diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index d2cd5d2..887475e 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/gardener/gardener v1.103.0
 	github.com/gardener/machine-controller-manager v0.53.1
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.2
-	github.com/ironcore-dev/controller-utils v0.9.3
+	github.com/ironcore-dev/controller-utils v0.9.4
 	github.com/ironcore-dev/vgopath v0.1.6
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.20.2
 	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.34.2
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 6d7fb02..1bce560 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -209,8 +209,8 @@ github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.16 h1:wwQJbIsHYGMUyLSPrEq1CT16AhnhNJQ51+4fdHUnCl4=
 github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.16/go.mod h1:WBLT9ZmE3lPoWsEzCh9LPo3TiwVN+ZKEjmz+hD27ysY=
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 h1:wN+x4NVGpMsO7ErUn/mUI3vEoE6Jt13X2s0bqwp9tc8=
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0/go.mod h1:vpF70FUmC8bwa3OWnCshd2FqLfsEA9PFc4w1p2J65bw=
-github.com/ironcore-dev/controller-utils v0.9.3 h1:sTrnxSzX5RrLf4B8KrAH2axSC+gxfJXphkV6df2GSsw=
-github.com/ironcore-dev/controller-utils v0.9.3/go.mod h1:djKnxDs0Hwxhhc0VmVY8tZnrOrElvrRV2jov/LiCZ2Y=
+github.com/ironcore-dev/controller-utils v0.9.4 h1:l+lXzDyTfDEvAn0o9KOX0JdeTf6uI0VKN9yVnl9jLM4=
+github.com/ironcore-dev/controller-utils v0.9.4/go.mod h1:0MS4W51EAEQo/nfajSaCj4RClju4MXv6IFGb+nDv2AA=
 github.com/ironcore-dev/vgopath v0.1.6 h1:r5RCkvi2mayKNNeGTInJ1iB4xuQ6qtdvP/Zeqx/Dz2M=
 github.com/ironcore-dev/vgopath v0.1.6/go.mod h1:6Dhib0weDFQCTkVaHpqWiDDtLp8Mf0wwZHaqSQ6E0Kg=
 github.com/josharian/intern v1.0.0 h1:vlS4z54oSdjm0bgjRigI+G1HpF+tI+9rE5LLzOg8HmY=