diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index fd2e35f172..4b953f71b6 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/eks v1.89.1
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/sts v1.44.1
 	github.com/aws/smithy-go v1.27.3
-	github.com/crossplane/crossplane-runtime/v2 v2.4.0
+	github.com/crossplane/crossplane-runtime/v2 v2.5.0-rc.0.0.20260908074656-9b2fb6b1d1ff
 	github.com/crossplane/crossplane-tools v0.0.0-20260719180100-659f1dc036c5
 	github.com/crossplane/crossplane/apis/v2 v2.4.0
 	github.com/crossplane/upjet/v2 v2.4.1-0.20260728103920-4f6e6e10dff2
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 7c15212d59..3d097db5dc 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -623,8 +623,8 @@ github.com/cloudflare/circl v1.6.3 h1:9GPOhQGF9MCYUeXyMYlqTR6a5gTrgR/fBLXvUgtVcg
 github.com/cloudflare/circl v1.6.3/go.mod h1:2eXP6Qfat4O/Yhh8BznvKnJ+uzEoTQ6jVKJRn81BiS4=
 github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.6/go.mod h1:oOW0eioCTA6cOiMLiUPZOpcVxMig6NIQQ7OS05n1F4g=
 github.com/creack/pty v1.1.9/go.mod h1:oKZEueFk5CKHvIhNR5MUki03XCEU+Q6VDXinZuGJ33E=
-github.com/crossplane/crossplane-runtime/v2 v2.4.0 h1:m5iGVHbtEh9nZYz7w/wUWDsXVlpG2c8v5i0SZScwHh8=
-github.com/crossplane/crossplane-runtime/v2 v2.4.0/go.mod h1:Pf+hg5A/46QaGjKi7Pk+HdsrFOA/THvST9qM4El8Rzs=
+github.com/crossplane/crossplane-runtime/v2 v2.5.0-rc.0.0.20260908074656-9b2fb6b1d1ff h1:ZmK5xVLRMTxwfegXzLkHJEBo7pOXdO9dtsvkLRaonKo=
+github.com/crossplane/crossplane-runtime/v2 v2.5.0-rc.0.0.20260908074656-9b2fb6b1d1ff/go.mod h1:U9Wf0etSG2hKFSJKiIQK59IcXJcc3GF9JG/ELju6NEc=
 github.com/crossplane/crossplane-tools v0.0.0-20260719180100-659f1dc036c5 h1:JTWp/389uzSn6pz8cRHyh+zIHVKtyUQgVd2v9zbsGc4=
 github.com/crossplane/crossplane-tools v0.0.0-20260719180100-659f1dc036c5/go.mod h1:W5PNfXAOkvDjcDUCBsP2mEFDneCrrcMo1t+U3Dj5mjI=
 github.com/crossplane/crossplane/apis/v2 v2.4.0 h1:QmZqZe+vvi9IrnEK8rW7UsCDQBqagK6HFV1mYEw/DkQ=
@@ -842,8 +842,8 @@ github.com/jtolds/gls v4.20.0+incompatible h1:xdiiI2gbIgH/gLH7ADydsJ1uDOEzR8yvV7
 github.com/jtolds/gls v4.20.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:QJZ7F/aHp+rZTRtaJ1ow/lLfFfVYBRgL+9YlvaHOwJU=
 github.com/kevinburke/ssh_config v1.2.0 h1:x584FjTGwHzMwvHx18PXxbBVzfnxogHaAReU4gf13a4=
 github.com/kevinburke/ssh_config v1.2.0/go.mod h1:CT57kijsi8u/K/BOFA39wgDQJ9CxiF4nAY/ojJ6r6mM=
-github.com/klauspost/compress v1.18.7 h1:aUyZsS4kH3QTKurYhAOwAHxllVPnOthb3vPfnF1Ehjw=
-github.com/klauspost/compress v1.18.7/go.mod h1:cwPg85FWrGar70rWktvGQj8/hthj3wpl0PGDogxkrSQ=
+github.com/klauspost/compress v1.19.1 h1:VsB4HPswih7mmZ8WleSFQ75c/Ui1M4trX5oAsJnhSlk=
+github.com/klauspost/compress v1.19.1/go.mod h1:cwPg85FWrGar70rWktvGQj8/hthj3wpl0PGDogxkrSQ=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.1.0/go.mod h1:dAy3ld7l9f0ibDNOQOHHMYYIIbhfbHSm3C4ZsoJORNo=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.2.1/go.mod h1:ipq/a2n7PKx3OHsz4KJII5eveXtPO4qwEXGdVfWzfnI=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.1 h1:flRD4NNwYAUpkphVc1HcthR4KEIFJ65n8Mw5qdRn3LE=