fix: controller-runtime update (#5239)

* fix: controller-runtime update

Signed-off-by: Gustavo Carvalho <gustavo@externalsecrets.com>

* fix: bump e2e

Signed-off-by: Gustavo Carvalho <gustavo@externalsecrets.com>

* fix: e2e

Signed-off-by: Gustavo Carvalho <gustavo@externalsecrets.com>

---------

Signed-off-by: Gustavo Carvalho <gustavo@externalsecrets.com>

e2e/go.mod

@@ -10,32 +10,32 @@ replace (
 replace (
 	github.com/external-secrets/external-secrets v0.0.0 => ../
 	github.com/go-check/check => github.com/go-check/check v0.0.0-20180628173108-788fd7840127
-	k8s.io/api => k8s.io/api v0.33.0
-	k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver => k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.33.0
-	k8s.io/apimachinery => k8s.io/apimachinery v0.33.0
-	k8s.io/apiserver => k8s.io/apiserver v0.33.0
-	k8s.io/cli-runtime => k8s.io/cli-runtime v0.33.0
-	k8s.io/client-go => k8s.io/client-go v0.33.0
-	k8s.io/cloud-provider => k8s.io/cloud-provider v0.33.0
-	k8s.io/cluster-bootstrap => k8s.io/cluster-bootstrap v0.33.0
-	k8s.io/code-generator => k8s.io/code-generator v0.33.0
-	k8s.io/component-base => k8s.io/component-base v0.33.0
-	k8s.io/component-helpers => k8s.io/component-helpers v0.33.0
-	k8s.io/controller-manager => k8s.io/controller-manager v0.33.0
-	k8s.io/cri-api => k8s.io/cri-api v0.33.0
-	k8s.io/csi-translation-lib => k8s.io/csi-translation-lib v0.33.0
-	k8s.io/kube-aggregator => k8s.io/kube-aggregator v0.33.0
-	k8s.io/kube-controller-manager => k8s.io/kube-controller-manager v0.33.0
-	k8s.io/kube-proxy => k8s.io/kube-proxy v0.33.0
-	k8s.io/kube-scheduler => k8s.io/kube-scheduler v0.33.0
-	k8s.io/kubectl => k8s.io/kubectl v0.33.0
-	k8s.io/kubelet => k8s.io/kubelet v0.33.0
-	k8s.io/kubernetes => k8s.io/kubernetes v1.33.0
-	k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers => k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers v0.33.0
-	k8s.io/metrics => k8s.io/metrics v0.33.0
-	k8s.io/mount-utils => k8s.io/mount-utils v0.33.0
-	k8s.io/pod-security-admission => k8s.io/pod-security-admission v0.33.0
-	k8s.io/sample-apiserver => k8s.io/sample-apiserver v0.33.0
+	k8s.io/api => k8s.io/api v0.34.0
+	k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver => k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.34.0
+	k8s.io/apimachinery => k8s.io/apimachinery v0.34.0
+	k8s.io/apiserver => k8s.io/apiserver v0.34.0
+	k8s.io/cli-runtime => k8s.io/cli-runtime v0.34.0
+	k8s.io/client-go => k8s.io/client-go v0.34.0
+	k8s.io/cloud-provider => k8s.io/cloud-provider v0.34.0
+	k8s.io/cluster-bootstrap => k8s.io/cluster-bootstrap v0.34.0
+	k8s.io/code-generator => k8s.io/code-generator v0.34.0
+	k8s.io/component-base => k8s.io/component-base v0.34.0
+	k8s.io/component-helpers => k8s.io/component-helpers v0.34.0
+	k8s.io/controller-manager => k8s.io/controller-manager v0.34.0
+	k8s.io/cri-api => k8s.io/cri-api v0.34.0
+	k8s.io/csi-translation-lib => k8s.io/csi-translation-lib v0.34.0
+	k8s.io/kube-aggregator => k8s.io/kube-aggregator v0.34.0
+	k8s.io/kube-controller-manager => k8s.io/kube-controller-manager v0.34.0
+	k8s.io/kube-proxy => k8s.io/kube-proxy v0.34.0
+	k8s.io/kube-scheduler => k8s.io/kube-scheduler v0.34.0
+	k8s.io/kubectl => k8s.io/kubectl v0.34.0
+	k8s.io/kubelet => k8s.io/kubelet v0.34.0
+	k8s.io/kubernetes => k8s.io/kubernetes v1.34.0
+	k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers => k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers v0.34.0
+	k8s.io/metrics => k8s.io/metrics v0.34.0
+	k8s.io/mount-utils => k8s.io/mount-utils v0.34.0
+	k8s.io/pod-security-admission => k8s.io/pod-security-admission v0.34.0
+	k8s.io/sample-apiserver => k8s.io/sample-apiserver v0.34.0
 )
 
