diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 520fd17a..9067dc1a 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/api v0.35.3
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.35.3
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.35.3
-	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 60ee1d16..9a7599c0 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ 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=