diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 7fd9b0a84..1a6bc9c13 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ require (
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.8
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.2.0
 	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20200805222855-6aeccd4b50c6
-	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.0.3
+	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.1.2
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.2.0
 )
+
+replace k8s.io/apimachinery => ../apimachinery
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index fe8074940..8d7644b9e 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -196,8 +196,8 @@ k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.2.0/go.mod h1:Od+F08eJP+W3HUb4pSrPpgp9DGU4GzlpG/TmITuYh/Y=
 k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20200805222855-6aeccd4b50c6 h1:+WnxoVtG8TMiudHBSEtrVL1egv36TkkJm+bA8AxicmQ=
 k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20200805222855-6aeccd4b50c6/go.mod h1:UuqjUnNftUyPE5H64/qeyjQoUZhGpeFDVdxjTeEVN2o=
 sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.0.1/go.mod h1:bJZC9H9iH24zzfZ/41RGcq60oK1F7G282QMXDPYydCw=
-sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.0.3 h1:4oyYo8NREp49LBBhKxEqCulFjg26rawYKrnCmg+Sr6c=
-sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.0.3/go.mod h1:bJZC9H9iH24zzfZ/41RGcq60oK1F7G282QMXDPYydCw=
+sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.1.2 h1:Hr/htKFmJEbtMgS/UD0N+gtgctAqz81t3nu+sPzynno=
+sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.1.2/go.mod h1:j/nl6xW8vLS49O8YvXW1ocPhZawJtm+Yrr7PPRQ0Vg4=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.1.0/go.mod h1:UJmg0vDUVViEyp3mgSv9WPwZCDxu4rQW1olrI1uml+o=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.2.0 h1:kr/MCeFWJWTwyaHoR9c8EjH9OumOmoF9YGiZd7lFm/Q=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.2.0/go.mod h1:yfXDCHCao9+ENCvLSE62v9VSji2MKu5jeNfTrofGhJc=