 require (
@@ -68,12 +68,12 @@ require (
 	gitlab.com/gitlab-org/api/client-go v0.142.1
 	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.30.0
 	google.golang.org/api v0.248.0
-	k8s.io/api v0.33.4
-	k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.33.4
-	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.33.4
+	k8s.io/api v0.34.0
+	k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.34.0
+	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.34.0
 	k8s.io/client-go v1.5.2
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20250820121507-0af2bda4dd1d
-	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.21.0
+	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.22.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.6.0
 	software.sslmate.com/src/go-pkcs12 v0.6.0
 )
@@ -183,12 +183,13 @@ require (
 	github.com/mitchellh/reflectwalk v1.0.2 // indirect
 	github.com/moby/spdystream v0.5.0 // indirect
 	github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180306012644-bacd9c7ef1dd // indirect
-	github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.2 // indirect
+	github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.3-0.20250322232337-35a7c28c31ee // indirect
 	github.com/munnerz/goautoneg v0.0.0-20191010083416-a7dc8b61c822 // indirect
 	github.com/mxk/go-flowrate v0.0.0-20140419014527-cca7078d478f // indirect
 	github.com/oklog/ulid v1.3.1 // indirect
 	github.com/opentracing/opentracing-go v1.2.1-0.20220228012449-10b1cf09e00b // indirect
 	github.com/pkg/browser v0.0.0-20240102092130-5ac0b6a4141c // indirect
+	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.1-0.20181226105442-5d4384ee4fb2 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.23.0 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.6.2 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/common v0.65.0 // indirect
@@ -238,8 +239,8 @@ require (
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 	grpc.go4.org v0.0.0-20170609214715-11d0a25b4919 // indirect
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1 // indirect
-	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20250701173324-9bd5c66d9911 // indirect
+	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20250710124328-f3f2b991d03b // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20250730193827-2d320260d730 // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/randfill v1.0.0 // indirect
-	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.7.0 // indirect
+	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v6 v6.3.0 // indirect
 )

