diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 4a86022..4e5406d 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ toolchain go1.24.2
 
 require (
 	dario.cat/mergo v1.0.2
-	github.com/crossplane/crossplane-runtime v1.20.0-rc.0.0.20250509113121-26da25aff65f
+	github.com/crossplane/crossplane-runtime v1.21.0-rc.0
 	github.com/crossplane/crossplane-tools v0.0.0-20230925130601-628280f8bf79
 	github.com/crossplane/upjet v1.9.0
 	github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/v2 v2.30.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index d95a12f..1d66a83 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -134,8 +134,8 @@ github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.6/go.mod h1:oOW0eioCTA6cOiMLiUPZOpcVxMig6N
 github.com/creachadair/staticfile v0.1.3/go.mod h1:a3qySzCIXEprDGxk6tSxSI+dBBdLzqeBOMhZ+o2d3pM=
 github.com/creack/pty v1.1.7/go.mod h1:lj5s0c3V2DBrqTV7llrYr5NG6My20zk30Fl46Y7DoTY=
 github.com/creack/pty v1.1.9/go.mod h1:oKZEueFk5CKHvIhNR5MUki03XCEU+Q6VDXinZuGJ33E=
-github.com/crossplane/crossplane-runtime v1.20.0-rc.0.0.20250509113121-26da25aff65f h1:XjO3ZL0rmhslau32GNoGudZkzALRmW14XG+3KNOoTTU=
-github.com/crossplane/crossplane-runtime v1.20.0-rc.0.0.20250509113121-26da25aff65f/go.mod h1:FV2OSyPkmGJgRPUPAWkaAmJaG/Si8oOKHzLwl/ozIF0=
+github.com/crossplane/crossplane-runtime v1.21.0-rc.0 h1:KaLmvXBjd5XmaZ+YSMPyoWsqiXEAq0Qq0FsqHJsAmPk=
+github.com/crossplane/crossplane-runtime v1.21.0-rc.0/go.mod h1:lfV1VJenDc9PNVLxDC80YjPoTm+JdSZ13xlS2h37Dvg=
 github.com/crossplane/crossplane-tools v0.0.0-20230925130601-628280f8bf79 h1:HigXs5tEQxWz0fcj8hzbU2UAZgEM7wPe0XRFOsrtF8Y=
 github.com/crossplane/crossplane-tools v0.0.0-20230925130601-628280f8bf79/go.mod h1:+e4OaFlOcmr0JvINHl/yvEYBrZawzTgj6pQumOH1SS0=
 github.com/crossplane/upjet v1.9.0 h1:ocPUc7sEV289sESe68KGev/1f6H6uQZ/0ND1W79rsyA=