diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index ff4b8af2b8..c045b6c3d1 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ require (
 	knative.dev/eventing v0.48.0
 	knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20260120122510-4a022ed9999a
 	knative.dev/serving v0.48.0
-	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.22.4
+	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.23.1
 	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v6 v6.3.2
 )
 
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ require (
 	gopkg.in/inf.v0 v0.9.1 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/warnings.v0 v0.1.2 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
-	k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.34.3 // indirect
+	k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.35.0 // indirect
 	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20250910181357-589584f1c912 // indirect
 	knative.dev/networking v0.0.0-20260120131110-a7cdca238a0d // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20250730193827-2d320260d730 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index cb3b96a53b..2532ab3cf3 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -446,12 +446,12 @@ gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
 k8s.io/api v0.35.0 h1:iBAU5LTyBI9vw3L5glmat1njFK34srdLmktWwLTprlY=
 k8s.io/api v0.35.0/go.mod h1:AQ0SNTzm4ZAczM03QH42c7l3bih1TbAXYo0DkF8ktnA=
-k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.34.3 h1:p10fGlkDY09eWKOTeUSioxwLukJnm+KuDZdrW71y40g=
-k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.34.3/go.mod h1:aujxvqGFRdb/cmXYfcRTeppN7S2XV/t7WMEc64zB5A0=
+k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.35.0 h1:3xHk2rTOdWXXJM+RDQZJvdx0yEOgC0FgQ1PlJatA5T4=
+k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.35.0/go.mod h1:E1Ahk9SADaLQ4qtzYFkwUqusXTcaV2uw3l14aqpL2LU=
 k8s.io/apimachinery v0.35.0 h1:Z2L3IHvPVv/MJ7xRxHEtk6GoJElaAqDCCU0S6ncYok8=
 k8s.io/apimachinery v0.35.0/go.mod h1:jQCgFZFR1F4Ik7hvr2g84RTJSZegBc8yHgFWKn//hns=
-k8s.io/apiserver v0.34.3 h1:uGH1qpDvSiYG4HVFqc6A3L4CKiX+aBWDrrsxHYK0Bdo=
-k8s.io/apiserver v0.34.3/go.mod h1:QPnnahMO5C2m3lm6fPW3+JmyQbvHZQ8uudAu/493P2w=
+k8s.io/apiserver v0.35.0 h1:CUGo5o+7hW9GcAEF3x3usT3fX4f9r8xmgQeCBDaOgX4=
+k8s.io/apiserver v0.35.0/go.mod h1:QUy1U4+PrzbJaM3XGu2tQ7U9A4udRRo5cyxkFX0GEds=
 k8s.io/cli-runtime v0.35.0 h1:PEJtYS/Zr4p20PfZSLCbY6YvaoLrfByd6THQzPworUE=
 k8s.io/cli-runtime v0.35.0/go.mod h1:VBRvHzosVAoVdP3XwUQn1Oqkvaa8facnokNkD7jOTMY=
 k8s.io/client-go v0.35.0 h1:IAW0ifFbfQQwQmga0UdoH0yvdqrbwMdq9vIFEhRpxBE=
@@ -473,8 +473,8 @@ knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20260120122510-4a022ed9999a h1:9f29OTA7w/iVIX6PS6yveVVzNb
 knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20260120122510-4a022ed9999a/go.mod h1:Tz3GoxcNC5vH3Zo//cW3mnHL474u+Y1wbsUIZ11p8No=
 knative.dev/serving v0.48.0 h1:1I5WVW6fPvzMVtAouaWFrRjRpSBAyfzSx4vZRjJtrm4=
 knative.dev/serving v0.48.0/go.mod h1:d9DFPD83Ce82LjYRkeRFRdISBhYficFp/OBUv5M6bLo=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.22.4 h1:GEjV7KV3TY8e+tJ2LCTxUTanW4z/FmNB7l327UfMq9A=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.22.4/go.mod h1:+QX1XUpTXN4mLoblf4tqr5CQcyHPAki2HLXqQMY6vh8=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.23.1 h1:TjJSM80Nf43Mg21+RCy3J70aj/W6KyvDtOlpKf+PupE=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.23.1/go.mod h1:B6COOxKptp+YaUT5q4l6LqUJTRpizbgf9KSRNdQGns0=
 sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api v1.1.0 h1:DsLDXCi6jR+Xz8/xd0Z1PYl2Pn0TyaFMOPPZIj4inDM=
 sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api v1.1.0/go.mod h1:ZH4lHrL2sDi0FHZ9jjneb8kKnGzFWyrTya35sWUTrRs=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20250730193827-2d320260d730 h1:IpInykpT6ceI+QxKBbEflcR5EXP7sU1kvOlxwZh5txg=
diff --git a/pkg/internal/fakeStatusWriter.go b/pkg/internal/fakeStatusWriter.go
index 792efa8168..080143f5c7 100644
--- a/pkg/internal/fakeStatusWriter.go
+++ b/pkg/internal/fakeStatusWriter.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ package internal
 import (
 	"context"
 
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	controller "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
 )
 
@@ -37,3 +38,7 @@ func (c *FakeStatusWriter) Create(ctx context.Context, obj controller.Object, su
 func (c *FakeStatusWriter) Update(ctx context.Context, obj controller.Object, opts ...controller.SubResourceUpdateOption) error {
 	return nil
 }
+
+func (c *FakeStatusWriter) Apply(ctx context.Context, conf runtime.ApplyConfiguration, opts ...controller.SubResourceApplyOption) error {
+	return nil
+}