diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 7d949d90..bf17228d 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ require (
 	sigs.k8s.io/cli-utils v0.37.2
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.19.3
 	sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20241014173422-cfa47c3a1cc8
-	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.4.3
+	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.5.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/wg-policy-prototypes v0.0.0-20241007222821-25056e1f3eb5
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 5ae82b86..7a508255 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -240,8 +240,8 @@ sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.19.3 h1:XO2GvC9OPftRst6xWCpTgBZO04S2cbp0Qqkj8b
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.19.3/go.mod h1:j4j87DqtsThvwTv5/Tc5NFRyyF/RF0ip4+62tbTSIUM=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20241014173422-cfa47c3a1cc8 h1:gBQPwqORJ8d8/YNZWEjoZs7npUVDpVXUUOFfW6CgAqE=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20241014173422-cfa47c3a1cc8/go.mod h1:mdzfpAEoE6DHQEN0uh9ZbOCuHbLK5wOm7dK4ctXE9Tg=
-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/wg-policy-prototypes v0.0.0-20241007222821-25056e1f3eb5 h1:vFTPOTqBnWwf+OGTqG4AEudGOpV5ZLlNF+e8nsPvSuw=
 sigs.k8s.io/wg-policy-prototypes v0.0.0-20241007222821-25056e1f3eb5/go.mod h1:SwYw1f7GwlQENppzm94XW/uT/xfbLwKg3iCd4uzpy4k=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0 h1:Mk1wCc2gy/F0THH0TAp1QYyJNzRm2KCLy3o5ASXVI5E=