diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 86cc872b1..c7d9a8133 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.120.1
 	k8s.io/kubelet v0.29.6
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240102154912-e7106e64919e
-	sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.7.3
+	sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.7.4
 	sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/test v1.7.3
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.17.5
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index f64c34e41..b22fe59be 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -419,8 +419,8 @@ k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240102154912-e7106e64919e h1:eQ/4ljkx21sObifjzXwlPKpdGLrCf
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240102154912-e7106e64919e/go.mod h1:OLgZIPagt7ERELqWJFomSt595RzquPNLL48iOWgYOg0=
 sigs.k8s.io/apiserver-network-proxy/konnectivity-client v0.28.0 h1:TgtAeesdhpm2SGwkQasmbeqDo8th5wOBA5h/AjTKA4I=
 sigs.k8s.io/apiserver-network-proxy/konnectivity-client v0.28.0/go.mod h1:VHVDI/KrK4fjnV61bE2g3sA7tiETLn8sooImelsCx3Y=
-sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.7.3 h1:DsSRxsA+18jxLqPAo29abZ9kOPK1/xwhSuQb/MROzSs=
-sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.7.3/go.mod h1:V9ZhKLvQtsDODwjXOKgbitjyCmC71yMBwDcMyNNIov0=
+sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.7.4 h1:gT9WGbLXKE19pNR6s/cTLRqK2G0EbwxxQrUrw7/w5P4=
+sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.7.4/go.mod h1:V9ZhKLvQtsDODwjXOKgbitjyCmC71yMBwDcMyNNIov0=
 sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/test v1.7.3 h1:Nl1IOF03MZzjr6x45IJOFWlV4cNHpJ45qsn3A+1Tf98=
 sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/test v1.7.3/go.mod h1:KbK8+zZEmSopCm6IGd9Vk+573sQ+HL6hnPvqelJEYi4=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.17.5 h1:1FI9Lm7NiOOmBsgTV36/s2XrEFXnO2C4sbg/Zme72Rw=