diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 0759095..87eff53 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20251222233032-718f0e51e6d2
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.22.4
-	sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.19.0
+	sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.20.1
 	sigs.k8s.io/karpenter v1.9.0
 )
 
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 9f94e32..4f48812 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -372,6 +372,8 @@ sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.22.4 h1:GEjV7KV3TY8e+tJ2LCTxUTanW4z/FmNB7l327U
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.22.4/go.mod h1:+QX1XUpTXN4mLoblf4tqr5CQcyHPAki2HLXqQMY6vh8=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.19.0 h1:OU7jrPPiZusryu6YK0jYSjPqg8Vhf8cAzluP9XGI5uk=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.19.0/go.mod h1:y5HY/iNDFkmFla2CfQoVb2AQXMsBk4ad84iR1PLANB0=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.20.1 h1:gkfMt9YodI0K85oT8rVi80NTXO/kDmabKR5Ajn5GYxs=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.20.1/go.mod h1:b4qPmjGU3iZwqn34alUU5tILhNa9+VXK+J3QV0fT/uU=
 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/karpenter v1.9.0 h1:95p6+9AaZ/eYD3hLPyvBDBquC3v8m09T2u/pB/3Qrqs=