diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 2870313563..37a919620b 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -61,15 +61,14 @@ require (
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.21.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/e2e-framework v0.6.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api v1.3.0
-	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.20.0
-	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.20.0
+	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.20.1
+	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.20.1
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.6.0
 )
 
 require (
 	cel.dev/expr v0.23.0 // indirect
 	github.com/antlr4-go/antlr/v4 v4.13.0 // indirect
-	github.com/carapace-sh/carapace-shlex v1.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/containerd/errdefs v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/containerd/errdefs/pkg v0.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/ebitengine/purego v0.8.2 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 807c674689..4006a07694 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -46,8 +46,6 @@ github.com/blang/semver/v4 v4.0.0 h1:1PFHFE6yCCTv8C1TeyNNarDzntLi7wMI5i/pzqYIsAM
 github.com/blang/semver/v4 v4.0.0/go.mod h1:IbckMUScFkM3pff0VJDNKRiT6TG/YpiHIM2yvyW5YoQ=
 github.com/bombsimon/logrusr/v3 v3.1.0 h1:zORbLM943D+hDMGgyjMhSAz/iDz86ZV72qaak/CA0zQ=
 github.com/bombsimon/logrusr/v3 v3.1.0/go.mod h1:PksPPgSFEL2I52pla2glgCyyd2OqOHAnFF5E+g8Ixco=
-github.com/carapace-sh/carapace-shlex v1.0.1 h1:ww0JCgWpOVuqWG7k3724pJ18Lq8gh5pHQs9j3ojUs1c=
-github.com/carapace-sh/carapace-shlex v1.0.1/go.mod h1:lJ4ZsdxytE0wHJ8Ta9S7Qq0XpjgjU0mdfCqiI2FHx7M=
 github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.3.0 h1:MyRJ/UdXutAwSAT+s3wNd7MfTIcy71VQueUuFK343L8=
 github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.3.0/go.mod h1:Y3VNntkOUPxTVeUxJ/G5vcM//AlwfmyYozVcomhLiZE=
 github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.3.0 h1:UL815xU9SqsFlibzuggzjXhog7bL6oX9BbNZnL2UFvs=
@@ -614,10 +612,10 @@ sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20241010143419-9aa6b5e7a4b3 h1:/Rv+M11QRah1itp8VhT6HoVx1
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20241010143419-9aa6b5e7a4b3/go.mod h1:18nIHnGi6636UCz6m8i4DhaJ65T6EruyzmoQqI2BVDo=
 sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.24.0 h1:g4y4eu0qa+SCeKESLpESgMmVFBebL0BDa6f777OIWrg=
 sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.24.0/go.mod h1:t7ueEpzPYJvHA8aeLtI52rtFftNgUYUaCwvxjk7phfw=
-sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.20.0 h1:xPLqcobHI0bThyRUteO+nCV8G4d1Rlo5HafO57VRcas=
-sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.20.0/go.mod h1:F6CfaV27oevRCMJgehLqyX81dlUnRX/Fc13Uo7+OSo4=
-sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.20.0 h1:tT8KMKi4R3hCJ1+9HDdek2VoXpkerP92ZfF6fDgGw14=
-sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.20.0/go.mod h1:0EmkQHRUsJxY8Ug9Niig1pUMSCGHxQ5RklbpV/Ri6po=
+sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.20.1 h1:iWP1Ydh3/lmldBnH/S5RXgT98vWYMaTUL1ADcr+Sv7I=
+sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.20.1/go.mod h1:t6hUFxO+Ph0VxIk1sKp1WS0dOjbPCtLJ4p8aADLwqjM=
+sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.20.1 h1:PCMnA2mrVbRP3NIB6v9kYCAc38uvFLVs8j/CD567A78=
+sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.20.1/go.mod h1:0EmkQHRUsJxY8Ug9Niig1pUMSCGHxQ5RklbpV/Ri6po=
 sigs.k8s.io/randfill v0.0.0-20250304075658-069ef1bbf016/go.mod h1:XeLlZ/jmk4i1HRopwe7/aU3H5n1zNUcX6TM94b3QxOY=
 sigs.k8s.io/randfill v1.0.0 h1:JfjMILfT8A6RbawdsK2JXGBR5AQVfd+9TbzrlneTyrU=
 sigs.k8s.io/randfill v1.0.0/go.mod h1:XeLlZ/jmk4i1HRopwe7/aU3H5n1zNUcX6TM94b3QxOY=