diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 0922a36..400e906 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20241127205056-99599406b04f
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20241104163129-6fe5fd82f078
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.18.1
-	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.4.3
+	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.5.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0
 )
 
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 5477b61..69de29a 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -673,7 +673,7 @@ sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20241014173422-cfa47c3a1cc8 h1:gBQPwqORJ8d8/YNZWEjoZs7np
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20241014173422-cfa47c3a1cc8/go.mod h1:mdzfpAEoE6DHQEN0uh9ZbOCuHbLK5wOm7dK4ctXE9Tg=
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.18.1 h1:WvBo56Wzw3fjS+7vBjN6TeivvpbW9GmRaWZ9CIVmt4E=
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.18.1/go.mod h1:C3L2BFVU1jgcddNBE1TxuVLgS46TjObMwW5FT9FcjYo=
-sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.4.3 h1:sCP7Vv3xx/CWIuTPVN38lUPx0uw0lcLfzaiDa8Ja01A=
-sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.4.3/go.mod h1:N8f93tFZh9U6vpxwRArLiikrE5/2tiu1w1AGfACIGE4=
+sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.5.0 h1:nbCitCK2hfnhyiKo6uf2HxUPTCodY6Qaf85SbDIaMBk=
+sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.5.0/go.mod h1:N8f93tFZh9U6vpxwRArLiikrE5/2tiu1w1AGfACIGE4=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0 h1:Mk1wCc2gy/F0THH0TAp1QYyJNzRm2KCLy3o5ASXVI5E=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0/go.mod h1:Ejl7/uTz7PSA4eKMyQCUTnhZYNmLIl+5c2lQPGR2BPY=