diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 70b3472d96..ba8551de35 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ require (
 	knative.dev/serving v0.49.1
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.24.1
 	sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api v1.6.1
-	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v6 v6.4.0
+	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v6 v6.4.2
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index dba09066a5..677837e3e5 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -505,8 +505,8 @@ 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 v6.4.0 h1:qmp2e3ZfFi1/jJbDGpD4mt3wyp6PE1NfKHCYLqgNQJo=
-sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v6 v6.4.0/go.mod h1:M3W8sfWvn2HhQDIbGWj3S099YozAsymCo/wrT5ohRUE=
+sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v6 v6.4.2 h1:qdOxHwrl2Kaag1aQEarlYcOA9vSyGCp3CIki3aW8c4Q=
+sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v6 v6.4.2/go.mod h1:M3W8sfWvn2HhQDIbGWj3S099YozAsymCo/wrT5ohRUE=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.2.0/go.mod h1:yfXDCHCao9+ENCvLSE62v9VSji2MKu5jeNfTrofGhJc=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.6.0 h1:G8fkbMSAFqgEFgh4b1wmtzDnioxFCUgTZhlbj5P9QYs=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.6.0/go.mod h1:796bPqUfzR/0jLAl6XjHl3Ck7MiyVv8dbTdyT3/pMf4=