diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 0c263e984f..41982f8831 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.24.0
 	k8s.io/klog v1.0.0
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20220210201930-3a6ce19ff2f9
-	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.12.0
+	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.12.1
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.3.0
 )
 
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 0c8e1ca95c..abe6a604b1 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1440,8 +1440,8 @@ rsc.io/sampler v1.3.0/go.mod h1:T1hPZKmBbMNahiBKFy5HrXp6adAjACjK9JXDnKaTXpA=
 sigs.k8s.io/apiserver-network-proxy/konnectivity-client v0.0.14/go.mod h1:LEScyzhFmoF5pso/YSeBstl57mOzx9xlU9n85RGrDQg=
 sigs.k8s.io/apiserver-network-proxy/konnectivity-client v0.0.15/go.mod h1:LEScyzhFmoF5pso/YSeBstl57mOzx9xlU9n85RGrDQg=
 sigs.k8s.io/apiserver-network-proxy/konnectivity-client v0.0.30/go.mod h1:fEO7lRTdivWO2qYVCVG7dEADOMo/MLDCVr8So2g88Uw=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.12.0 h1:gA4zphrmHFc7ihmY/+GyyE0BxKD+OYdb5+DjD2azFAQ=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.12.0/go.mod h1:BKhxlA4l7FPK4AQcsuL4X6vZeWnKDXez/vp1Y8dxTU0=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.12.1 h1:4BJY01xe9zKQti8oRjj/NeHKRXthf1YkYJAgLONFFoI=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.12.1/go.mod h1:BKhxlA4l7FPK4AQcsuL4X6vZeWnKDXez/vp1Y8dxTU0=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20211208200746-9f7c6b3444d2 h1:kDi4JBNAsJWfz1aEXhO8Jg87JJaPNLh5tIzYHgStQ9Y=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20211208200746-9f7c6b3444d2/go.mod h1:B+TnT182UBxE84DiCz4CVE26eOSDAeYCpfDnC2kdKMY=
 sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.0.1/go.mod h1:bJZC9H9iH24zzfZ/41RGcq60oK1F7G282QMXDPYydCw=