diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index c01f4349..a582cb53 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/kubectl v0.31.0
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240711033017-18e509b52bc8
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.19.0
-	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.4.3
+	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.5.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0
 )
 
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index e019eb08..91329f4d 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.19.0 h1:nWVM7aq+Il2ABxwiCizrVDSlmDcshi9llbaFbC
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.19.0/go.mod h1:iRmWllt8IlaLjvTTDLhRBXIEtkCK6hwVBJJsYS9Ajf4=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd h1:EDPBXCAspyGV4jQlpZSudPeMmr1bNJefnuqLsRAsHZo=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd/go.mod h1:B8JuhiUyNFVKdsE8h686QcCxMaH6HrOAZj4vswFpcB0=
-sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.4.3 h1:sCP7Vv3xx/CWIuTPVN38lUPx0uw0lcLfzaiDa8Ja01A=
-sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.4.3/go.mod h1:N8f93tFZh9U6vpxwRArLiikrE5/2tiu1w1AGfACIGE4=
+sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.5.0 h1:nbCitCK2hfnhyiKo6uf2HxUPTCodY6Qaf85SbDIaMBk=
+sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.5.0/go.mod h1:N8f93tFZh9U6vpxwRArLiikrE5/2tiu1w1AGfACIGE4=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0 h1:Mk1wCc2gy/F0THH0TAp1QYyJNzRm2KCLy3o5ASXVI5E=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0/go.mod h1:Ejl7/uTz7PSA4eKMyQCUTnhZYNmLIl+5c2lQPGR2BPY=