diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 54df18a..71c00bc 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -99,6 +99,6 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.120.1 // indirect
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240310230437-4693a0247e57 // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd // indirect
-	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.4.1 // indirect
+	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v6 v6.4.2 // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0 // indirect
 )