e2e/go.sum

@@ -162,9 +162,6 @@ github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.1 h1:VlbKKnNfV8bJzeqoa4cOKqO6bYr3WgKZxO8Z16+hsOM=
 github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.1/go.mod h1:G2ZrVWU2WbWT9wwq4/hrbKbnv/1ERSJQ0ibhJ6rlkpw=
 github.com/bgentry/go-netrc v0.0.0-20140422174119-9fd32a8b3d3d h1:xDfNPAt8lFiC1UJrqV3uuy861HCTo708pDMbjHHdCas=
 github.com/bgentry/go-netrc v0.0.0-20140422174119-9fd32a8b3d3d/go.mod h1:6QX/PXZ00z/TKoufEY6K/a0k6AhaJrQKdFe6OfVXsa4=
-github.com/blang/semver v3.5.1+incompatible h1:cQNTCjp13qL8KC3Nbxr/y2Bqb63oX6wdnnjpJbkM4JQ=
-github.com/blang/semver/v4 v4.0.0 h1:1PFHFE6yCCTv8C1TeyNNarDzntLi7wMI5i/pzqYIsAM=
-github.com/blang/semver/v4 v4.0.0/go.mod h1:IbckMUScFkM3pff0VJDNKRiT6TG/YpiHIM2yvyW5YoQ=
 github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.3.0 h1:MyRJ/UdXutAwSAT+s3wNd7MfTIcy71VQueUuFK343L8=
 github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.3.0/go.mod h1:Y3VNntkOUPxTVeUxJ/G5vcM//AlwfmyYozVcomhLiZE=
 github.com/census-instrumentation/opencensus-proto v0.2.1/go.mod h1:f6KPmirojxKA12rnyqOA5BBL4O983OfeGPqjHWSTneU=
@@ -329,7 +326,6 @@ github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.3/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.4/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/gNBxE=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.5/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/gNBxE=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.8/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeNGIjoY=
-github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeNGIjoY=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeNGIjoY=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.7.0 h1:wk8382ETsv4JYUZwIsn6YpYiWiBsYLSJiTsyBybVuN8=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.7.0/go.mod h1:pXiqmnSA92OHEEa9HXL2W4E7lf9JzCmGVUdgjX3N/iU=
@@ -466,8 +462,9 @@ github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180228061459-e0a39a4cb421/go.mod h1:6dJ
 github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180306012644-bacd9c7ef1dd h1:TRLaZ9cD/w8PVh93nsPXa1VrQ6jlwL5oN8l14QlcNfg=
 github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180306012644-bacd9c7ef1dd/go.mod h1:6dJC0mAP4ikYIbvyc7fijjWJddQyLn8Ig3JB5CqoB9Q=
 github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.1/go.mod h1:bx2lNnkwVCuqBIxFjflWJWanXIb3RllmbCylyMrvgv0=
-github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.2 h1:xBagoLtFs94CBntxluKeaWgTMpvLxC4ur3nMaC9Gz0M=
 github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.2/go.mod h1:yWuevngMOJpCy52FWWMvUC8ws7m/LJsjYzDa0/r8luk=
+github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.3-0.20250322232337-35a7c28c31ee h1:W5t00kpgFdJifH4BDsTlE89Zl93FEloxaWZfGcifgq8=
+github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.3-0.20250322232337-35a7c28c31ee/go.mod h1:yWuevngMOJpCy52FWWMvUC8ws7m/LJsjYzDa0/r8luk=
 github.com/modocache/gover v0.0.0-20171022184752-b58185e213c5/go.mod h1:caMODM3PzxT8aQXRPkAt8xlV/e7d7w8GM5g0fa5F0D8=
 github.com/montanaflynn/stats v0.7.0/go.mod h1:etXPPgVO6n31NxCd9KQUMvCM+ve0ruNzt6R8Bnaayow=
 github.com/munnerz/goautoneg v0.0.0-20191010083416-a7dc8b61c822 h1:C3w9PqII01/Oq1c1nUAm88MOHcQC9l5mIlSMApZMrHA=
@@ -1044,33 +1041,31 @@ honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.0-20190523083050-ea95bdfd59fc/go.mod h1:rf3lG4BRIbNafJWh
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2019.2.3/go.mod h1:a3bituU0lyd329TUQxRnasdCoJDkEUEAqEt0JzvZhAg=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2020.1.3/go.mod h1:X/FiERA/W4tHapMX5mGpAtMSVEeEUOyHaw9vFzvIQ3k=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2020.1.4/go.mod h1:X/FiERA/W4tHapMX5mGpAtMSVEeEUOyHaw9vFzvIQ3k=
-k8s.io/api v0.33.0 h1:yTgZVn1XEe6opVpP1FylmNrIFWuDqe2H0V8CT5gxfIU=
-k8s.io/api v0.33.0/go.mod h1:CTO61ECK/KU7haa3qq8sarQ0biLq2ju405IZAd9zsiM=
-k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.33.0 h1:d2qpYL7Mngbsc1taA4IjJPRJ9ilnsXIrndH+r9IimOs=
