diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index ce932cab97..8d00b1e8a1 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/api v0.26.2
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.26.2
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.26.2
-	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.14.6
+	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.14.4
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.3.0
 )
 
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 81cb44185b..cdab23f83f 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -733,8 +733,8 @@ k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20221128185143-99ec85e7a448/go.mod h1:OLgZIPagt7ERELqWJFomSt
 rsc.io/binaryregexp v0.2.0/go.mod h1:qTv7/COck+e2FymRvadv62gMdZztPaShugOCi3I+8D8=
 rsc.io/quote/v3 v3.1.0/go.mod h1:yEA65RcK8LyAZtP9Kv3t0HmxON59tX3rD+tICJqUlj0=
 rsc.io/sampler v1.3.0/go.mod h1:T1hPZKmBbMNahiBKFy5HrXp6adAjACjK9JXDnKaTXpA=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.14.6 h1:oxstGVvXGNnMvY7TAESYk+lzr6S3V5VFxQ6d92KcwQA=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.14.6/go.mod h1:WqIdsAY6JBsjfc/CqO0CORmNtoCtE4S6qbPc9s68h+0=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.14.4 h1:Kd/Qgx5pd2XUL08eOV2vwIq3L9GhIbJ5Nxengbd4/0M=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.14.4/go.mod h1:WqIdsAY6JBsjfc/CqO0CORmNtoCtE4S6qbPc9s68h+0=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20220713155537-f223a00ba0e2 h1:iXTIw73aPyC+oRdyqqvVJuloN1p0AC/kzH07hu3NE+k=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20220713155537-f223a00ba0e2/go.mod h1:B8JuhiUyNFVKdsE8h686QcCxMaH6HrOAZj4vswFpcB0=
 sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.2.3 h1:PRbqxJClWWYMNV1dhaG4NsibJbArud9kFxnAMREiWFE=