diff --git a/test/go.mod b/test/go.mod
index dc033b9f5..74a094599 100644
--- a/test/go.mod
+++ b/test/go.mod
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.29.9
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.110.1
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20231127182322-b307cd553661
-	sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.7.1
+	sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.7.7
 	sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api-operator v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000
 	sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/test v1.7.1
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.17.6
diff --git a/test/go.sum b/test/go.sum
index 8a1a2e6e9..5d107ce44 100644
--- a/test/go.sum
+++ b/test/go.sum
@@ -411,8 +411,8 @@ k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20231127182322-b307cd553661 h1:FepOBzJ0GXm8t0su67ln2wAZjbQ6R
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20231127182322-b307cd553661/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 v1.7.1 h1:JkMAbAMzBM+WBHxXLTJXTiCisv1PAaHRzld/3qrmLYY=
-sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.7.1/go.mod h1:V9ZhKLvQtsDODwjXOKgbitjyCmC71yMBwDcMyNNIov0=
+sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.7.7 h1:c+vNNg4qGD2lrVru8kjOeDKhjeYFacFdYg3rPrg9epc=
+sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.7.7/go.mod h1:wmlCVPoxbFcHeZzp4Vgphi7I8nSXAgY3cqJFeaF2QLM=
 sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/test v1.7.1 h1:QDru2586ZjIFBTW1Z7VVXVtauzR/yANm4tglUNLm9iE=
 sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/test v1.7.1/go.mod h1:yG0g5Mdq73fMn9JP4akgRQPSne973L+Qx6iVH+LjtSM=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.17.6 h1:12IXsozEsIXWAMRpgRlYS1jjAHQXHtWEOMdULh3DbEw=