diff --git a/api/internal/wrappy/wnode.go b/api/internal/wrappy/wnode.go
index 901925d575..a74ef6308a 100644
--- a/api/internal/wrappy/wnode.go
+++ b/api/internal/wrappy/wnode.go
@@ -91,8 +91,8 @@ func (wn *WNode) GetFieldValue(path string) (interface{}, error) {
 	// Return value as slice for SequenceNode kind
 	if yn.Kind == yaml.SequenceNode {
 		var result []interface{}
-		for _, node := range yn.Content {
-			result = append(result, node.Value)
+		if err := yn.Decode(&result); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
 		}
 		return result, nil
 	}
diff --git a/api/internal/wrappy/wnode_test.go b/api/internal/wrappy/wnode_test.go
index 45754977e6..c3c7c29f11 100644
--- a/api/internal/wrappy/wnode_test.go
+++ b/api/internal/wrappy/wnode_test.go
@@ -377,6 +377,39 @@ func TestGetFieldValueReturnsSlice(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestGetFieldValueReturnsSliceOfMappings(t *testing.T) {
+	bytes, err := yaml.Marshal(makeBigMap())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected yaml.Marshal err: %v", err)
+	}
+	rNode, err := kyaml.Parse(string(bytes))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected yaml.Marshal err: %v", err)
+	}
+	wn := FromRNode(rNode)
+	expected := []interface{}{
+		map[string]interface{}{
+			"field1": "idx0foo",
+			"field2": "idx0bar",
+		},
+		map[string]interface{}{
+			"field1": "idx1foo",
+			"field2": "idx1bar",
+		},
+		map[string]interface{}{
+			"field1": "idx2foo",
+			"field2": "idx2bar",
+		},
+	}
+	actual, err := wn.GetFieldValue("those")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("error getting slice: %v", err)
+	}
+	if diff := cmp.Diff(expected, actual); diff != "" {
+		t.Fatalf("actual slice does not deep equal expected slice:\n%v", diff)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestGetFieldValueReturnsString(t *testing.T) {
 	wn := NewWNode()
 	if err := wn.UnmarshalJSON([]byte(deploymentBiggerJson)); err != nil {
diff --git a/kustomize/go.mod b/kustomize/go.mod
index 68d0214453..4f6324e924 100644
--- a/kustomize/go.mod
+++ b/kustomize/go.mod
@@ -19,3 +19,5 @@ exclude (
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.2.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config v0.2.0
 )
+
+replace sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.7.0 => ../api
diff --git a/kustomize/go.sum b/kustomize/go.sum
index 646ec82b83..961a46e116 100644
--- a/kustomize/go.sum
+++ b/kustomize/go.sum
@@ -623,8 +623,6 @@ k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20200324210504-a9aa75ae1b89/go.mod h1:sZAwmy6armz5eXlNoLmJcl
 mvdan.cc/interfacer v0.0.0-20180901003855-c20040233aed/go.mod h1:Xkxe497xwlCKkIaQYRfC7CSLworTXY9RMqwhhCm+8Nc=
 mvdan.cc/lint v0.0.0-20170908181259-adc824a0674b/go.mod h1:2odslEg/xrtNQqCYg2/jCoyKnw3vv5biOc3JnIcYfL4=
 mvdan.cc/unparam v0.0.0-20190720180237-d51796306d8f/go.mod h1:4G1h5nDURzA3bwVMZIVpwbkw+04kSxk3rAtzlimaUJw=
-sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.7.0 h1:djxH9k1izeU1BvdP1i23qqKwhmWu2BuKNEKr/Da7Dpw=
-sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.7.0/go.mod h1:3TxKEyaxwOIfHmRbQF14hDUSRmVQI0iSn8qDA5zaO/0=
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config v0.8.6 h1:Rr7eyD+h32OfruN6V+cgUqHRpC2Y5ZnjjAPbjhKFLGE=
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config v0.8.6/go.mod h1:e4PgdLUNnkf+Iapvjyb6gTG9DZQkDZIR6uS1Bv4YA6s=
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.10.3 h1:ARSJUMN/c3k31DYxRfZ+vp/UepUQjg9zCwny7Oj908I=