diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index e0ee85410f..c526c589ed 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20250814151709-d7b6acb124c3
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20250820121507-0af2bda4dd1d
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.22.3
-	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v6 v6.3.0
+	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v6 v6.3.1
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.6.0
 )
 
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 6a1766179e..403d087c0d 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20250730193827-2d320260d730 h1:IpInykpT6ceI+QxKBbEflcR5E
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20250730193827-2d320260d730/go.mod h1:mdzfpAEoE6DHQEN0uh9ZbOCuHbLK5wOm7dK4ctXE9Tg=
 sigs.k8s.io/randfill v1.0.0 h1:JfjMILfT8A6RbawdsK2JXGBR5AQVfd+9TbzrlneTyrU=
 sigs.k8s.io/randfill v1.0.0/go.mod h1:XeLlZ/jmk4i1HRopwe7/aU3H5n1zNUcX6TM94b3QxOY=
-sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v6 v6.3.0 h1:jTijUJbW353oVOd9oTlifJqOGEkUw2jB/fXCbTiQEco=
-sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v6 v6.3.0/go.mod h1:M3W8sfWvn2HhQDIbGWj3S099YozAsymCo/wrT5ohRUE=
+sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v6 v6.3.1 h1:JrhdFMqOd/+3ByqlP2I45kTOZmTRLBUm5pvRjeheg7E=
+sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v6 v6.3.1/go.mod h1:M3W8sfWvn2HhQDIbGWj3S099YozAsymCo/wrT5ohRUE=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.6.0 h1:G8fkbMSAFqgEFgh4b1wmtzDnioxFCUgTZhlbj5P9QYs=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.6.0/go.mod h1:796bPqUfzR/0jLAl6XjHl3Ck7MiyVv8dbTdyT3/pMf4=