diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 731093f20c..9bdf7bb082 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ require (
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.15.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.15.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/release-utils v0.7.6
-	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.3.0
+	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.4.1
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.3.0
 )
 
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index ac2513fd80..8be94d37d3 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -2459,8 +2459,8 @@ sigs.k8s.io/release-utils v0.7.6 h1:mQxQRAIulbyz6y7eOCzklAelcpYjBj8MMGFcxNnyqto=
 sigs.k8s.io/release-utils v0.7.6/go.mod h1:GZGWmbINwsLGKsoZKTeWUGp4F+Rbwhq4XDtJ45N+dLw=
 sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.0.2/go.mod h1:bJZC9H9iH24zzfZ/41RGcq60oK1F7G282QMXDPYydCw=
 sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.1.0/go.mod h1:bJZC9H9iH24zzfZ/41RGcq60oK1F7G282QMXDPYydCw=
-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/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.4.1 h1:150L+0vs/8DA78h1u02ooW1/fFq/Lwr+sGiqlzvrtq4=
+sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.4.1/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=