diff --git a/operator/go.mod b/operator/go.mod
index 545d3235d8..b9c50db1e7 100644
--- a/operator/go.mod
+++ b/operator/go.mod
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts v1.5.0
 	github.com/benbjohnson/clock v1.3.5
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.2.4
-	github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.15
+	github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.16
 	github.com/kelseyhightower/envconfig v1.4.0
 	github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/klt-cert-manager v0.0.0-20230523133947-65b41399b2e0
 	github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/metrics-operator v0.0.0-20230523140051-57fdcddcf73c
diff --git a/operator/go.sum b/operator/go.sum
index 91b9fc9d22..24cc2e1d6c 100644
--- a/operator/go.sum
+++ b/operator/go.sum
@@ -195,8 +195,8 @@ github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru v0.5.0/go.mod h1:/m3WP610KZHVQ1SGc6re/UDhFvYD7pJ
 github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru v0.5.1/go.mod h1:/m3WP610KZHVQ1SGc6re/UDhFvYD7pJ4Ao+sR/qLZy8=
 github.com/ianlancetaylor/demangle v0.0.0-20181102032728-5e5cf60278f6/go.mod h1:aSSvb/t6k1mPoxDqO4vJh6VOCGPwU4O0C2/Eqndh1Sc=
 github.com/ianlancetaylor/demangle v0.0.0-20200824232613-28f6c0f3b639/go.mod h1:aSSvb/t6k1mPoxDqO4vJh6VOCGPwU4O0C2/Eqndh1Sc=
-github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.15 h1:M8XP7IuFNsqUx6VPK2P9OSmsYsI/YFaGil0uD21V3dM=
-github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.15/go.mod h1:WBLT9ZmE3lPoWsEzCh9LPo3TiwVN+ZKEjmz+hD27ysY=
+github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.16 h1:wwQJbIsHYGMUyLSPrEq1CT16AhnhNJQ51+4fdHUnCl4=
+github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.16/go.mod h1:WBLT9ZmE3lPoWsEzCh9LPo3TiwVN+ZKEjmz+hD27ysY=
 github.com/jessevdk/go-flags v1.4.0/go.mod h1:4FA24M0QyGHXBuZZK/XkWh8h0e1EYbRYJSGM75WSRxI=
 github.com/josharian/intern v1.0.0 h1:vlS4z54oSdjm0bgjRigI+G1HpF+tI+9rE5LLzOg8HmY=
 github.com/josharian/intern v1.0.0/go.mod h1:5DoeVV0s6jJacbCEi61lwdGj/aVlrQvzHFFd8Hwg//Y=