diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 494cb215e2c3..5e2c80319aaf 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/kubectl v0.32.0
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20241104100929-3ea5e8cea738
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.19.3
-	sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.16.5
+	sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.17.0
 	// When updating this also update version in: test/framework/k8s.go
 	sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api v1.2.1
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index ebfc5b0a814d..0bdb2833e0bb 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -644,8 +644,8 @@ k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20241104100929-3ea5e8cea738 h1:M3sRQVHv7vB20Xc2ybTt7ODCeFj6J
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20241104100929-3ea5e8cea738/go.mod h1:OLgZIPagt7ERELqWJFomSt595RzquPNLL48iOWgYOg0=
 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-tools v0.16.5 h1:5k9FNRqziBPwqr17AMEPPV/En39ZBplLAdOwwQHruP4=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.16.5/go.mod h1:8vztuRVzs8IuuJqKqbXCSlXcw+lkAv/M2sTpg55qjMY=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.17.0 h1:KaEQZbhrdY6J3zLBHplt+0aKUp8PeIttlhtF2UDo6bI=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.17.0/go.mod h1:SKoWY8rwGWDzHtfnhmOwljn6fViG0JF7/xmnxpklgjo=
 sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api v1.2.1 h1:fZZ/+RyRb+Y5tGkwxFKuYuSRQHu9dZtbjenblleOLHM=
 sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api v1.2.1/go.mod h1:EpNfEXNjiYfUJypf0eZ0P5iXA9ekSGWaS1WgPaM42X0=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20241010143419-9aa6b5e7a4b3 h1:/Rv+M11QRah1itp8VhT6HoVx1Ray9eB4DBr+K+/sCJ8=