diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 9cf4685..419b8e8 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 v4.5.0
+replace sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 => sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.6.0
 
 require (
 	github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager v1.17.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 291efe7..c3a9f67 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -314,7 +314,9 @@ sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api v1.1.1 h1:N6iO0Rjao3Eu2aj9bslYhIZg/pGBOB2CZPt6qVneq6s=
 sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api v1.1.1/go.mod h1:ZH4lHrL2sDi0FHZ9jjneb8kKnGzFWyrTya35sWUTrRs=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20241014173422-cfa47c3a1cc8 h1:gBQPwqORJ8d8/YNZWEjoZs7npUVDpVXUUOFfW6CgAqE=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20241014173422-cfa47c3a1cc8/go.mod h1:mdzfpAEoE6DHQEN0uh9ZbOCuHbLK5wOm7dK4ctXE9Tg=
-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/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/yaml v1.4.0 h1:Mk1wCc2gy/F0THH0TAp1QYyJNzRm2KCLy3o5ASXVI5E=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0/go.mod h1:Ejl7/uTz7PSA4eKMyQCUTnhZYNmLIl+5c2lQPGR2BPY=