diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index ae3d3a178..e64bff193 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ require (
 	gopkg.in/evanphx/json-patch.v4 v4.13.0 // indirect
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20251002143259-bc988d571ff4 // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/randfill v1.0.0 // indirect
-	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.7.0 // indirect
+	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v6 v6.3.1 // indirect
 )
 
 require github.com/prometheus-operator/prometheus-operator/pkg/apis/monitoring v0.85.0