diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index d406597e..cb9f3c5c 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.31.2
 	sigs.k8s.io/cli-utils v0.37.2
 	sigs.k8s.io/e2e-framework v0.5.0
-	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.17.2
+	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.18.1
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0
 )
 
@@ -163,7 +163,6 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.28.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.28.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.28.0 // indirect
-	go.starlark.net v0.0.0-20240123142251-f86470692795 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.27.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240222234643-814bf88cf225 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index ce2c278c..e63810d0 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -511,8 +511,6 @@ go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.28.0 h1:GhQ9cUuQGmNDd5BTCP2dAvv75RdMxEfTmYejp+
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.28.0/go.mod h1:jPyXzNPg6da9+38HEwElrQiHlVMTnVfM3/yv2OlIHaI=
 go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v1.3.1 h1:TrMUixzpM0yuc/znrFTP9MMRh8trP93mkCiDVeXrui0=
 go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v1.3.1/go.mod h1:0X1WI4de4ZsLrrJNLAQbFeLCm3T7yBkR0XqQ7niQU+8=
-go.starlark.net v0.0.0-20240123142251-f86470692795 h1:LmbG8Pq7KDGkglKVn8VpZOZj6vb9b8nKEGcg9l03epM=
-go.starlark.net v0.0.0-20240123142251-f86470692795/go.mod h1:LcLNIzVOMp4oV+uusnpk+VU+SzXaJakUuBjoCSWH5dM=
 go.uber.org/goleak v1.3.0 h1:2K3zAYmnTNqV73imy9J1T3WC+gmCePx2hEGkimedGto=
 go.uber.org/goleak v1.3.0/go.mod h1:CoHD4mav9JJNrW/WLlf7HGZPjdw8EucARQHekz1X6bE=
 go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0 h1:blXXJkSxSSfBVBlC76pxqeO+LN3aDfLQo+309xJstO0=
@@ -677,8 +675,8 @@ 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/kustomize/api v0.17.2 h1:E7/Fjk7V5fboiuijoZHgs4aHuexi5Y2loXlVOAVAG5g=
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.17.2/go.mod h1:UWTz9Ct+MvoeQsHcJ5e+vziRRkwimm3HytpZgIYqye0=
-sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.17.2 h1:+AzvoJUY0kq4QAhH/ydPHHMRLijtUKiyVyh7fOSshr0=
-sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.17.2/go.mod h1:9V0mCjIEYjlXuCdYsSXvyoy2BTsLESH7TlGV81S282U=
+sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.18.1 h1:WvBo56Wzw3fjS+7vBjN6TeivvpbW9GmRaWZ9CIVmt4E=
+sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.18.1/go.mod h1:C3L2BFVU1jgcddNBE1TxuVLgS46TjObMwW5FT9FcjYo=
 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/yaml v1.4.0 h1:Mk1wCc2gy/F0THH0TAp1QYyJNzRm2KCLy3o5ASXVI5E=