124913-491a49abca63/go.mod h1:9nx3DQGgdP8bBQD5qxJ1jj9UTztislL4KSBs9R2vV5Y=
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20180821212333-d2e6202438be/go.mod h1:N/0e6XlmueqKjAGxoOufVs8QHGRruUQn6yWY3a++T0U=
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20190226205417-e64efc72b421/go.mod h1:gOpvHmFTYa4IltrdGE7lF6nIHvwfUNPOp7c8zoXwtLw=
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20190604053449-0f29369cfe45/go.mod h1:gOpvHmFTYa4IltrdGE7lF6nIHvwfUNPOp7c8zoXwtLw=
@@ -1190,18 +1191,21 @@ honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.0-20190523083050-ea95bdfd59fc/go.mod h1:rf3lG4BRIbNafJWh
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2019.2.3/go.mod h1:a3bituU0lyd329TUQxRnasdCoJDkEUEAqEt0JzvZhAg=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2020.1.3/go.mod h1:X/FiERA/W4tHapMX5mGpAtMSVEeEUOyHaw9vFzvIQ3k=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2020.1.4/go.mod h1:X/FiERA/W4tHapMX5mGpAtMSVEeEUOyHaw9vFzvIQ3k=
-k8s.io/api v0.23.0 h1:WrL1gb73VSC8obi8cuYETJGXEoFNEh3LU0Pt+Sokgro=
 k8s.io/api v0.23.0/go.mod h1:8wmDdLBHBNxtOIytwLstXt5E9PddnZb0GaMcqsvDBpg=
+k8s.io/api v0.23.4 h1:85gnfXQOWbJa1SiWGpE9EEtHs0UVvDyIsSMpEtl2D4E=
+k8s.io/api v0.23.4/go.mod h1:i77F4JfyNNrhOjZF7OwwNJS5Y1S9dpwvb9iYRYRczfI=
 k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.23.0 h1:uii8BYmHYiT2ZTAJxmvc3X8UhNYMxl2A0z0Xq3Pm+WY=
 k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.23.0/go.mod h1:xIFAEEDlAZgpVBl/1VSjGDmLoXAWRG40+GsWhKhAxY4=
-k8s.io/apimachinery v0.23.0 h1:mIfWRMjBuMdolAWJ3Fd+aPTMv3X9z+waiARMpvvb0HQ=
 k8s.io/apimachinery v0.23.0/go.mod h1:fFCTTBKvKcwTPFzjlcxp91uPFZr+JA0FubU4fLzzFYc=
+k8s.io/apimachinery v0.23.4 h1:fhnuMd/xUL3Cjfl64j5ULKZ1/J9n8NuQEgNL+WXWfdM=
+k8s.io/apimachinery v0.23.4/go.mod h1:BEuFMMBaIbcOqVIJqNZJXGFTP4W6AycEpb5+m/97hrM=
 k8s.io/apiserver v0.23.0 h1:Ds/QveXWi9aJ8ISB0CJa4zBNc5njxAs5u3rmMIexqCY=
 k8s.io/apiserver v0.23.0/go.mod h1:Cec35u/9zAepDPPFyT+UMrgqOCjgJ5qtfVJDxjZYmt4=
 k8s.io/cli-runtime v0.23.0 h1:UONt0BV2+edjUVAXuR1nnOAL2CB9r+Gl9yk4UBQpKfs=
 k8s.io/cli-runtime v0.23.0/go.mod h1:B5N3YH0KP1iKr6gEuJ/RRmGjO0mJQ/f/JrsmEiPQAlU=
-k8s.io/client-go v0.23.0 h1:vcsOqyPq7XV3QmQRCBH/t9BICJM9Q1M18qahjv+rebY=
 k8s.io/client-go v0.23.0/go.mod h1:hrDnpnK1mSr65lHHcUuIZIXDgEbzc7/683c6hyG4jTA=
+k8s.io/client-go v0.23.4 h1:YVWvPeerA2gpUudLelvsolzH7c2sFoXXR5wM/sWqNFU=
+k8s.io/client-go v0.23.4/go.mod h1:PKnIL4pqLuvYUK1WU7RLTMYKPiIh7MYShLshtRY9cj0=
 k8s.io/cluster-bootstrap v0.23.0 h1:8pZuuAWPoygewSNB4IddX3HBwXcQkPDXL/ca7GtGf4o=
