diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index c5888ef3..f00b2d74 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/code-generator v0.31.3
 	k8s.io/component-base v0.31.3
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20241104163129-6fe5fd82f078
-	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.19.2
+	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.19.3
 )
 
 require (
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.9.0 // indirect
 	github.com/fatih/color v1.18.0 // indirect
 	github.com/fluent/fluent-operator/v2 v2.9.0 // indirect
-	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.7.0 // indirect
 	github.com/fxamacker/cbor/v2 v2.7.0 // indirect
 	github.com/gardener/cert-management v0.16.0 // indirect
 	github.com/gardener/etcd-druid v0.25.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 77a22add..af190d69 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -614,8 +614,8 @@ k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20200729134348-d5654de09c73/go.mod h1:jPW/WVKK9YHAvNhRxK0md/
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20241104163129-6fe5fd82f078 h1:jGnCPejIetjiy2gqaJ5V0NLwTpF4wbQ6cZIItJCSHno=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20241104163129-6fe5fd82f078/go.mod h1:OLgZIPagt7ERELqWJFomSt595RzquPNLL48iOWgYOg0=
 rsc.io/binaryregexp v0.2.0/go.mod h1:qTv7/COck+e2FymRvadv62gMdZztPaShugOCi3I+8D8=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.19.2 h1:3sPrF58XQEPzbE8T81TN6selQIMGbtYwuaJ6eDssDF8=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.19.2/go.mod h1:iRmWllt8IlaLjvTTDLhRBXIEtkCK6hwVBJJsYS9Ajf4=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.19.3 h1:XO2GvC9OPftRst6xWCpTgBZO04S2cbp0Qqkj8bX1sPw=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.19.3/go.mod h1:j4j87DqtsThvwTv5/Tc5NFRyyF/RF0ip4+62tbTSIUM=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/tools/setup-envtest v0.0.0-20231015215740-bf15e44028f9 h1:O27fSMHw4u0h+Rj8bNzcZk5jY0iZCO0J8/mCpigpnbw=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/tools/setup-envtest v0.0.0-20231015215740-bf15e44028f9/go.mod h1:TF/lVLWS+JNNaVqJuDDictY2hZSXSsIHCx4FClMvqFg=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.16.5 h1:5k9FNRqziBPwqr17AMEPPV/En39ZBplLAdOwwQHruP4=