-k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.33.0/go.mod h1:VeJ8u9dEEN+tbETo+lFkwaaZPg6uFKLGj5vyNEwwSzc=
-k8s.io/apimachinery v0.33.0 h1:1a6kHrJxb2hs4t8EE5wuR/WxKDwGN1FKH3JvDtA0CIQ=
-k8s.io/apimachinery v0.33.0/go.mod h1:BHW0YOu7n22fFv/JkYOEfkUYNRN0fj0BlvMFWA7b+SM=
-k8s.io/client-go v0.33.0 h1:UASR0sAYVUzs2kYuKn/ZakZlcs2bEHaizrrHUZg0G98=
-k8s.io/client-go v0.33.0/go.mod h1:kGkd+l/gNGg8GYWAPr0xF1rRKvVWvzh9vmZAMXtaKOg=
+k8s.io/api v0.34.0 h1:L+JtP2wDbEYPUeNGbeSa/5GwFtIA662EmT2YSLOkAVE=
+k8s.io/api v0.34.0/go.mod h1:YzgkIzOOlhl9uwWCZNqpw6RJy9L2FK4dlJeayUoydug=
+k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.34.0 h1:B3hiB32jV7BcyKcMU5fDaDxk882YrJ1KU+ZSkA9Qxoc=
+k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.34.0/go.mod h1:hLI4GxE1BDBy9adJKxUxCEHBGZtGfIg98Q+JmTD7+g0=
+k8s.io/apimachinery v0.34.0 h1:eR1WO5fo0HyoQZt1wdISpFDffnWOvFLOOeJ7MgIv4z0=
+k8s.io/apimachinery v0.34.0/go.mod h1:/GwIlEcWuTX9zKIg2mbw0LRFIsXwrfoVxn+ef0X13lw=
+k8s.io/client-go v0.34.0 h1:YoWv5r7bsBfb0Hs2jh8SOvFbKzzxyNo0nSb0zC19KZo=
+k8s.io/client-go v0.34.0/go.mod h1:ozgMnEKXkRjeMvBZdV1AijMHLTh3pbACPvK7zFR+QQY=
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1 h1:n9Xl7H1Xvksem4KFG4PYbdQCQxqc/tTUyrgXaOhHSzk=
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1/go.mod h1:3Jpz1GvMt720eyJH1ckRHK1EDfpxISzJ7I9OYgaDtPE=
-k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20250701173324-9bd5c66d9911 h1:gAXU86Fmbr/ktY17lkHwSjw5aoThQvhnstGGIYKlKYc=
-k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20250701173324-9bd5c66d9911/go.mod h1:GLOk5B+hDbRROvt0X2+hqX64v/zO3vXN7J78OUmBSKw=
+k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20250710124328-f3f2b991d03b h1:MloQ9/bdJyIu9lb1PzujOPolHyvO06MXG5TUIj2mNAA=
+k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20250710124328-f3f2b991d03b/go.mod h1:UZ2yyWbFTpuhSbFhv24aGNOdoRdJZgsIObGBUaYVsts=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20250820121507-0af2bda4dd1d h1:wAhiDyZ4Tdtt7e46e9M5ZSAJ/MnPGPs+Ki1gHw4w1R0=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20250820121507-0af2bda4dd1d/go.mod h1:OLgZIPagt7ERELqWJFomSt595RzquPNLL48iOWgYOg0=
 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 v0.21.0 h1:CYfjpEuicjUecRk+KAeyYh+ouUBn4llGyDYytIGcJS8=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.21.0/go.mod h1:OSg14+F65eWqIu4DceX7k/+QRAbTTvxeQSNSOQpukWM=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.22.0 h1:mTOfibb8Hxwpx3xEkR56i7xSjB+nH4hZG37SrlCY5e0=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.22.0/go.mod h1:FwiwRjkRPbiN+zp2QRp7wlTCzbUXxZ/D4OzuQUDwBHY=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20250730193827-2d320260d730 h1:IpInykpT6ceI+QxKBbEflcR5EXP7sU1kvOlxwZh5txg=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20250730193827-2d320260d730/go.mod h1:mdzfpAEoE6DHQEN0uh9ZbOCuHbLK5wOm7dK4ctXE9Tg=
-sigs.k8s.io/randfill v0.0.0-20250304075658-069ef1bbf016/go.mod h1:XeLlZ/jmk4i1HRopwe7/aU3H5n1zNUcX6TM94b3QxOY=
 sigs.k8s.io/randfill v1.0.0 h1:JfjMILfT8A6RbawdsK2JXGBR5AQVfd+9TbzrlneTyrU=
 sigs.k8s.io/randfill v1.0.0/go.mod h1:XeLlZ/jmk4i1HRopwe7/aU3H5n1zNUcX6TM94b3QxOY=
-sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.7.0 h1:qPeWmscJcXP0snki5IYF79Z8xrl8ETFxgMd7wez1XkI=
-sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.7.0/go.mod h1:dDy58f92j70zLsuZVuUX5Wp9vtxXpaZnkPGWeqDfCps=
-sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0/go.mod h1:Ejl7/uTz7PSA4eKMyQCUTnhZYNmLIl+5c2lQPGR2BPY=
+sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v6 v6.3.0 h1:jTijUJbW353oVOd9oTlifJqOGEkUw2jB/fXCbTiQEco=
+sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v6 v6.3.0/go.mod h1:M3W8sfWvn2HhQDIbGWj3S099YozAsymCo/wrT5ohRUE=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.6.0 h1:G8fkbMSAFqgEFgh4b1wmtzDnioxFCUgTZhlbj5P9QYs=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.6.0/go.mod h1:796bPqUfzR/0jLAl6XjHl3Ck7MiyVv8dbTdyT3/pMf4=
 software.sslmate.com/src/go-pkcs12 v0.6.0 h1:f3sQittAeF+pao32Vb+mkli+ZyT+VwKaD014qFGq6oU=

