diff --git a/controller/go.mod b/controller/go.mod
index 37292563..b1a8b1d7 100644
--- a/controller/go.mod
+++ b/controller/go.mod
@@ -50,8 +50,6 @@ require (
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0
 )
 
-replace github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane => github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane v0.12.1-0.20240117015050-472addddff92 // version used by istio 1.21
-
 require (
 	cel.dev/expr v0.15.0 // indirect
 	github.com/OneOfOne/xxhash v1.2.8 // indirect
@@ -120,6 +118,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/open-policy-agent/opa v0.68.0 // indirect
 	github.com/pelletier/go-toml/v2 v2.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 // indirect
+	github.com/planetscale/vtprotobuf v0.6.1-0.20240319094008-0393e58bdf10 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.1-0.20181226105442-5d4384ee4fb2 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.20.2 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.6.1 // indirect
diff --git a/controller/go.sum b/controller/go.sum
index 4f6b1ac2..fc333316 100644
--- a/controller/go.sum
+++ b/controller/go.sum
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ github.com/emicklei/go-restful/v3 v3.11.0 h1:rAQeMHw1c7zTmncogyy8VvRZwtkmkZ4FxER
 github.com/emicklei/go-restful/v3 v3.11.0/go.mod h1:6n3XBCmQQb25CM2LCACGz8ukIrRry+4bhvbpWn3mrbc=
 github.com/envoyproxy/envoy v1.29.4 h1:1c52LYxzA6arnSjpTfDyxCSrtztwVAnzekcGHirvq8Y=
 github.com/envoyproxy/envoy v1.29.4/go.mod h1:c2OGLXJVY9BaTYPiWFRz6eUNaC+3TfqFKmkWS9brdKo=
-github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane v0.12.1-0.20240117015050-472addddff92 h1:/3bsjkhOTh0swUKDBxL1+3MrXCxrf/sEEMseiIEJg00=
-github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane v0.12.1-0.20240117015050-472addddff92/go.mod h1:ZBTaoJ23lqITozF0M6G4/IragXCQKCnYbmlmtHvwRG0=
+github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane v0.12.1-0.20240621013728-1eb8caab5155 h1:IgJPqnrlY2Mr4pYB6oaMKvFvwJ9H+X6CCY5x1vCTcpc=
+github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane v0.12.1-0.20240621013728-1eb8caab5155/go.mod h1:5Wkq+JduFtdAXihLmeTJf+tRYIT4KBc2vPXDhwVo1pA=
 github.com/envoyproxy/protoc-gen-validate v1.0.4 h1:gVPz/FMfvh57HdSJQyvBtF00j8JU4zdyUgIUNhlgg0A=
 github.com/envoyproxy/protoc-gen-validate v1.0.4/go.mod h1:qys6tmnRsYrQqIhm2bvKZH4Blx/1gTIZ2UKVY1M+Yew=
 github.com/evanphx/json-patch v5.7.0+incompatible h1:vgGkfT/9f8zE6tvSCe74nfpAVDQ2tG6yudJd8LBksgI=
@@ -311,6 +311,8 @@ github.com/pkg/errors v0.8.0/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINE
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.8.1/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINEl0=
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 h1:FEBLx1zS214owpjy7qsBeixbURkuhQAwrK5UwLGTwt4=
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINEl0=
+github.com/planetscale/vtprotobuf v0.6.1-0.20240319094008-0393e58bdf10 h1:GFCKgmp0tecUJ0sJuv4pzYCqS9+RGSn52M3FUwPs+uo=
+github.com/planetscale/vtprotobuf v0.6.1-0.20240319094008-0393e58bdf10/go.mod h1:t/avpk3KcrXxUnYOhZhMXJlSEyie6gQbtLq5NM3loB8=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.1-0.20181226105442-5d4384ee4fb2 h1:Jamvg5psRIccs7FGNTlIRMkT8wgtp5eCXdBlqhYGL6U=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.1-0.20181226105442-5d4384ee4fb2/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=