diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 267d98d095..c9218c5669 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/kubectl v0.31.1
 	oras.land/oras-go/v2 v2.5.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/cli-utils v0.37.2
-	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.17.3
-	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.17.2
+	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.18.0
+	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.18.1
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0
 )
 
@@ -518,7 +518,6 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.29.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.29.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.29.0 // indirect
-	go.starlark.net v0.0.0-20230525235612-a134d8f9ddca // indirect
 	go.step.sm/crypto v0.51.2 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index a43bdc117c..a81f4be2fd 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1779,8 +1779,6 @@ go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.29.0/go.mod h1:eHl3w0sp3paPkYstJOmAimxhiFXPg+M
 go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v0.7.0/go.mod h1:PqfVotwruBrMGOCsRd/89rSnXhoiJIqeYNgFYFoEGnI=
 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 v0.0.0-20230525235612-a134d8f9ddca h1:VdD38733bfYv5tUZwEIskMM93VanwNIi5bIKnDrJdEY=
-go.starlark.net v0.0.0-20230525235612-a134d8f9ddca/go.mod h1:jxU+3+j+71eXOW14274+SmmuW82qJzl6iZSeqEtTGds=
 go.step.sm/crypto v0.51.2 h1:5EiCGIMg7IvQTGmJrwRosbXeprtT80OhoS/PJarg60o=
 go.step.sm/crypto v0.51.2/go.mod h1:QK7czLjN2k+uqVp5CHXxJbhc70kVRSP+0CQF3zsR5M0=
 go.uber.org/atomic v1.7.0/go.mod h1:fEN4uk6kAWBTFdckzkM89CLk9XfWZrxpCo0nPH17wJc=
@@ -2082,7 +2080,6 @@ golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20201126162022-7de9c90e9dd1/go.mod h1:bj7SfCRtBDWHUb9sn
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20210220032956-6a3ed077a48d/go.mod h1:bj7SfCRtBDWHUb9snDiAeCFNEtKQo2Wmx5Cou7ajbmo=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20210615171337-6886f2dfbf5b/go.mod h1:jbD1KX2456YbFQfuXm/mYQcufACuNUgVhRMnK/tPxf8=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20210927222741-03fcf44c2211/go.mod h1:jbD1KX2456YbFQfuXm/mYQcufACuNUgVhRMnK/tPxf8=
-golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20220526004731-065cf7ba2467/go.mod h1:jbD1KX2456YbFQfuXm/mYQcufACuNUgVhRMnK/tPxf8=
 golang.org/x/term v0.1.0/go.mod h1:jbD1KX2456YbFQfuXm/mYQcufACuNUgVhRMnK/tPxf8=
 golang.org/x/term v0.2.0/go.mod h1:TVmDHMZPmdnySmBfhjOoOdhjzdE1h4u1VwSiw2l1Nuc=
 golang.org/x/term v0.5.0/go.mod h1:jMB1sMXY+tzblOD4FWmEbocvup2/aLOaQEp7JmGp78k=
@@ -2529,12 +2526,12 @@ sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.19.0 h1:nWVM7aq+Il2ABxwiCizrVDSlmDcshi9llbaFbC
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.19.0/go.mod h1:iRmWllt8IlaLjvTTDLhRBXIEtkCK6hwVBJJsYS9Ajf4=
 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/kustomize/api v0.17.3 h1:6GCuHSsxq7fN5yhF2XrC+AAr8gxQwhexgHflOAD/JJU=
-sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.17.3/go.mod h1:TuDH4mdx7jTfK61SQ/j1QZM/QWR+5rmEiNjvYlhzFhc=
+sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.18.0 h1:hTzp67k+3NEVInwz5BHyzc9rGxIauoXferXyjv5lWPo=
+sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.18.0/go.mod h1:f8isXnX+8b+SGLHQ6yO4JG1rdkZlvhaCf/uZbLVMb0U=
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kustomize/v5 v5.4.2 h1:9Zl5Gqg3XMdBEvkR54pVLCBj7FVO7W+VPNDDEzD6AyE=
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kustomize/v5 v5.4.2/go.mod h1:5ypfJVYlPb2MKKeoGknVLxvHemDlQT+szI4+KOhnD6k=
-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/release-utils v0.8.4 h1:4QVr3UgbyY/d9p74LBhg0njSVQofUsAZqYOzVZBhdBw=
 sigs.k8s.io/release-utils v0.8.4/go.mod h1:m1bHfscTemQp+z+pLCZnkXih9n0+WukIUU70n6nFnU0=
 sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.4.1 h1:150L+0vs/8DA78h1u02ooW1/fFq/Lwr+sGiqlzvrtq4=