diff --git a/charts/rancher-turtles/Chart.yaml b/charts/rancher-turtles/Chart.yaml
index f287e020..17ca415f 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: v0.12.0
+    version: v0.13.0
     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 daa841d9..f01f154d 100644
--- a/exp/etcdrestore/go.mod
+++ b/exp/etcdrestore/go.mod
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/component-base v0.29.4
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.110.1
 	sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.7.3
-	sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api-operator v0.12.0
+	sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api-operator v0.13.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.17.3
 )
 
diff --git a/exp/etcdrestore/go.sum b/exp/etcdrestore/go.sum
index 10b899ac..a02b83c2 100644
--- a/exp/etcdrestore/go.sum
+++ b/exp/etcdrestore/go.sum
@@ -279,8 +279,8 @@ k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20231127182322-b307cd553661 h1:FepOBzJ0GXm8t0su67ln2wAZjbQ6R
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20231127182322-b307cd553661/go.mod h1:OLgZIPagt7ERELqWJFomSt595RzquPNLL48iOWgYOg0=
 sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.7.3 h1:DsSRxsA+18jxLqPAo29abZ9kOPK1/xwhSuQb/MROzSs=
 sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.7.3/go.mod h1:V9ZhKLvQtsDODwjXOKgbitjyCmC71yMBwDcMyNNIov0=
-sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api-operator v0.12.0 h1:7EBStWwkvWg+yZW8Uq8XihmQdFXcEXZOEYfjqdJEN18=
-sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api-operator v0.12.0/go.mod h1:GcWnGrKz74LS/E0IuFcT6YHBtL7zR9DNqjyVezf72mk=
+sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api-operator v0.13.0 h1:nDcr1qPzsYZLuyjKD/gDDi9gsO97keUbXNC73nOkp7o=
+sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api-operator v0.13.0/go.mod h1:RQmbeIbRq0ENEDVAOhpXHB6xVyt28aJWnwx0ovM5DUw=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.17.3 h1:65QmN7r3FWgTxDMz9fvGnO1kbf2nu+acg9p2R9oYYYk=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.17.3/go.mod h1:N0jpP5Lo7lMTF9aL56Z/B2oWBJjey6StQM0jRbKQXtY=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd h1:EDPBXCAspyGV4jQlpZSudPeMmr1bNJefnuqLsRAsHZo=
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 0d805586..d0e36bd4 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.110.1
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20231127182322-b307cd553661
 	sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.7.3
-	sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api-operator v0.12.0
+	sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api-operator v0.13.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.17.3
 )
 
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index da8394d7..5691df81 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -240,8 +240,8 @@ k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20231127182322-b307cd553661 h1:FepOBzJ0GXm8t0su67ln2wAZjbQ6R
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20231127182322-b307cd553661/go.mod h1:OLgZIPagt7ERELqWJFomSt595RzquPNLL48iOWgYOg0=
 sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.7.3 h1:DsSRxsA+18jxLqPAo29abZ9kOPK1/xwhSuQb/MROzSs=
 sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.7.3/go.mod h1:V9ZhKLvQtsDODwjXOKgbitjyCmC71yMBwDcMyNNIov0=
-sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api-operator v0.12.0 h1:7EBStWwkvWg+yZW8Uq8XihmQdFXcEXZOEYfjqdJEN18=
-sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api-operator v0.12.0/go.mod h1:GcWnGrKz74LS/E0IuFcT6YHBtL7zR9DNqjyVezf72mk=
+sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api-operator v0.13.0 h1:nDcr1qPzsYZLuyjKD/gDDi9gsO97keUbXNC73nOkp7o=
+sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api-operator v0.13.0/go.mod h1:RQmbeIbRq0ENEDVAOhpXHB6xVyt28aJWnwx0ovM5DUw=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.17.3 h1:65QmN7r3FWgTxDMz9fvGnO1kbf2nu+acg9p2R9oYYYk=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.17.3/go.mod h1:N0jpP5Lo7lMTF9aL56Z/B2oWBJjey6StQM0jRbKQXtY=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd h1:EDPBXCAspyGV4jQlpZSudPeMmr1bNJefnuqLsRAsHZo=
diff --git a/test/go.mod b/test/go.mod
index fed72da6..f5eda5d9 100644
--- a/test/go.mod
+++ b/test/go.mod
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.110.1
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20231127182322-b307cd553661
 	sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.7.3
-	sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api-operator v0.12.0
-	sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api-operator/test v0.12.0
+	sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api-operator v0.13.0
+	sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api-operator/test v0.13.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/test v1.7.3
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.17.3
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0
diff --git a/test/go.sum b/test/go.sum
index a6a00057..bc1f71ae 100644
--- a/test/go.sum
+++ b/test/go.sum
@@ -479,10 +479,10 @@ sigs.k8s.io/apiserver-network-proxy/konnectivity-client v0.28.0 h1:TgtAeesdhpm2S
 sigs.k8s.io/apiserver-network-proxy/konnectivity-client v0.28.0/go.mod h1:VHVDI/KrK4fjnV61bE2g3sA7tiETLn8sooImelsCx3Y=
 sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.7.3 h1:DsSRxsA+18jxLqPAo29abZ9kOPK1/xwhSuQb/MROzSs=
 sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.7.3/go.mod h1:V9ZhKLvQtsDODwjXOKgbitjyCmC71yMBwDcMyNNIov0=
-sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api-operator v0.12.0 h1:7EBStWwkvWg+yZW8Uq8XihmQdFXcEXZOEYfjqdJEN18=
-sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api-operator v0.12.0/go.mod h1:GcWnGrKz74LS/E0IuFcT6YHBtL7zR9DNqjyVezf72mk=
-sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api-operator/test v0.12.0 h1:WkEo05+Qu5G/c+lYzxN0U1Pc78PlSj451L9Cr6Wn+44=
-sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api-operator/test v0.12.0/go.mod h1:etiWYqu2Gym8oZFrOT7H4wXywUBezE1JsQMSQSnfZeE=
+sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api-operator v0.13.0 h1:nDcr1qPzsYZLuyjKD/gDDi9gsO97keUbXNC73nOkp7o=
+sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api-operator v0.13.0/go.mod h1:RQmbeIbRq0ENEDVAOhpXHB6xVyt28aJWnwx0ovM5DUw=
+sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api-operator/test v0.13.0 h1:fXsPONWm5k1bPYRsS+/XGOiNTT3mzWTUy+r8XDUylIQ=
+sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api-operator/test v0.13.0/go.mod h1:khKlbxd1KX8lo4E6yQUZ4dioEaiMlePtTg5lfDyULjw=
 sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/test v1.7.3 h1:Nl1IOF03MZzjr6x45IJOFWlV4cNHpJ45qsn3A+1Tf98=
 sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/test v1.7.3/go.mod h1:KbK8+zZEmSopCm6IGd9Vk+573sQ+HL6hnPvqelJEYi4=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.17.3 h1:65QmN7r3FWgTxDMz9fvGnO1kbf2nu+acg9p2R9oYYYk=