diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 14c978b807..edb4dc336c 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ require (
 	knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20231011193800-bd99f2f98be7
 	knative.dev/serving v0.38.2
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.15.2
-	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.4.0
+	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.4.1
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 1a4e91c958..ac0b141ea8 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -914,8 +914,8 @@ sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.15.2 h1:9V7b7SDQSJ08IIsJ6CY1CE85Okhp87dyTMNDG0
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.15.2/go.mod h1:7ngYvp1MLT+9GeZ+6lH3LOlcHkp/+tzA/fmHa4iq9kk=
 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 v4.4.0 h1:ZNWce/g8uFW41cK9XYCj7RRt6919IWznPZ2VOCuHLjg=
-sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.4.0/go.mod h1:N8hJocpFajUSSeSJ9bOZ77VzejKZaXsTtZo4/u7Io08=
+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 v1.2.0/go.mod h1:yfXDCHCao9+ENCvLSE62v9VSji2MKu5jeNfTrofGhJc=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.3.0 h1:a2VclLzOGrwOHDiV8EfBGhvjHvP46CtW5j6POvhYGGo=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.3.0/go.mod h1:GeOyir5tyXNByN85N/dRIT9es5UQNerPYEKK56eTBm8=