diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 27b9454..d946d8e 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ go 1.23.0
 // please place any replace statements here at the top for visibility and add a
 // comment to it as to when it can be removed
 
-replace sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 => sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.6.0
+replace sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 => sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.7.0
 
 require (
 	github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager v1.17.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index a562c1a..07f7ae4 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20241014173422-cfa47c3a1cc8 h1:gBQPwqORJ8d8/YNZWEjoZs7np
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20241014173422-cfa47c3a1cc8/go.mod h1:mdzfpAEoE6DHQEN0uh9ZbOCuHbLK5wOm7dK4ctXE9Tg=
 sigs.k8s.io/randfill v0.0.0-20250304075658-069ef1bbf016 h1:kXv6kKdoEtedwuqMmkqhbkgvYKeycVbC8+iPCP9j5kQ=
 sigs.k8s.io/randfill v0.0.0-20250304075658-069ef1bbf016/go.mod h1:XeLlZ/jmk4i1HRopwe7/aU3H5n1zNUcX6TM94b3QxOY=
-sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.6.0 h1:IUA9nvMmnKWcj5jl84xn+T5MnlZKThmUW1TdblaLVAc=
-sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.6.0/go.mod h1:dDy58f92j70zLsuZVuUX5Wp9vtxXpaZnkPGWeqDfCps=
+sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.7.0 h1:qPeWmscJcXP0snki5IYF79Z8xrl8ETFxgMd7wez1XkI=
+sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.7.0/go.mod h1:dDy58f92j70zLsuZVuUX5Wp9vtxXpaZnkPGWeqDfCps=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0 h1:Mk1wCc2gy/F0THH0TAp1QYyJNzRm2KCLy3o5ASXVI5E=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0/go.mod h1:Ejl7/uTz7PSA4eKMyQCUTnhZYNmLIl+5c2lQPGR2BPY=