 k8s.io/cluster-bootstrap v0.23.0/go.mod h1:VltEnKWfrRTiKgOXp3ts3vh7yqNlH6KFKFflo9GtCBg=
 k8s.io/code-generator v0.23.0/go.mod h1:vQvOhDXhuzqiVfM/YHp+dmg10WDZCchJVObc9MvowsE=
@@ -1221,8 +1225,9 @@ k8s.io/kubectl v0.23.0 h1:WABWfj+Z4tC3SfKBCtZr5sIVHsFtkU9Azii4DR9IT6Y=
 k8s.io/kubectl v0.23.0/go.mod h1:TfcGEs3u4dkmoC2eku1GYymdGaMtPMcaLLFrX/RB2kI=
 k8s.io/metrics v0.23.0/go.mod h1:NDiZTwppEtAuKJ1Rxt3S4dhyRzdp6yUcJf0vo023dPo=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20210802155522-efc7438f0176/go.mod h1:jPW/WVKK9YHAvNhRxK0md/EJ228hCsBRufyofKtW8HA=
-k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20210930125809-cb0fa318a74b h1:wxEMGetGMur3J1xuGLQY7GEQYg9bZxKn3tKo5k/eYcs=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20210930125809-cb0fa318a74b/go.mod h1:jPW/WVKK9YHAvNhRxK0md/EJ228hCsBRufyofKtW8HA=
+k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20211116205334-6203023598ed h1:ck1fRPWPJWsMd8ZRFsWc6mh/zHp5fZ/shhbrgPUxDAE=
+k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20211116205334-6203023598ed/go.mod h1:jPW/WVKK9YHAvNhRxK0md/EJ228hCsBRufyofKtW8HA=
 rsc.io/binaryregexp v0.2.0/go.mod h1:qTv7/COck+e2FymRvadv62gMdZztPaShugOCi3I+8D8=
 rsc.io/quote/v3 v3.1.0/go.mod h1:yEA65RcK8LyAZtP9Kv3t0HmxON59tX3rD+tICJqUlj0=
 rsc.io/sampler v1.3.0/go.mod h1:T1hPZKmBbMNahiBKFy5HrXp6adAjACjK9JXDnKaTXpA=
@@ -1239,8 +1244,9 @@ sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.13.0 h1:9c+ETyNfSrVhxvphs+K2dzT3dh5oVPPEqPOE/cUpS
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.13.0/go.mod h1:FTJxEZ86ScK184NpGSAQcfEqee0nul8oLCK30D47m4E=
 sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.0.2/go.mod h1:bJZC9H9iH24zzfZ/41RGcq60oK1F7G282QMXDPYydCw=
 sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.1.2/go.mod h1:j/nl6xW8vLS49O8YvXW1ocPhZawJtm+Yrr7PPRQ0Vg4=
-sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.2.0 h1:kDvPBbnPk+qYmkHmSo8vKGp438IASWofnbbUKDE/bv0=
 sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.2.0/go.mod h1:j/nl6xW8vLS49O8YvXW1ocPhZawJtm+Yrr7PPRQ0Vg4=
+sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.2.1 h1:bKCqE9GvQ5tiVHn5rfn1r+yao3aLQEaLzkkmAkf+A6Y=
+sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.2.1/go.mod h1:j/nl6xW8vLS49O8YvXW1ocPhZawJtm+Yrr7PPRQ0Vg4=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.2.0/go.mod h1:yfXDCHCao9+ENCvLSE62v9VSji2MKu5jeNfTrofGhJc=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.3.0 h1:a2VclLzOGrwOHDiV8EfBGhvjHvP46CtW5j6POvhYGGo=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.3.0/go.mod h1:GeOyir5tyXNByN85N/dRIT9es5UQNerPYEKK56eTBm8=