diff --git a/gwctl/go.mod b/gwctl/go.mod
index 081d62f453..40874b5d6b 100644
--- a/gwctl/go.mod
+++ b/gwctl/go.mod
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.30.0
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.120.1
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240423183400-0849a56e8f22
-	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.18.0
+	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.18.1
 	sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api v1.0.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0
 )
diff --git a/gwctl/go.sum b/gwctl/go.sum
index 03c2529f6d..c4a716cc3e 100644
--- a/gwctl/go.sum
+++ b/gwctl/go.sum
@@ -151,8 +151,8 @@ k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20240423202451-8948a665c108 h1:Q8Z7VlGhcJgBHJHYugJ/K/
 k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20240423202451-8948a665c108/go.mod h1:yD4MZYeKMBwQKVht279WycxKyM84kkAx2DPrTXaeb98=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240423183400-0849a56e8f22 h1:ao5hUqGhsqdm+bYbjH/pRkCs0unBGe9UyDahzs9zQzQ=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240423183400-0849a56e8f22/go.mod h1:OLgZIPagt7ERELqWJFomSt595RzquPNLL48iOWgYOg0=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.18.0 h1:Z7jKuX784TQSUL1TIyeuF7j8KXZ4RtSX0YgtjKcSTME=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.18.0/go.mod h1:tuAt1+wbVsXIT8lPtk5RURxqAnq7xkpv2Mhttslg7Hw=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.18.1 h1:RpWbigmuiylbxOCLy0tGnq1cU1qWPwNIQzoJk+QeJx4=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.18.1/go.mod h1:tuAt1+wbVsXIT8lPtk5RURxqAnq7xkpv2Mhttslg7Hw=
 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/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.4.1 h1:150L+0vs/8DA78h1u02ooW1/fFq/Lwr+sGiqlzvrtq4=