diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index f0cd8e47c..8b366cddc 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ require (
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20210107192922-496545a6307b // indirect
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.9.0
 	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20210421082810-95288971da7e
-	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.1.1
+	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.1.2
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.2.0
 )
+
+replace k8s.io/apimachinery => ../apimachinery
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 02349d208..3d7e45d0d 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.9.0/go.mod h1:hy9LJ/NvuK+iVyP4Ehqva4HxZG/oXyIS3n3Jmire4Ec=
 k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20210421082810-95288971da7e h1:KLHHjkdQFomZy8+06csTWZ0m1343QqxZhR2LJ1OxCYM=
 k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20210421082810-95288971da7e/go.mod h1:vHXdDvt9+2spS2Rx9ql3I8tycm3H9FDfdUoIuKCefvw=
 sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.0.2/go.mod h1:bJZC9H9iH24zzfZ/41RGcq60oK1F7G282QMXDPYydCw=
-sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.1.1 h1:nYqY2A6oy37sKLYuSBXuQhbj4JVclzJK13BOIvJG5XU=
-sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.1.1/go.mod h1:bJZC9H9iH24zzfZ/41RGcq60oK1F7G282QMXDPYydCw=
+sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.1.2 h1:Hr/htKFmJEbtMgS/UD0N+gtgctAqz81t3nu+sPzynno=
+sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.1.2/go.mod h1:j/nl6xW8vLS49O8YvXW1ocPhZawJtm+Yrr7PPRQ0Vg4=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.2.0 h1:kr/MCeFWJWTwyaHoR9c8EjH9OumOmoF9YGiZd7lFm/Q=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.2.0/go.mod h1:yfXDCHCao9+ENCvLSE62v9VSji2MKu5jeNfTrofGhJc=