go.mod

@@ -49,12 +49,12 @@ require (
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.75.0
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
 	grpc.go4.org v0.0.0-20170609214715-11d0a25b4919
-	k8s.io/api v0.33.4
-	k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.33.4
-	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.33.4
-	k8s.io/client-go v0.33.4
+	k8s.io/api v0.34.0
+	k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.34.0
+	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.34.0
+	k8s.io/client-go v0.34.0
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20250820121507-0af2bda4dd1d
-	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.21.0
+	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.22.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.18.0
 )
 
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.7
 	github.com/tidwall/sjson v1.2.5
 	gitlab.com/gitlab-org/api/client-go v0.142.1
-	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20250701173324-9bd5c66d9911
+	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20250710124328-f3f2b991d03b
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.6.0
 	software.sslmate.com/src/go-pkcs12 v0.6.0
 )
@@ -151,7 +151,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/aymanbagabas/go-osc52/v2 v2.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/bgentry/go-netrc v0.0.0-20140422174119-9fd32a8b3d3d // indirect
 	github.com/blang/semver v3.5.1+incompatible // indirect
-	github.com/blang/semver/v4 v4.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/charmbracelet/bubbles v0.21.0 // indirect
 	github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea v1.3.6 // indirect
 	github.com/charmbracelet/colorprofile v0.3.2 // indirect
@@ -251,11 +250,11 @@ require (
 	gopkg.in/evanphx/json-patch.v4 v4.13.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/ghodss/yaml.v1 v1.0.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/warnings.v0 v0.1.2 // indirect
-	k8s.io/code-generator v0.33.4 // indirect
+	k8s.io/code-generator v0.34.0 // indirect
 	k8s.io/gengo/v2 v2.0.0-20250820003526-c297c0c1eb9d // indirect
 	lukechampine.com/frand v1.5.1 // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/randfill v1.0.0 // indirect
-	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.7.0 // indirect
+	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v6 v6.3.0 // indirect
 )
 
 require (
@@ -323,7 +322,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure v1.5.0 // indirect
 	github.com/mitchellh/reflectwalk v1.0.2 // indirect
 	github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180306012644-bacd9c7ef1dd // indirect
-	github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.2 // indirect
+	github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.3-0.20250322232337-35a7c28c31ee // indirect
 	github.com/munnerz/goautoneg v0.0.0-20191010083416-a7dc8b61c822 // indirect
 	github.com/oklog/ulid v1.3.1 // indirect
 	github.com/opentracing/opentracing-go v1.2.1-0.20220228012449-10b1cf09e00b // indirect

