diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index a81aea4f2..9f528bf18 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20230501164219-8b0f38b5fd1f
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20230505201702-9f6742963106
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.15.0
-	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.2.3
+	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.3.0
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index a514e40ee..9ef415f4f 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -340,8 +340,8 @@ sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.15.0 h1:ML+5Adt3qZnMSYxZ7gAverBLNPSMQEibtzAgp0
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.15.0/go.mod h1:7ngYvp1MLT+9GeZ+6lH3LOlcHkp/+tzA/fmHa4iq9kk=
 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 v4.2.3 h1:PRbqxJClWWYMNV1dhaG4NsibJbArud9kFxnAMREiWFE=
-sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.2.3/go.mod h1:qjx8mGObPmV2aSZepjQjbmb2ihdVs8cGKBraizNC69E=
+sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.3.0 h1:UZbZAZfX0wV2zr7YZorDz6GXROfDFj6LvqCRm4VUVKk=
+sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.3.0/go.mod h1:N8hJocpFajUSSeSJ9bOZ77VzejKZaXsTtZo4/u7Io08=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.2.0/go.mod h1:yfXDCHCao9+ENCvLSE62v9VSji2MKu5jeNfTrofGhJc=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.3.0 h1:a2VclLzOGrwOHDiV8EfBGhvjHvP46CtW5j6POvhYGGo=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.3.0/go.mod h1:GeOyir5tyXNByN85N/dRIT9es5UQNerPYEKK56eTBm8=