diff --git a/hack/tools/go.mod b/hack/tools/go.mod
index b843a9645143..b3180f568571 100644
--- a/hack/tools/go.mod
+++ b/hack/tools/go.mod
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240102154912-e7106e64919e
 	sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000
 	sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/test v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000
-	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.18.0
+	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.18.2
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.15.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/kubebuilder/docs/book/utils v0.0.0-20211028165026-57688c578b5d
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.13.5-0.20230601165947-6ce0bf390ce3
diff --git a/hack/tools/go.sum b/hack/tools/go.sum
index 83b10c953910..93df92fc9b00 100644
--- a/hack/tools/go.sum
+++ b/hack/tools/go.sum
@@ -573,8 +573,8 @@ k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240102154912-e7106e64919e h1:eQ/4ljkx21sObifjzXwlPKpdGLrCf
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240102154912-e7106e64919e/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/controller-tools v0.15.0 h1:4dxdABXGDhIa68Fiwaif0vcu32xfwmgQ+w8p+5CxoAI=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.15.0/go.mod h1:8zUSS2T8Hx0APCNRhJWbS3CAQEbIxLa07khzh7pZmXM=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd h1:EDPBXCAspyGV4jQlpZSudPeMmr1bNJefnuqLsRAsHZo=