diff --git a/charts/rancher-turtles/Chart.yaml b/charts/rancher-turtles/Chart.yaml
index b4942562..f2def483 100644
--- a/charts/rancher-turtles/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/rancher-turtles/Chart.yaml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ keywords:
 - provisioning
 dependencies:
   - name: cluster-api-operator
-    version: v0.14.0
+    version: v0.15.0
     repository: https://kubernetes-sigs.github.io/cluster-api-operator
     condition: cluster-api-operator.enabled
 annotations:
diff --git a/exp/etcdrestore/go.mod b/exp/etcdrestore/go.mod
index f4ac8889..77c7268f 100644
--- a/exp/etcdrestore/go.mod
+++ b/exp/etcdrestore/go.mod
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240711033017-18e509b52bc8
 	sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.9.0
-	sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api-operator v0.15.0
+	sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api-operator v0.15.1
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.19.3
 )
 
diff --git a/exp/etcdrestore/go.sum b/exp/etcdrestore/go.sum
index 172f6fd2..e52d4de4 100644
--- a/exp/etcdrestore/go.sum
+++ b/exp/etcdrestore/go.sum
@@ -294,8 +294,8 @@ sigs.k8s.io/apiserver-network-proxy/konnectivity-client v0.30.3 h1:2770sDpzrjjsA
 sigs.k8s.io/apiserver-network-proxy/konnectivity-client v0.30.3/go.mod h1:Ve9uj1L+deCXFrPOk1LpFXqTg7LCFzFso6PA48q/XZw=
 sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.9.0 h1:Iud4Zj8R/t7QX5Rvs9/V+R8HDLbf7QPVemrWfZi4g54=
 sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.9.0/go.mod h1:8rjpkMxLFcA87Y3P6NOi6E9RMZv2uRnN9ppOPAxrTAY=
-sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api-operator v0.15.0 h1:aeIcCWqaqlPKpy+UudxW04oSvbwtPt8b6QXF7Ma42H8=
-sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api-operator v0.15.0/go.mod h1:0yvW+1BLHcE5/gQfWSin1L4Gj+8wa9y7+vVTXOhUnSg=
+sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api-operator v0.15.1 h1:oGEqNE7c1Ieqwso/DwjRVD2b/7wFXIjEKAodlwsO6/Q=
+sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api-operator v0.15.1/go.mod h1:0yvW+1BLHcE5/gQfWSin1L4Gj+8wa9y7+vVTXOhUnSg=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.19.3 h1:XO2GvC9OPftRst6xWCpTgBZO04S2cbp0Qqkj8bX1sPw=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.19.3/go.mod h1:j4j87DqtsThvwTv5/Tc5NFRyyF/RF0ip4+62tbTSIUM=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd h1:EDPBXCAspyGV4jQlpZSudPeMmr1bNJefnuqLsRAsHZo=
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 6a51a440..a73d0b04 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240711033017-18e509b52bc8
 	sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.9.0
-	sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api-operator v0.15.0
+	sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api-operator v0.15.1
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.19.3
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 7183af35..48bf0f11 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -273,8 +273,8 @@ sigs.k8s.io/apiserver-network-proxy/konnectivity-client v0.30.3 h1:2770sDpzrjjsA
 sigs.k8s.io/apiserver-network-proxy/konnectivity-client v0.30.3/go.mod h1:Ve9uj1L+deCXFrPOk1LpFXqTg7LCFzFso6PA48q/XZw=
 sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.9.0 h1:Iud4Zj8R/t7QX5Rvs9/V+R8HDLbf7QPVemrWfZi4g54=
 sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.9.0/go.mod h1:8rjpkMxLFcA87Y3P6NOi6E9RMZv2uRnN9ppOPAxrTAY=
-sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api-operator v0.15.0 h1:aeIcCWqaqlPKpy+UudxW04oSvbwtPt8b6QXF7Ma42H8=
-sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api-operator v0.15.0/go.mod h1:0yvW+1BLHcE5/gQfWSin1L4Gj+8wa9y7+vVTXOhUnSg=
+sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api-operator v0.15.1 h1:oGEqNE7c1Ieqwso/DwjRVD2b/7wFXIjEKAodlwsO6/Q=
+sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api-operator v0.15.1/go.mod h1:0yvW+1BLHcE5/gQfWSin1L4Gj+8wa9y7+vVTXOhUnSg=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.19.3 h1:XO2GvC9OPftRst6xWCpTgBZO04S2cbp0Qqkj8bX1sPw=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.19.3/go.mod h1:j4j87DqtsThvwTv5/Tc5NFRyyF/RF0ip4+62tbTSIUM=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd h1:EDPBXCAspyGV4jQlpZSudPeMmr1bNJefnuqLsRAsHZo=
diff --git a/test/go.mod b/test/go.mod
index cb224301..d56678d4 100644
--- a/test/go.mod
+++ b/test/go.mod
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240711033017-18e509b52bc8
 	sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.9.0
-	sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api-operator v0.15.0
-	sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api-operator/test v0.15.0
+	sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api-operator v0.15.1
+	sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api-operator/test v0.15.1
 	sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/test v1.8.5
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.19.3
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0
diff --git a/test/go.sum b/test/go.sum
index 68974d8b..53b22696 100644
--- a/test/go.sum
+++ b/test/go.sum
@@ -464,10 +464,10 @@ sigs.k8s.io/apiserver-network-proxy/konnectivity-client v0.30.3 h1:2770sDpzrjjsA
 sigs.k8s.io/apiserver-network-proxy/konnectivity-client v0.30.3/go.mod h1:Ve9uj1L+deCXFrPOk1LpFXqTg7LCFzFso6PA48q/XZw=
 sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.9.0 h1:Iud4Zj8R/t7QX5Rvs9/V+R8HDLbf7QPVemrWfZi4g54=
 sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.9.0/go.mod h1:8rjpkMxLFcA87Y3P6NOi6E9RMZv2uRnN9ppOPAxrTAY=
-sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api-operator v0.15.0 h1:aeIcCWqaqlPKpy+UudxW04oSvbwtPt8b6QXF7Ma42H8=
-sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api-operator v0.15.0/go.mod h1:0yvW+1BLHcE5/gQfWSin1L4Gj+8wa9y7+vVTXOhUnSg=
-sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api-operator/test v0.15.0 h1:FB5mjnFTKMwNODTu/0cnWqrmA129MED4o1/7ga4hFD0=
-sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api-operator/test v0.15.0/go.mod h1:iR0oGy0O2fhmOVCa0ia4smF/z1UmJPuRT0CC4GkssZI=
+sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api-operator v0.15.1 h1:oGEqNE7c1Ieqwso/DwjRVD2b/7wFXIjEKAodlwsO6/Q=
+sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api-operator v0.15.1/go.mod h1:0yvW+1BLHcE5/gQfWSin1L4Gj+8wa9y7+vVTXOhUnSg=
+sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api-operator/test v0.15.1 h1:g6QZS+udxw8h1hMS76qVhz2eMqGhQGm+s5/R4HEjkOM=
+sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api-operator/test v0.15.1/go.mod h1:iR0oGy0O2fhmOVCa0ia4smF/z1UmJPuRT0CC4GkssZI=
 sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/test v1.8.5 h1:p2fjSv/exSFgYw+pO6iap1RVJPc0LJ+/A/PAMPl9vhU=
 sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/test v1.8.5/go.mod h1:odnzMkDndCRPCWdwl0CRofyZyY857wN34bUih1MLKIc=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.19.3 h1:XO2GvC9OPftRst6xWCpTgBZO04S2cbp0Qqkj8bX1sPw=