diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index 280b792bcf..532407ee36 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ updates:
       k8s.io: # Group k8s.io golang dependencies updates
           patterns:
             - "k8s.io/*"
+            - "sigs.k8s.io/*"
     labels:
       - go
       - dependencies
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ updates:
       k8s.io: # Group k8s.io golang dependencies updates
         patterns:
           - "k8s.io/*"
+          - "sigs.k8s.io/*"
     labels:
       - go
       - dependencies
diff --git a/conformance/go.mod b/conformance/go.mod
index 021372dd62..44d173fed1 100644
--- a/conformance/go.mod
+++ b/conformance/go.mod
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.34.2
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.34.2
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20251002143259-bc988d571ff4
-	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.22.3
+	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.22.4
 	sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.6.0
 )
diff --git a/conformance/go.sum b/conformance/go.sum
index 04d9dcca02..66e12121b8 100644
--- a/conformance/go.sum
+++ b/conformance/go.sum
@@ -198,8 +198,8 @@ k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20250814151709-d7b6acb124c3 h1:liMHz39T5dJO1aOKHLvwaC
 k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20250814151709-d7b6acb124c3/go.mod h1:UZ2yyWbFTpuhSbFhv24aGNOdoRdJZgsIObGBUaYVsts=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20251002143259-bc988d571ff4 h1:SjGebBtkBqHFOli+05xYbK8YF1Dzkbzn+gDM4X9T4Ck=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20251002143259-bc988d571ff4/go.mod h1:OLgZIPagt7ERELqWJFomSt595RzquPNLL48iOWgYOg0=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.22.3 h1:I7mfqz/a/WdmDCEnXmSPm8/b/yRTy6JsKKENTijTq8Y=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.22.3/go.mod h1:+QX1XUpTXN4mLoblf4tqr5CQcyHPAki2HLXqQMY6vh8=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.22.4 h1:GEjV7KV3TY8e+tJ2LCTxUTanW4z/FmNB7l327UfMq9A=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.22.4/go.mod h1:+QX1XUpTXN4mLoblf4tqr5CQcyHPAki2HLXqQMY6vh8=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20250730193827-2d320260d730 h1:IpInykpT6ceI+QxKBbEflcR5EXP7sU1kvOlxwZh5txg=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20250730193827-2d320260d730/go.mod h1:mdzfpAEoE6DHQEN0uh9ZbOCuHbLK5wOm7dK4ctXE9Tg=
 sigs.k8s.io/randfill v1.0.0 h1:JfjMILfT8A6RbawdsK2JXGBR5AQVfd+9TbzrlneTyrU=
diff --git a/tests/go.mod b/tests/go.mod
index 239f6b3ee0..17c2853670 100644
--- a/tests/go.mod
+++ b/tests/go.mod
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/api v0.34.2
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.34.2
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.34.2
-	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.22.3
+	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.22.4
 	sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000
 )
 
diff --git a/tests/go.sum b/tests/go.sum
index 70ecf3f6db..a218b914e6 100644
--- a/tests/go.sum
+++ b/tests/go.sum
@@ -166,8 +166,8 @@ k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20250814151709-d7b6acb124c3 h1:liMHz39T5dJO1aOKHLvwaC
 k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20250814151709-d7b6acb124c3/go.mod h1:UZ2yyWbFTpuhSbFhv24aGNOdoRdJZgsIObGBUaYVsts=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20251002143259-bc988d571ff4 h1:SjGebBtkBqHFOli+05xYbK8YF1Dzkbzn+gDM4X9T4Ck=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20251002143259-bc988d571ff4/go.mod h1:OLgZIPagt7ERELqWJFomSt595RzquPNLL48iOWgYOg0=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.22.3 h1:I7mfqz/a/WdmDCEnXmSPm8/b/yRTy6JsKKENTijTq8Y=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.22.3/go.mod h1:+QX1XUpTXN4mLoblf4tqr5CQcyHPAki2HLXqQMY6vh8=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.22.4 h1:GEjV7KV3TY8e+tJ2LCTxUTanW4z/FmNB7l327UfMq9A=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.22.4/go.mod h1:+QX1XUpTXN4mLoblf4tqr5CQcyHPAki2HLXqQMY6vh8=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20250730193827-2d320260d730 h1:IpInykpT6ceI+QxKBbEflcR5EXP7sU1kvOlxwZh5txg=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20250730193827-2d320260d730/go.mod h1:mdzfpAEoE6DHQEN0uh9ZbOCuHbLK5wOm7dK4ctXE9Tg=
 sigs.k8s.io/randfill v1.0.0 h1:JfjMILfT8A6RbawdsK2JXGBR5AQVfd+9TbzrlneTyrU=