diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index e2ac5131a..dde5e8d7d 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -147,5 +147,5 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20240808142205-8e686545bdb8 // indirect
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240711033017-18e509b52bc8 // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd // indirect
-	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.4.1 // indirect
+	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v6 v6.3.2 // indirect
 )