diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 6891575c2a38f..14bf479af72bf 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ require (
 	layeh.com/gopher-json v0.0.0-20190114024228-97fed8db8427
 	oras.land/oras-go/v2 v2.5.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.19.4
-	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.4.4-0.20241211184406-7bf59b3d70ee
+	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 68005c50c0abf..b7861f7a00ae0 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1473,8 +1473,8 @@ sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.17.1 h1:TnxYQxFXzbmNG6gOINgGWQt09GghzgTP6mIurOgrL
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.17.1/go.mod h1:9V0mCjIEYjlXuCdYsSXvyoy2BTsLESH7TlGV81S282U=
 sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.2.3/go.mod h1:qjx8mGObPmV2aSZepjQjbmb2ihdVs8cGKBraizNC69E=
 sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.4.1/go.mod h1:N8hJocpFajUSSeSJ9bOZ77VzejKZaXsTtZo4/u7Io08=
-sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.4.4-0.20241211184406-7bf59b3d70ee h1:ipT2c6nEOdAfBwiwW1oI0mkrlPabbXEFmJBrg6B+OR8=
-sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.4.4-0.20241211184406-7bf59b3d70ee/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 v1.1.0/go.mod h1:UJmg0vDUVViEyp3mgSv9WPwZCDxu4rQW1olrI1uml+o=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.2.0/go.mod h1:yfXDCHCao9+ENCvLSE62v9VSji2MKu5jeNfTrofGhJc=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0 h1:Mk1wCc2gy/F0THH0TAp1QYyJNzRm2KCLy3o5ASXVI5E=