diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index d1ebef55a8d..daee77ad4b8 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/sample-apiserver v0.0.0
 	k8s.io/system-validators v1.5.0
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20210930125809-cb0fa318a74b
-	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.1.2
+	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.2.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.2.0
 )
 
@@ -522,6 +522,6 @@ replace (
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config => sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config v0.9.13
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kustomize/v4 => sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kustomize/v4 v4.2.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml => sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.11.0
-	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 => sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.1.2
+	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 => sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.2.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml => sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.2.0
 )