diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a63aafef..7b688cc7 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ SOURCE_VER ?= v0.16.0
 
 # Version of the image-reflector-controller from which to get the ImagePolicy CRD.
 # Change this if you bump the image-reflector-controller/api version in go.mod.
-REFLECTOR_VER ?= v0.11.1
+REFLECTOR_VER ?= v0.12.0
 
 # Version of libgit2 the controller should depend on.
 LIBGIT2_VER ?= 1.1.1
diff --git a/controllers/update_test.go b/controllers/update_test.go
index 99bbc614..8e546e16 100644
--- a/controllers/update_test.go
+++ b/controllers/update_test.go
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ Images:
 					Namespace: policyKey.Namespace,
 				},
 				Spec: imagev1_reflect.ImagePolicySpec{
-					ImageRepositoryRef: meta.LocalObjectReference{
+					ImageRepositoryRef: meta.NamespacedObjectReference{
 						Name: "not-expected-to-exist",
 					},
 					Policy: imagev1_reflect.ImagePolicyChoice{
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ Images:
 					Namespace: policyKey.Namespace,
 				},
 				Spec: imagev1_reflect.ImagePolicySpec{
-					ImageRepositoryRef: meta.LocalObjectReference{
+					ImageRepositoryRef: meta.NamespacedObjectReference{
 						Name: "not-expected-to-exist",
 					},
 					Policy: imagev1_reflect.ImagePolicyChoice{
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ Images:
 					Namespace: policyKey.Namespace,
 				},
 				Spec: imagev1_reflect.ImagePolicySpec{
-					ImageRepositoryRef: meta.LocalObjectReference{
+					ImageRepositoryRef: meta.NamespacedObjectReference{
 						Name: "not-expected-to-exist",
 					},
 					Policy: imagev1_reflect.ImagePolicyChoice{
@@ -684,7 +684,7 @@ Images:
 						Namespace: policyKey.Namespace,
 					},
 					Spec: imagev1_reflect.ImagePolicySpec{
-						ImageRepositoryRef: meta.LocalObjectReference{
+						ImageRepositoryRef: meta.NamespacedObjectReference{
 							Name: "not-expected-to-exist",
 						},
 						Policy: imagev1_reflect.ImagePolicyChoice{
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 680b4d22..276196bf 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/cyphar/filepath-securejoin v0.2.2
 	github.com/fluxcd/image-automation-controller/api v0.14.1
 	// If you bump this, change REFLECTOR_VER in the Makefile to match
-	github.com/fluxcd/image-reflector-controller/api v0.11.1
+	github.com/fluxcd/image-reflector-controller/api v0.12.0
 	github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/meta v0.10.1
 	github.com/fluxcd/pkg/gittestserver v0.3.1
 	github.com/fluxcd/pkg/runtime v0.12.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index a08bcbd4..dd04dcd5 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -337,8 +337,8 @@ github.com/evanphx/json-patch v4.11.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:50XU6AFN0ol/bzJsmQL
 github.com/exponent-io/jsonpath v0.0.0-20151013193312-d6023ce2651d/go.mod h1:ZZMPRZwes7CROmyNKgQzC3XPs6L/G2EJLHddWejkmf4=
 github.com/fatih/camelcase v1.0.0/go.mod h1:yN2Sb0lFhZJUdVvtELVWefmrXpuZESvPmqwoZc+/fpc=
 github.com/fatih/color v1.7.0/go.mod h1:Zm6kSWBoL9eyXnKyktHP6abPY2pDugNf5KwzbycvMj4=
-github.com/fluxcd/image-reflector-controller/api v0.11.1 h1:8pmUKL7Pise0JOBFgqw7eWtOK/rs3HNibXqCK9aJ8LE=
-github.com/fluxcd/image-reflector-controller/api v0.11.1/go.mod h1:lgQHGFz29OHmDU5Jwg689C/M+P/f9ujt6NS0zCLT0BQ=
+github.com/fluxcd/image-reflector-controller/api v0.12.0 h1:ghdbOUmbNaPi/jVfNnI3xzvhudXBZx6xUld/OLNSVXM=
+github.com/fluxcd/image-reflector-controller/api v0.12.0/go.mod h1:lgQHGFz29OHmDU5Jwg689C/M+P/f9ujt6NS0zCLT0BQ=
 github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/meta v0.10.0/go.mod h1:CW9X9ijMTpNe7BwnokiUOrLl/h13miwVr/3abEQLbKE=
 github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/meta v0.10.1 h1:zISenRlqNG7WK8TP3HxZTvv+1Z7JZOUIQvZrOr6pQ2w=
 github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/meta v0.10.1/go.mod h1:yUblM2vg+X8TE3A2VvJfdhkGmg+uqBlSPkLk7dxi0UM=