diff --git a/core/ns-controller/go.mod b/core/ns-controller/go.mod
index 487edb6..38c5b01 100644
--- a/core/ns-controller/go.mod
+++ b/core/ns-controller/go.mod
@@ -5,89 +5,81 @@
 require (
 	github.com/Masterminds/sprig/v3 v3.2.3
 	github.com/go-git/go-billy/v5 v5.5.0
-	github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.16.5
-	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.27.10
-	k8s.io/api v0.24.2
-	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.24.2
-	k8s.io/client-go v0.24.2
-	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.12.2
+	github.com/miekg/dns v1.1.55
+	k8s.io/api v0.28.1
+	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.28.1
+	k8s.io/client-go v0.28.1
+	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.16.1
 )
 
 require (
-	cloud.google.com/go v0.81.0 // indirect
-	github.com/Azure/go-autorest v14.2.0+incompatible // indirect
-	github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest v0.11.18 // indirect
-	github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest/adal v0.9.13 // indirect
-	github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest/date v0.3.0 // indirect
-	github.com/Azure/go-autorest/logger v0.2.1 // indirect
-	github.com/Azure/go-autorest/tracing v0.6.0 // indirect
 	github.com/Masterminds/goutils v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3 v3.2.0 // indirect
-	github.com/PuerkitoBio/purell v1.1.1 // indirect
-	github.com/PuerkitoBio/urlesc v0.0.0-20170810143723-de5bf2ad4578 // indirect
 	github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.1 // indirect
-	github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.1.2 // indirect
+	github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/cyphar/filepath-securejoin v0.2.4 // indirect
-	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
-	github.com/emicklei/go-restful v2.9.5+incompatible // indirect
-	github.com/evanphx/json-patch v4.12.0+incompatible // indirect
-	github.com/form3tech-oss/jwt-go v3.2.3+incompatible // indirect
-	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.5.1 // indirect
+	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.2-0.20180830191138-d8f796af33cc // indirect
+	github.com/emicklei/go-restful/v3 v3.11.0 // indirect
+	github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.6.0 // indirect
+	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.6.0 // indirect
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.2.4 // indirect
-	github.com/go-logr/zapr v1.2.0 // indirect
-	github.com/go-openapi/jsonpointer v0.19.5 // indirect
-	github.com/go-openapi/jsonreference v0.19.5 // indirect
-	github.com/go-openapi/swag v0.19.14 // indirect
+	github.com/go-logr/zapr v1.2.4 // indirect
+	github.com/go-openapi/jsonpointer v0.19.6 // indirect
+	github.com/go-openapi/jsonreference v0.20.2 // indirect
+	github.com/go-openapi/swag v0.22.3 // indirect
 	github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2 // indirect
 	github.com/golang/groupcache v0.0.0-20210331224755-41bb18bfe9da // indirect
 	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.3 // indirect
-	github.com/google/gnostic v0.5.7-v3refs // indirect
+	github.com/google/gnostic-models v0.6.8 // indirect
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9 // indirect
-	github.com/google/gofuzz v1.1.0 // indirect
-	github.com/google/uuid v1.1.2 // indirect
+	github.com/google/gofuzz v1.2.0 // indirect
+	github.com/google/uuid v1.3.1 // indirect
 	github.com/huandu/xstrings v1.3.3 // indirect
 	github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.12 // indirect
 	github.com/josharian/intern v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12 // indirect
-	github.com/mailru/easyjson v0.7.6 // indirect
-	github.com/matttproud/golang_protobuf_extensions v1.0.2-0.20181231171920-c182affec369 // indirect
+	github.com/mailru/easyjson v0.7.7 // indirect
+	github.com/matttproud/golang_protobuf_extensions v1.0.4 // indirect
 	github.com/mitchellh/copystructure v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/mitchellh/reflectwalk v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180306012644-bacd9c7ef1dd // indirect
 	github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.2 // indirect
 	github.com/munnerz/goautoneg v0.0.0-20191010083416-a7dc8b61c822 // indirect
-	github.com/nxadm/tail v1.4.8 // indirect
+	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.12.0 // indirect
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 // indirect
-	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.12.1 // indirect
-	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.2.0 // indirect
-	github.com/prometheus/common v0.32.1 // indirect
-	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.7.3 // indirect
+	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.1-0.20181226105442-5d4384ee4fb2 // indirect
+	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.16.0 // indirect
+	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.4.0 // indirect
+	github.com/prometheus/common v0.44.0 // indirect
+	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.10.1 // indirect
 	github.com/shopspring/decimal v1.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/spf13/cast v1.3.1 // indirect
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 // indirect
-	go.uber.org/atomic v1.7.0 // indirect
-	go.uber.org/multierr v1.6.0 // indirect
-	go.uber.org/zap v1.19.1 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/crypto v0.13.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/net v0.15.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20211104180415-d3ed0bb246c8 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.12.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/term v0.12.0 // indirect
+	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4 // indirect
+	go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0 // indirect
+	go.uber.org/zap v1.25.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/crypto v0.14.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20230905200255-921286631fa9 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/mod v0.12.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/net v0.17.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.12.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.13.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/term v0.13.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.13.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/time v0.0.0-20220210224613-90d013bbcef8 // indirect
-	gomodules.xyz/jsonpatch/v2 v2.2.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/time v0.3.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/tools v0.13.0 // indirect
+	gomodules.xyz/jsonpatch/v2 v2.4.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/appengine v1.6.7 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.28.0 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.31.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/inf.v0 v0.9.1 // indirect
-	gopkg.in/tomb.v1 v1.0.0-20141024135613-dd632973f1e7 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
-	k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.24.2 // indirect
-	k8s.io/component-base v0.24.2 // indirect
-	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.60.1 // indirect
-	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20220328201542-3ee0da9b0b42 // indirect
-	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20220210201930-3a6ce19ff2f9 // indirect
-	sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20211208200746-9f7c6b3444d2 // indirect
-	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.2.1 // indirect
+	k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.28.1 // indirect
+	k8s.io/component-base v0.28.1 // indirect
+	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.100.1 // indirect
+	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20230905202853-d090da108d2f // indirect
+	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20230726121419-3b25d923346b // indirect
+	sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd // indirect
+	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.3.0 // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.3.0 // indirect
 )