diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 60399e2f119b..40682eb37d1f 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/containerd/platforms v1.0.0-rc.1
 	github.com/containerd/typeurl/v2 v2.2.3
 	github.com/creack/pty v1.1.24
-	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.2-0.20180830191138-d8f796af33cc
+	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1
 	github.com/distribution/reference v0.6.0
 	github.com/docker/cli v27.5.0+incompatible
 	github.com/docker/cli-docs-tool v0.9.0
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.2 // indirect
 	github.com/munnerz/goautoneg v0.0.0-20191010083416-a7dc8b61c822 // indirect
 	github.com/mxk/go-flowrate v0.0.0-20140419014527-cca7078d478f // indirect
-	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.1-0.20181226105442-5d4384ee4fb2 // indirect
+	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.20.5 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.6.1 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/common v0.55.0 // indirect
@@ -182,3 +182,12 @@ require (
 	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.4.1 // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0 // indirect
 )
+
+exclude (
+	// FIXME(thaJeztah): remoove this once kubernetes updated their dependencies to no longer need this.
+	//
+	// For additional details, see this PR and links mentioned in that PR:
+	// https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kustomize/pull/5830#issuecomment-2569960859
+	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.2-0.20180830191138-d8f796af33cc
+	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.1-0.20181226105442-5d4384ee4fb2
+)
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index d4ac7b134e44..aca313d3dcd1 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -117,9 +117,8 @@ github.com/creack/pty v1.1.9/go.mod h1:oKZEueFk5CKHvIhNR5MUki03XCEU+Q6VDXinZuGJ3
 github.com/creack/pty v1.1.24 h1:bJrF4RRfyJnbTJqzRLHzcGaZK1NeM5kTC9jGgovnR1s=
 github.com/creack/pty v1.1.24/go.mod h1:08sCNb52WyoAwi2QDyzUCTgcvVFhUzewun7wtTfvcwE=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
+github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
-github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.2-0.20180830191138-d8f796af33cc h1:U9qPSI2PIWSS1VwoXQT9A3Wy9MM3WgvqSxFWenqJduM=
-github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.2-0.20180830191138-d8f796af33cc/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/denisenkom/go-mssqldb v0.0.0-20191128021309-1d7a30a10f73/go.mod h1:xbL0rPBG9cCiLr28tMa8zpbdarY27NDyej4t/EjAShU=
 github.com/distribution/reference v0.6.0 h1:0IXCQ5g4/QMHHkarYzh5l+u8T3t73zM5QvfrDyIgxBk=
 github.com/distribution/reference v0.6.0/go.mod h1:BbU0aIcezP1/5jX/8MP0YiH4SdvB5Y4f/wlDRiLyi3E=
@@ -366,9 +365,8 @@ github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 h1:FEBLx1zS214owpjy7qsBeixbURkuhQAwrK5UwLGTwt4=
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINEl0=
 github.com/planetscale/vtprotobuf v0.6.1-0.20240319094008-0393e58bdf10 h1:GFCKgmp0tecUJ0sJuv4pzYCqS9+RGSn52M3FUwPs+uo=
 github.com/planetscale/vtprotobuf v0.6.1-0.20240319094008-0393e58bdf10/go.mod h1:t/avpk3KcrXxUnYOhZhMXJlSEyie6gQbtLq5NM3loB8=
+github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
-github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.1-0.20181226105442-5d4384ee4fb2 h1:Jamvg5psRIccs7FGNTlIRMkT8wgtp5eCXdBlqhYGL6U=
-github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.1-0.20181226105442-5d4384ee4fb2/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
 github.com/prometheus/client_golang v0.9.0-pre1.0.20180209125602-c332b6f63c06/go.mod h1:7SWBe2y4D6OKWSNQJUaRYU/AaXPKyh/dDVn+NZz0KFw=
 github.com/prometheus/client_golang v0.9.1/go.mod h1:7SWBe2y4D6OKWSNQJUaRYU/AaXPKyh/dDVn+NZz0KFw=
 github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.0.0/go.mod h1:db9x61etRT2tGnBNRi70OPL5FsnadC4Ky3P0J6CfImo=
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index f7c7a68c887a..e68d295a5b94 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2/md2man
 # github.com/creack/pty v1.1.24
 ## explicit; go 1.18
 github.com/creack/pty
-# github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.2-0.20180830191138-d8f796af33cc
+# github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1
 ## explicit
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew/spew
 # github.com/distribution/reference v0.6.0
@@ -654,7 +654,7 @@ github.com/planetscale/vtprotobuf/generator/pattern
 github.com/planetscale/vtprotobuf/protohelpers
 github.com/planetscale/vtprotobuf/types/known/timestamppb
 github.com/planetscale/vtprotobuf/vtproto
-# github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.1-0.20181226105442-5d4384ee4fb2
+# github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0
 ## explicit
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib/difflib
 # github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.20.5