diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index bfb73c8..60bb76f 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.90.0 // indirect
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20230115233650-391b47cb4029 // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd // indirect
-	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.2.3 // indirect
+	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v6 v6.4.2 // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.3.0 // indirect
 )