go.sum

@@ -269,8 +269,6 @@ github.com/bgentry/go-netrc v0.0.0-20140422174119-9fd32a8b3d3d h1:xDfNPAt8lFiC1U
 github.com/bgentry/go-netrc v0.0.0-20140422174119-9fd32a8b3d3d/go.mod h1:6QX/PXZ00z/TKoufEY6K/a0k6AhaJrQKdFe6OfVXsa4=
 github.com/blang/semver v3.5.1+incompatible h1:cQNTCjp13qL8KC3Nbxr/y2Bqb63oX6wdnnjpJbkM4JQ=
 github.com/blang/semver v3.5.1+incompatible/go.mod h1:kRBLl5iJ+tD4TcOOxsy/0fnwebNt5EWlYSAyrTnjyyk=
-github.com/blang/semver/v4 v4.0.0 h1:1PFHFE6yCCTv8C1TeyNNarDzntLi7wMI5i/pzqYIsAM=
-github.com/blang/semver/v4 v4.0.0/go.mod h1:IbckMUScFkM3pff0VJDNKRiT6TG/YpiHIM2yvyW5YoQ=
 github.com/bradleyfalzon/ghinstallation/v2 v2.16.0 h1:B91r9bHtXp/+XRgS5aZm6ZzTdz3ahgJYmkt4xZkgDz8=
 github.com/bradleyfalzon/ghinstallation/v2 v2.16.0/go.mod h1:OeVe5ggFzoBnmgitZe/A+BqGOnv1DvU/0uiLQi1wutM=
 github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.3.0 h1:MyRJ/UdXutAwSAT+s3wNd7MfTIcy71VQueUuFK343L8=
@@ -510,7 +508,6 @@ github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.3/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.4/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/gNBxE=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.5/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/gNBxE=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.8/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeNGIjoY=
-github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeNGIjoY=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeNGIjoY=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.7.0 h1:wk8382ETsv4JYUZwIsn6YpYiWiBsYLSJiTsyBybVuN8=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.7.0/go.mod h1:pXiqmnSA92OHEEa9HXL2W4E7lf9JzCmGVUdgjX3N/iU=
@@ -714,8 +711,9 @@ github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180306012644-bacd9c7ef1dd h1:TRLaZ9cD/w
 github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180306012644-bacd9c7ef1dd/go.mod h1:6dJC0mAP4ikYIbvyc7fijjWJddQyLn8Ig3JB5CqoB9Q=
 github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v0.0.0-20180701023420-4b7aa43c6742/go.mod h1:bx2lNnkwVCuqBIxFjflWJWanXIb3RllmbCylyMrvgv0=
 github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.1/go.mod h1:bx2lNnkwVCuqBIxFjflWJWanXIb3RllmbCylyMrvgv0=
-github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.2 h1:xBagoLtFs94CBntxluKeaWgTMpvLxC4ur3nMaC9Gz0M=
 github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.2/go.mod h1:yWuevngMOJpCy52FWWMvUC8ws7m/LJsjYzDa0/r8luk=
+github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.3-0.20250322232337-35a7c28c31ee h1:W5t00kpgFdJifH4BDsTlE89Zl93FEloxaWZfGcifgq8=
+github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.3-0.20250322232337-35a7c28c31ee/go.mod h1:yWuevngMOJpCy52FWWMvUC8ws7m/LJsjYzDa0/r8luk=
 github.com/modocache/gover v0.0.0-20171022184752-b58185e213c5/go.mod h1:caMODM3PzxT8aQXRPkAt8xlV/e7d7w8GM5g0fa5F0D8=
 github.com/montanaflynn/stats v0.7.0/go.mod h1:etXPPgVO6n31NxCd9KQUMvCM+ve0ruNzt6R8Bnaayow=
 github.com/muesli/ansi v0.0.0-20230316100256-276c6243b2f6 h1:ZK8zHtRHOkbHy6Mmr5D264iyp3TiX5OmNcI5cIARiQI=
@@ -1430,16 +1428,16 @@ honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.0-20190523083050-ea95bdfd59fc/go.mod h1:rf3lG4BRIbNafJWh
