diff --git a/tools/go.mod b/tools/go.mod
index 4bfef0ab4..d1e8f25be 100644
--- a/tools/go.mod
+++ b/tools/go.mod
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ toolchain go1.22.1
 
 require (
 	k8s.io/code-generator v0.31.0
-	sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.16.1
+	sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.16.2
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kustomize/v5 v5.4.3
 )
 
diff --git a/tools/go.sum b/tools/go.sum
index 458d0fb5a..6167b2587 100644
--- a/tools/go.sum
+++ b/tools/go.sum
@@ -192,8 +192,8 @@ k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20240228011516-70dd3763d340 h1:BZqlfIlq5YbRMFko6/PM7F
 k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20240228011516-70dd3763d340/go.mod h1:yD4MZYeKMBwQKVht279WycxKyM84kkAx2DPrTXaeb98=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240711033017-18e509b52bc8 h1:pUdcCO1Lk/tbT5ztQWOBi5HBgbBP1J8+AsQnQCKsi8A=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240711033017-18e509b52bc8/go.mod h1:OLgZIPagt7ERELqWJFomSt595RzquPNLL48iOWgYOg0=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.16.1 h1:gvIsZm+2aimFDIBiDKumR7EBkc+oLxljoUVfRbDI6RI=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.16.1/go.mod h1:0I0xqjR65YTfoO12iR+mZR6s6UAVcUARgXRlsu0ljB0=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.16.2 h1:uUFF/AW3phBWPiERvkSNOVct//L427bPS7xGfKi6Tz4=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.16.2/go.mod h1:0I0xqjR65YTfoO12iR+mZR6s6UAVcUARgXRlsu0ljB0=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd h1:EDPBXCAspyGV4jQlpZSudPeMmr1bNJefnuqLsRAsHZo=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd/go.mod h1:B8JuhiUyNFVKdsE8h686QcCxMaH6HrOAZj4vswFpcB0=
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.17.3 h1:6GCuHSsxq7fN5yhF2XrC+AAr8gxQwhexgHflOAD/JJU=