diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 292ed8d6..551d79dd 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.140.0
 	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20260511211612-da4e56fe5676
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20260210185600-b8788abfbbc2
-	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v6 v6.3.2
+	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v6 v6.4.0
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 8d97bd96..75f6b29a 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20250730193827-2d320260d730 h1:IpInykpT6ceI+QxKBbEflcR5E
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20250730193827-2d320260d730/go.mod h1:mdzfpAEoE6DHQEN0uh9ZbOCuHbLK5wOm7dK4ctXE9Tg=
 sigs.k8s.io/randfill v1.0.0 h1:JfjMILfT8A6RbawdsK2JXGBR5AQVfd+9TbzrlneTyrU=
 sigs.k8s.io/randfill v1.0.0/go.mod h1:XeLlZ/jmk4i1HRopwe7/aU3H5n1zNUcX6TM94b3QxOY=
-sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v6 v6.3.2 h1:kwVWMx5yS1CrnFWA/2QHyRVJ8jM6dBA80uLmm0wJkk8=
-sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v6 v6.3.2/go.mod h1:M3W8sfWvn2HhQDIbGWj3S099YozAsymCo/wrT5ohRUE=
+sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v6 v6.4.0 h1:qmp2e3ZfFi1/jJbDGpD4mt3wyp6PE1NfKHCYLqgNQJo=
+sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v6 v6.4.0/go.mod h1:M3W8sfWvn2HhQDIbGWj3S099YozAsymCo/wrT5ohRUE=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.6.0 h1:G8fkbMSAFqgEFgh4b1wmtzDnioxFCUgTZhlbj5P9QYs=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.6.0/go.mod h1:796bPqUfzR/0jLAl6XjHl3Ck7MiyVv8dbTdyT3/pMf4=