diff --git a/test/go.mod b/test/go.mod
index 3bfbc80a1..4373faba0 100644
--- a/test/go.mod
+++ b/test/go.mod
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.28.6
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.100.1
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20230726121419-3b25d923346b
-	sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.6.0
+	sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.6.1
 	sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api-operator v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000
 	sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/test v1.6.1
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.16.3
diff --git a/test/go.sum b/test/go.sum
index c21ebf6aa..1fdb26f8c 100644
--- a/test/go.sum
+++ b/test/go.sum
@@ -745,8 +745,8 @@ k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20230726121419-3b25d923346b/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/cluster-api v1.6.0 h1:2bhVSnUbtWI8taCjd9lGiHExsRUpKf7Z1fXqi/IwYx4=
-sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.6.0/go.mod h1:LB7u/WxiWj4/bbpHNOa1oQ8nq0MQ5iYlD0pGfRSBGLI=
+sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.6.1 h1:I34p/fwgRlEhs+o9cUhKXDwNNfPS3no0yJsd2bJyQVc=
+sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.6.1/go.mod h1:DaxwruDvSaEYq5q6FREDaGzX6UsAVUCA99Sp8vfMHyQ=
 sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/test v1.6.1 h1:9TffRPOuYNUyfHqdeWQtFhdK0oY+NAbvjlzbqK7chTw=
 sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/test v1.6.1/go.mod h1:+zOSrnG/2wI2XtWOkaVpVJ1BXumT/73zqRXZBYrclPQ=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.16.3 h1:2TuvuokmfXvDUamSx1SuAOO3eTyye+47mJCigwG62c4=