diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 064e4810..7b971066 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ require (
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.16.3
 	sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api v0.8.1
 	sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.20.0
-	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.14.0
+	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.15.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.15.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.3.0
 )
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/tools v0.13.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20231002182017-d307bd883b97 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20231012201019-e917dd12ba7a // indirect
+	gopkg.in/evanphx/json-patch.v5 v5.6.0 // indirect
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 5f6ec0df..a029f340 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -788,6 +788,8 @@ gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20200902074654-038fdea0a05b/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20201130134442-10cb98267c6c h1:Hei/4ADfdWqJk1ZMxUNpqntNwaWcugrBjAiHlqqRiVk=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20201130134442-10cb98267c6c/go.mod h1:JHkPIbrfpd72SG/EVd6muEfDQjcINNoR0C8j2r3qZ4Q=
 gopkg.in/errgo.v2 v2.1.0/go.mod h1:hNsd1EY+bozCKY1Ytp96fpM3vjJbqLJn88ws8XvfDNI=
+gopkg.in/evanphx/json-patch.v5 v5.6.0 h1:BMT6KIwBD9CaU91PJCZIe46bDmBWa9ynTQgJIOpfQBk=
+gopkg.in/evanphx/json-patch.v5 v5.6.0/go.mod h1:/kvTRh1TVm5wuM6OkHxqXtE/1nUZZpihg29RtuIyfvk=
 gopkg.in/inf.v0 v0.9.1 h1:73M5CoZyi3ZLMOyDlQh031Cx6N9NDJ2Vvfl76EDAgDc=
 gopkg.in/inf.v0 v0.9.1/go.mod h1:cWUDdTG/fYaXco+Dcufb5Vnc6Gp2YChqWtbxRZE0mXw=
 gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.67.0 h1:Dgnx+6+nfE+IfzjUEISNeydPJh9AXNNsWbGP9KzCsOA=
@@ -839,8 +841,8 @@ sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd h1:EDPBXCAspyGV4jQlpZSudPeMm
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd/go.mod h1:B8JuhiUyNFVKdsE8h686QcCxMaH6HrOAZj4vswFpcB0=
 sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.20.0 h1:f0sc3v9mQbGnjBUaqSFST1dwIuiikKVGgoTwpoP33a8=
 sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.20.0/go.mod h1:aBlbxg08cauDgZ612shr017/rZwqd7AS563FvpWKPVs=
-sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.14.0 h1:6+QLmXXA8X4eDM7ejeaNUyruA1DDB3PVIjbpVhDOJRA=
-sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.14.0/go.mod h1:vmOXlC8BcmcUJQjiceUbcyQ75JBP6eg8sgoyzc+eLpQ=
+sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.15.0 h1:6Ca88kEOBVotHDw+y2IsIMYtg9Pvv7MKpW9JMyF/OH4=
+sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.15.0/go.mod h1:p19kb+E14gN7zcIBR/nhByJDAfUa7N8mp6ZdH/mMXbg=
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.15.0 h1:ynlLMAxDhrY9otSg5GYE2TcIz31XkGZ2Pkj7SdolD84=
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.15.0/go.mod h1:+uMkBahdU1KNOj78Uta4rrXH+iH7wvg+nW7+GULvREA=
 sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.3.0 h1:UZbZAZfX0wV2zr7YZorDz6GXROfDFj6LvqCRm4VUVKk=