diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index e4874a7c..15d17f76 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.37.1
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.25.2
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/tools/setup-envtest v0.25.2
-	sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.22.0
+	sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.23.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.33.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kustomize/v5 v5.8.2
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.6.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 0b5ae6b0..8ec34e37 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1602,8 +1602,8 @@ sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.25.2 h1:bEkK3PVOIVK9X8QWLGVhJgmFc++47vfT6wakSz
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.25.2/go.mod h1:4QqLdT6z/L6Olj8JJCtvztid4/fnIiYsfaTFScegctc=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/tools/setup-envtest v0.25.2 h1:53Y05LgEZ7qAr1bsdNTIcwgzEHQzHYUZkCDa3TqLdVg=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/tools/setup-envtest v0.25.2/go.mod h1:q4i4kLTq6J6o29RUAQieHH8LS5knNkpgalnBhvrLp/8=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.22.0 h1:eG3FAVja/KnlXKIWg95udIFz1cMyAtMjP11cqBh3t+k=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.22.0/go.mod h1:VizwUStoZK7rReCj704czGGrB7mLxXTiJSJt7wN5ilI=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.23.0 h1:GFmPTaHSyje/kZv/4XOdR1v3rWz0/OJixwpPnGyV4Sw=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.23.0/go.mod h1:JJRl1h3BoHJWtCVgwGsITk+dusn8LatINcIBhO8aP9A=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20250730193827-2d320260d730 h1:IpInykpT6ceI+QxKBbEflcR5EXP7sU1kvOlxwZh5txg=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20250730193827-2d320260d730/go.mod h1:mdzfpAEoE6DHQEN0uh9ZbOCuHbLK5wOm7dK4ctXE9Tg=
 sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.33.0 h1:AjvDv3vOygb/VKLVQW87lfktIBzkxR8Ump9DjxC8+Lk=