diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index e04dc1e2..4a5ddbaf 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/component-base v0.28.5
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.100.1
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20230406110748-d93618cff8a2
-	sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.6.0
+	sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.6.1
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.16.3
 
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index cab405dd..9c4768fe 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -344,8 +344,8 @@ k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20230406110748-d93618cff8a2 h1:qY1Ad8PODbnymg2pRbkyMT/ylpTrC
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20230406110748-d93618cff8a2/go.mod h1:OLgZIPagt7ERELqWJFomSt595RzquPNLL48iOWgYOg0=
 sigs.k8s.io/apiserver-network-proxy/konnectivity-client v0.1.2 h1:trsWhjU5jZrx6UvFu4WzQDrN7Pga4a7Qg+zcfcj64PA=
 sigs.k8s.io/apiserver-network-proxy/konnectivity-client v0.1.2/go.mod h1:+qG7ISXqCDVVcyO8hLn12AKVYYUjM7ftlqsqmrhMZE0=
-sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.6.0 h1:2bhVSnUbtWI8taCjd9lGiHExsRUpKf7Z1fXqi/IwYx4=
-sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.6.0/go.mod h1:LB7u/WxiWj4/bbpHNOa1oQ8nq0MQ5iYlD0pGfRSBGLI=
+sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.6.1 h1:I34p/fwgRlEhs+o9cUhKXDwNNfPS3no0yJsd2bJyQVc=
+sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.6.1/go.mod h1:DaxwruDvSaEYq5q6FREDaGzX6UsAVUCA99Sp8vfMHyQ=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.16.3 h1:2TuvuokmfXvDUamSx1SuAOO3eTyye+47mJCigwG62c4=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.16.3/go.mod h1:j7bialYoSn142nv9sCOJmQgDXQXxnroFU4VnX/brVJ0=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd h1:EDPBXCAspyGV4jQlpZSudPeMmr1bNJefnuqLsRAsHZo=