diff --git a/examples/go-integration-coverage/k8s/overlays/coverage/Kustomization b/examples/go-integration-coverage/k8s/overlays/coverage/Kustomization
index 0c1db67729f..2c2212f2aa6 100644
--- a/examples/go-integration-coverage/k8s/overlays/coverage/Kustomization
+++ b/examples/go-integration-coverage/k8s/overlays/coverage/Kustomization
@@ -23,5 +23,5 @@ bases:
 replicas:
 - name: go-integration-coverage
   count: 1
-patches:
+patchesStrategicMerge:
 - coverage-patch.yaml
diff --git a/examples/kustomize/kustomization.yaml b/examples/kustomize/kustomization.yaml
index 88b1320b5b9..b8ccd4d908d 100644
--- a/examples/kustomize/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/examples/kustomize/kustomization.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 resources:
   - deployment.yaml
-patches:
+patchesStrategicMerge:
   - patch.yaml
diff --git a/integration/examples/go-integration-coverage/k8s/overlays/coverage/Kustomization b/integration/examples/go-integration-coverage/k8s/overlays/coverage/Kustomization
index 0c1db67729f..2c2212f2aa6 100644
--- a/integration/examples/go-integration-coverage/k8s/overlays/coverage/Kustomization
+++ b/integration/examples/go-integration-coverage/k8s/overlays/coverage/Kustomization
@@ -23,5 +23,5 @@ bases:
 replicas:
 - name: go-integration-coverage
   count: 1
-patches:
+patchesStrategicMerge:
 - coverage-patch.yaml
diff --git a/integration/examples/kustomize/kustomization.yaml b/integration/examples/kustomize/kustomization.yaml
index 88b1320b5b9..b8ccd4d908d 100644
--- a/integration/examples/kustomize/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/integration/examples/kustomize/kustomization.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 resources:
   - deployment.yaml
-patches:
+patchesStrategicMerge:
   - patch.yaml