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2019.2.3/go.mod h1:a3bituU0lyd329TUQxRnasdCoJDkEUEAqEt0JzvZhAg=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2020.1.3/go.mod h1:X/FiERA/W4tHapMX5mGpAtMSVEeEUOyHaw9vFzvIQ3k=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2020.1.4/go.mod h1:X/FiERA/W4tHapMX5mGpAtMSVEeEUOyHaw9vFzvIQ3k=
-k8s.io/api v0.33.4 h1:oTzrFVNPXBjMu0IlpA2eDDIU49jsuEorGHB4cvKupkk=
-k8s.io/api v0.33.4/go.mod h1:VHQZ4cuxQ9sCUMESJV5+Fe8bGnqAARZ08tSTdHWfeAc=
-k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.33.4 h1:rtq5SeXiDbXmSwxsF0MLe2Mtv3SwprA6wp+5qh/CrOU=
-k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.33.4/go.mod h1:mWXcZQkQV1GQyxeIjYApuqsn/081hhXPZwZ2URuJeSs=
-k8s.io/apimachinery v0.33.4 h1:SOf/JW33TP0eppJMkIgQ+L6atlDiP/090oaX0y9pd9s=
-k8s.io/apimachinery v0.33.4/go.mod h1:BHW0YOu7n22fFv/JkYOEfkUYNRN0fj0BlvMFWA7b+SM=
-k8s.io/client-go v0.33.4 h1:TNH+CSu8EmXfitntjUPwaKVPN0AYMbc9F1bBS8/ABpw=
-k8s.io/client-go v0.33.4/go.mod h1:LsA0+hBG2DPwovjd931L/AoaezMPX9CmBgyVyBZmbCY=
-k8s.io/code-generator v0.33.4 h1:DiA801QxqApRIBh3OWULasVAUA237XnYvFNMh+E34Y8=
-k8s.io/code-generator v0.33.4/go.mod h1:ifWxKWhEl/Z1K7WmWAyOBEf3ex/i546ingCzLC8YVIY=
+k8s.io/api v0.34.0 h1:L+JtP2wDbEYPUeNGbeSa/5GwFtIA662EmT2YSLOkAVE=
+k8s.io/api v0.34.0/go.mod h1:YzgkIzOOlhl9uwWCZNqpw6RJy9L2FK4dlJeayUoydug=
+k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.34.0 h1:B3hiB32jV7BcyKcMU5fDaDxk882YrJ1KU+ZSkA9Qxoc=
+k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.34.0/go.mod h1:hLI4GxE1BDBy9adJKxUxCEHBGZtGfIg98Q+JmTD7+g0=
+k8s.io/apimachinery v0.34.0 h1:eR1WO5fo0HyoQZt1wdISpFDffnWOvFLOOeJ7MgIv4z0=
+k8s.io/apimachinery v0.34.0/go.mod h1:/GwIlEcWuTX9zKIg2mbw0LRFIsXwrfoVxn+ef0X13lw=
+k8s.io/client-go v0.34.0 h1:YoWv5r7bsBfb0Hs2jh8SOvFbKzzxyNo0nSb0zC19KZo=
+k8s.io/client-go v0.34.0/go.mod h1:ozgMnEKXkRjeMvBZdV1AijMHLTh3pbACPvK7zFR+QQY=
+k8s.io/code-generator v0.34.0 h1:Ze2i1QsvUprIlX3oHiGv09BFQRLCz+StA8qKwwFzees=
+k8s.io/code-generator v0.34.0/go.mod h1:Py2+4w2HXItL8CGhks8uI/wS3Y93wPKO/9mBQUYNua0=
 k8s.io/gengo v0.0.0-20201203183100-97869a43a9d9/go.mod h1:FiNAH4ZV3gBg2Kwh89tzAEV2be7d5xI0vBa/VySYy3E=
 k8s.io/gengo v0.0.0-20250820003526-c297c0c1eb9d h1:kN45JAelLNSjRSENoEiUVQqVzAR7uo3q2lnH9exAR2k=
 k8s.io/gengo v0.0.0-20250820003526-c297c0c1eb9d/go.mod h1:FiNAH4ZV3gBg2Kwh89tzAEV2be7d5xI0vBa/VySYy3E=
@@ -1451,8 +1449,8 @@ k8s.io/klog v1.0.0/go.mod h1:4Bi6QPql/J/LkTDqv7R/cd3hPo4k2DG6Ptcz060Ez5I=
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.2.0/go.mod h1:Od+F08eJP+W3HUb4pSrPpgp9DGU4GzlpG/TmITuYh/Y=
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1 h1:n9Xl7H1Xvksem4KFG4PYbdQCQxqc/tTUyrgXaOhHSzk=
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1/go.mod h1:3Jpz1GvMt720eyJH1ckRHK1EDfpxISzJ7I9OYgaDtPE=
-k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20250701173324-9bd5c66d9911 h1:gAXU86Fmbr/ktY17lkHwSjw5aoThQvhnstGGIYKlKYc=
-k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20250701173324-9bd5c66d9911/go.mod h1:GLOk5B+hDbRROvt0X2+hqX64v/zO3vXN7J78OUmBSKw=
+k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20250710124328-f3f2b991d03b h1:MloQ9/bdJyIu9lb1PzujOPolHyvO06MXG5TUIj2mNAA=
+k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20250710124328-f3f2b991d03b/go.mod h1:UZ2yyWbFTpuhSbFhv24aGNOdoRdJZgsIObGBUaYVsts=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20250820121507-0af2bda4dd1d h1:wAhiDyZ4Tdtt7e46e9M5ZSAJ/MnPGPs+Ki1gHw4w1R0=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20250820121507-0af2bda4dd1d/go.mod h1:OLgZIPagt7ERELqWJFomSt595RzquPNLL48iOWgYOg0=
