diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 5f265d7551aab..94e5d1cf199b4 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ require (
 	layeh.com/gopher-json v0.0.0-20190114024228-97fed8db8427
 	oras.land/oras-go/v2 v2.2.1
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.11.0
-	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.2.3
+	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.3.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.3.0
 )
 
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index b2a7583bb5405..1c7bd880d5208 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -2889,8 +2889,8 @@ sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.13.6 h1:eF+wsn4J7GOAXlvajv6OknSunxpcOBQQqsnPxObtk
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.13.6/go.mod h1:yHP031rn1QX1lr/Xd934Ri/xdVNG8BE2ECa78Ht/kEg=
 sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.0.2/go.mod h1:bJZC9H9iH24zzfZ/41RGcq60oK1F7G282QMXDPYydCw=
 sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.2.1/go.mod h1:j/nl6xW8vLS49O8YvXW1ocPhZawJtm+Yrr7PPRQ0Vg4=
-sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.2.3 h1:PRbqxJClWWYMNV1dhaG4NsibJbArud9kFxnAMREiWFE=
-sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.2.3/go.mod h1:qjx8mGObPmV2aSZepjQjbmb2ihdVs8cGKBraizNC69E=
+sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.3.0 h1:UZbZAZfX0wV2zr7YZorDz6GXROfDFj6LvqCRm4VUVKk=
+sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.3.0/go.mod h1:N8hJocpFajUSSeSJ9bOZ77VzejKZaXsTtZo4/u7Io08=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.1.0/go.mod h1:UJmg0vDUVViEyp3mgSv9WPwZCDxu4rQW1olrI1uml+o=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.2.0/go.mod h1:yfXDCHCao9+ENCvLSE62v9VSji2MKu5jeNfTrofGhJc=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.3.0 h1:a2VclLzOGrwOHDiV8EfBGhvjHvP46CtW5j6POvhYGGo=