diff --git a/cmd/cainjector/go.mod b/cmd/cainjector/go.mod
index 74da84ad6..80138b7f3 100644
--- a/cmd/cainjector/go.mod
+++ b/cmd/cainjector/go.mod
@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@ go 1.20
 
 replace github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager => ../../
 
-// remove this once controller-runtime v0.15.0 is released
-replace sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.14.6 => sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.15.0-alpha.0.0.20230511044310-c2e3d6d6350e
-
 require (
 	github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.2.4
@@ -17,7 +14,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.27.1
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.27.1
 	k8s.io/component-base v0.27.1
-	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.14.6
+	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.15.0-alpha.0.0.20230511044310-c2e3d6d6350e
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/cmd/ctl/go.mod b/cmd/ctl/go.mod
index 9ffc8a328..d9630c34b 100644
--- a/cmd/ctl/go.mod
+++ b/cmd/ctl/go.mod
@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@ module github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager/cmd/ctl
 
 go 1.20
 
-// remove this once controller-runtime v0.15.0 is released
-replace sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.14.6 => sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.15.0-alpha.0.0.20230511044310-c2e3d6d6350e
-
 // Note on cert-manager versioning:
 // Because cmctl and the core cert-manager module live in the same repository, but cmctl depends on a specific
 // cert-manager version (rather than using replace statements or a go.work file), there's a need to be able
@@ -29,7 +26,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.90.1
 	k8s.io/kubectl v0.27.1
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20230406110748-d93618cff8a2
-	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.14.6
+	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.15.0-alpha.0.0.20230511044310-c2e3d6d6350e
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.3.0
 )
 
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 17cf08cc6..96e60c600 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -6,12 +6,8 @@ go 1.20
 // please place any replace statements here at the top for visibility and add a
 // comment to it as to when it can be removed
 
-replace (
-	// remove this once https://github.com/jetstack/vcert/pull/3 is merged upstream
-	github.com/Venafi/vcert/v4 => github.com/jetstack/vcert/v4 v4.9.6-0.20230127103832-3aa3dfd6613d
-	// remove this once controller-runtime v0.15.0 is released
-	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.14.6 => sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.15.0-alpha.0.0.20230511044310-c2e3d6d6350e
-)
+// remove this once https://github.com/jetstack/vcert/pull/3 is merged upstream
+replace github.com/Venafi/vcert/v4 => github.com/jetstack/vcert/v4 v4.9.6-0.20230127103832-3aa3dfd6613d
 
 require (
 	github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go v67.3.0+incompatible
@@ -55,7 +51,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/kube-aggregator v0.27.1
 	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20230308215209-15aac26d736a
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20230406110748-d93618cff8a2
-	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.14.6
+	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.15.0-alpha.0.0.20230511044310-c2e3d6d6350e
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.12.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api v0.6.2
 	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.2.3
diff --git a/test/e2e/go.mod b/test/e2e/go.mod
index 71d3f88eb..3e61e3ab8 100644
--- a/test/e2e/go.mod
+++ b/test/e2e/go.mod
@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@ module github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager/e2e-tests
 
 go 1.20
 
-// remove this once controller-runtime v0.15.0 is released
-replace sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.14.6 => sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.15.0-alpha.0.0.20230511044310-c2e3d6d6350e
-
 require (
 	github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000
 	github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-go v0.58.1
@@ -16,7 +13,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.27.1
 	k8s.io/kube-aggregator v0.27.1
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20230406110748-d93618cff8a2
-	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.14.6
+	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.15.0-alpha.0.0.20230511044310-c2e3d6d6350e
 	sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api v0.6.2
 	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.2.3
 )
diff --git a/test/integration/go.mod b/test/integration/go.mod
index 26d2325d0..8f73b07ff 100644
--- a/test/integration/go.mod
+++ b/test/integration/go.mod
@@ -8,9 +8,6 @@ replace github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager/cmd/ctl => ../../cmd/ctl/
 
 replace github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager/webhook-binary => ../../cmd/webhook/
 
-// remove this once controller-runtime v0.15.0 is released
-replace sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.14.6 => sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.15.0-alpha.0.0.20230511044310-c2e3d6d6350e
-
 require (
 	github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager v1.12.0-beta.1.0.20230510114354-4959b1ce1a71
 	github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager/cmd/ctl v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000
@@ -30,7 +27,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/component-base v0.27.1
 	k8s.io/kubectl v0.27.1
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20230406110748-d93618cff8a2
-	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.14.6
+	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.15.0-alpha.0.0.20230511044310-c2e3d6d6350e
 )
 
 require (