diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index e607d4652..d81c075e5 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20250710124328-f3f2b991d03b
 	k8s.io/kubectl v0.34.0
 	k8s.io/kubernetes v1.34.0
-	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v6 v6.3.0
+	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v6 v6.3.1-0.20251003215857-446d8398e19c
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.6.0
 )
 
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@ require (
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.20.1 // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.20.1 // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/randfill v1.0.0 // indirect
-	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.7.0 // indirect
 )
 
 replace (
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 8d62a43e2..736dc0073 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ github.com/google/btree v1.1.3 h1:CVpQJjYgC4VbzxeGVHfvZrv1ctoYCAI8vbl07Fcxlyg=
 github.com/google/btree v1.1.3/go.mod h1:qOPhT0dTNdNzV6Z/lhRX0YXUafgPLFUh+gZMl761Gm4=
 github.com/google/gnostic-models v0.7.0 h1:qwTtogB15McXDaNqTZdzPJRHvaVJlAl+HVQnLmJEJxo=
 github.com/google/gnostic-models v0.7.0/go.mod h1:whL5G0m6dmc5cPxKc5bdKdEN3UjI7OUGxBlw57miDrQ=
-github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeNGIjoY=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.7.0 h1:wk8382ETsv4JYUZwIsn6YpYiWiBsYLSJiTsyBybVuN8=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.7.0/go.mod h1:pXiqmnSA92OHEEa9HXL2W4E7lf9JzCmGVUdgjX3N/iU=
 github.com/google/gofuzz v1.0.0/go.mod h1:dBl0BpW6vV/+mYPU4Po3pmUjxk6FQPldtuIdl/M65Eg=
@@ -250,13 +249,9 @@ sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.20.1 h1:iWP1Ydh3/lmldBnH/S5RXgT98vWYMaTUL1ADcr+Sv7I
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.20.1/go.mod h1:t6hUFxO+Ph0VxIk1sKp1WS0dOjbPCtLJ4p8aADLwqjM=
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.20.1 h1:PCMnA2mrVbRP3NIB6v9kYCAc38uvFLVs8j/CD567A78=
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.20.1/go.mod h1:0EmkQHRUsJxY8Ug9Niig1pUMSCGHxQ5RklbpV/Ri6po=
-sigs.k8s.io/randfill v0.0.0-20250304075658-069ef1bbf016/go.mod h1:XeLlZ/jmk4i1HRopwe7/aU3H5n1zNUcX6TM94b3QxOY=
 sigs.k8s.io/randfill v1.0.0 h1:JfjMILfT8A6RbawdsK2JXGBR5AQVfd+9TbzrlneTyrU=
 sigs.k8s.io/randfill v1.0.0/go.mod h1:XeLlZ/jmk4i1HRopwe7/aU3H5n1zNUcX6TM94b3QxOY=
-sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.7.0 h1:qPeWmscJcXP0snki5IYF79Z8xrl8ETFxgMd7wez1XkI=
-sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.7.0/go.mod h1:dDy58f92j70zLsuZVuUX5Wp9vtxXpaZnkPGWeqDfCps=
-sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v6 v6.3.0 h1:jTijUJbW353oVOd9oTlifJqOGEkUw2jB/fXCbTiQEco=
-sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v6 v6.3.0/go.mod h1:M3W8sfWvn2HhQDIbGWj3S099YozAsymCo/wrT5ohRUE=
-sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0/go.mod h1:Ejl7/uTz7PSA4eKMyQCUTnhZYNmLIl+5c2lQPGR2BPY=
+sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v6 v6.3.1-0.20251003215857-446d8398e19c h1:RCkxmWwPjOw2O1RiDgBgI6tfISvB07jAh+GEztp7TWk=
+sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v6 v6.3.1-0.20251003215857-446d8398e19c/go.mod h1:M3W8sfWvn2HhQDIbGWj3S099YozAsymCo/wrT5ohRUE=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.6.0 h1:G8fkbMSAFqgEFgh4b1wmtzDnioxFCUgTZhlbj5P9QYs=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.6.0/go.mod h1:796bPqUfzR/0jLAl6XjHl3Ck7MiyVv8dbTdyT3/pMf4=