diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 7fa8c324a4..ae3d7b5a51 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ require (
 	knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20241021183759-9b9d535af5ad
 	knative.dev/serving v0.42.2
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.18.5
-	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.4.1
+	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.4.3
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index f6f5c5cafd..81b0f08c44 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -864,8 +864,8 @@ sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.18.5 h1:nTHio/W+Q4aBlQMgbnC5hZb4IjIidyrizMai9P
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.18.5/go.mod h1:TVoGrfdpbA9VRFaRnKgk9P5/atA0pMwq+f+msb9M8Sg=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd h1:EDPBXCAspyGV4jQlpZSudPeMmr1bNJefnuqLsRAsHZo=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd/go.mod h1:B8JuhiUyNFVKdsE8h686QcCxMaH6HrOAZj4vswFpcB0=
-sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.4.1 h1:150L+0vs/8DA78h1u02ooW1/fFq/Lwr+sGiqlzvrtq4=
-sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.4.1/go.mod h1:N8hJocpFajUSSeSJ9bOZ77VzejKZaXsTtZo4/u7Io08=
+sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.4.3 h1:sCP7Vv3xx/CWIuTPVN38lUPx0uw0lcLfzaiDa8Ja01A=
+sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.4.3/go.mod h1:N8f93tFZh9U6vpxwRArLiikrE5/2tiu1w1AGfACIGE4=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.2.0/go.mod h1:yfXDCHCao9+ENCvLSE62v9VSji2MKu5jeNfTrofGhJc=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0 h1:Mk1wCc2gy/F0THH0TAp1QYyJNzRm2KCLy3o5ASXVI5E=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0/go.mod h1:Ejl7/uTz7PSA4eKMyQCUTnhZYNmLIl+5c2lQPGR2BPY=