diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index f1f5ae1..517113a 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -356,6 +356,6 @@ replace (
 	go.etcd.io/etcd/pkg/v3 => go.etcd.io/etcd/pkg/v3 v3.5.0-alpha.0
 	k8s.io/cli-runtime => k8s.io/cli-runtime v0.26.4
 	k8s.io/kube-openapi => k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20230109183929-3758b55a6596
-	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api => sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.12.1
+	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api => sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.16.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml => sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.13.9
 )