 lukechampine.com/frand v1.5.1 h1:fg0eRtdmGFIxhP5zQJzM1lFDbD6CUfu/f+7WgAZd5/w=
@@ -1462,19 +1460,17 @@ pgregory.net/rapid v0.5.5/go.mod h1:PY5XlDGj0+V1FCq0o192FdRhpKHGTRIWBgqjDBTrq04=
 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 v0.21.0 h1:CYfjpEuicjUecRk+KAeyYh+ouUBn4llGyDYytIGcJS8=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.21.0/go.mod h1:OSg14+F65eWqIu4DceX7k/+QRAbTTvxeQSNSOQpukWM=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.22.0 h1:mTOfibb8Hxwpx3xEkR56i7xSjB+nH4hZG37SrlCY5e0=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.22.0/go.mod h1:FwiwRjkRPbiN+zp2QRp7wlTCzbUXxZ/D4OzuQUDwBHY=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.18.0 h1:rGxGZCZTV2wJreeRgqVoWab/mfcumTMmSwKzoM9xrsE=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.18.0/go.mod h1:gLKoiGBriyNh+x1rWtUQnakUYEujErjXs9pf+x/8n1U=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20250730193827-2d320260d730 h1:IpInykpT6ceI+QxKBbEflcR5EXP7sU1kvOlxwZh5txg=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20250730193827-2d320260d730/go.mod h1:mdzfpAEoE6DHQEN0uh9ZbOCuHbLK5wOm7dK4ctXE9Tg=
-sigs.k8s.io/randfill v0.0.0-20250304075658-069ef1bbf016/go.mod h1:XeLlZ/jmk4i1HRopwe7/aU3H5n1zNUcX6TM94b3QxOY=
 sigs.k8s.io/randfill v1.0.0 h1:JfjMILfT8A6RbawdsK2JXGBR5AQVfd+9TbzrlneTyrU=
 sigs.k8s.io/randfill v1.0.0/go.mod h1:XeLlZ/jmk4i1HRopwe7/aU3H5n1zNUcX6TM94b3QxOY=
-sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.7.0 h1:qPeWmscJcXP0snki5IYF79Z8xrl8ETFxgMd7wez1XkI=
-sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.7.0/go.mod h1:dDy58f92j70zLsuZVuUX5Wp9vtxXpaZnkPGWeqDfCps=
+sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v6 v6.3.0 h1:jTijUJbW353oVOd9oTlifJqOGEkUw2jB/fXCbTiQEco=
+sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v6 v6.3.0/go.mod h1:M3W8sfWvn2HhQDIbGWj3S099YozAsymCo/wrT5ohRUE=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.2.0/go.mod h1:yfXDCHCao9+ENCvLSE62v9VSji2MKu5jeNfTrofGhJc=
-sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0/go.mod h1:Ejl7/uTz7PSA4eKMyQCUTnhZYNmLIl+5c2lQPGR2BPY=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.6.0 h1:G8fkbMSAFqgEFgh4b1wmtzDnioxFCUgTZhlbj5P9QYs=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.6.0/go.mod h1:796bPqUfzR/0jLAl6XjHl3Ck7MiyVv8dbTdyT3/pMf4=
 software.sslmate.com/src/go-pkcs12 v0.6.0 h1:f3sQittAeF+pao32Vb+mkli+ZyT+VwKaD014qFGq6oU=

pkg/controllers/secretstore/client_manager.go

@@ -144,10 +144,18 @@ func (m *Manager) getStoredClient(ctx context.Context, storeProvider esv1.Provid
 	if !ok {
 		return nil
 	}
+	valGVK, err := m.client.GroupVersionKindFor(val.store)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	storeGVK, err := m.client.GroupVersionKindFor(store)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil
+	}
 	storeName := fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", store.GetNamespace(), store.GetName())
 	// return client if it points to the very same store
 	if val.store.GetObjectMeta().Generation == store.GetGeneration() &&
-		val.store.GetTypeMeta().Kind == store.GetTypeMeta().Kind &&
+		valGVK == storeGVK &&
 		val.store.GetName() == store.GetName() &&
 		val.store.GetNamespace() == store.GetNamespace() {
 		m.log.V(1).Info("reusing stored client",