diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 272ee2e09..e465bfa7e 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -33,7 +33,9 @@ require (
 	gopkg.in/inf.v0 v0.9.1
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.8
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.2.0
-	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20200427153329-656914f816f9
-	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v3 v3.0.1-0.20200706213357-43c19bbb7fba
+	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20200805222855-6aeccd4b50c6
+	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.0.1
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.2.0
 )
+
+replace k8s.io/apimachinery => ../apimachinery
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 1b4642196..2ca4b81e0 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -184,11 +184,10 @@ k8s.io/gengo v0.0.0-20200413195148-3a45101e95ac/go.mod h1:ezvh/TsK7cY6rbqRK0oQQ8
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.0.0/go.mod h1:PBfzABfn139FHAV07az/IF9Wp1bkk3vpT2XSJ76fSDE=
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.2.0 h1:XRvcwJozkgZ1UQJmfMGpvRthQHOvihEhYtDfAaxMz/A=
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.2.0/go.mod h1:Od+F08eJP+W3HUb4pSrPpgp9DGU4GzlpG/TmITuYh/Y=
-k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20200427153329-656914f816f9 h1:5NC2ITmvg8RoxoH0wgmL4zn4VZqXGsKbxrikjaQx6s4=
-k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20200427153329-656914f816f9/go.mod h1:bfCVj+qXcEaE5SCvzBaqpOySr6tuCcpPKqF6HD8nyCw=
-sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v3 v3.0.0-20200116222232-67a7b8c61874/go.mod h1:PlARxl6Hbt/+BC80dRLi1qAmnMqwqDg62YvvVkZjemw=
-sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v3 v3.0.1-0.20200706213357-43c19bbb7fba h1:AAbnc5KQuTWKuh2QSnyghKIOTFzB0Jayv7/OFDn3Cy4=
-sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v3 v3.0.1-0.20200706213357-43c19bbb7fba/go.mod h1:V06abazjHneE37ZdSY/UUwPVgcJMKI/jU5XGUjgIKoc=
+k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20200805222855-6aeccd4b50c6 h1:+WnxoVtG8TMiudHBSEtrVL1egv36TkkJm+bA8AxicmQ=
+k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20200805222855-6aeccd4b50c6/go.mod h1:UuqjUnNftUyPE5H64/qeyjQoUZhGpeFDVdxjTeEVN2o=
+sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.0.1 h1:YXTMot5Qz/X1iBRJhAt+vI+HVttY0WkSqqhKxQ0xVbA=
+sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.0.1/go.mod h1:bJZC9H9iH24zzfZ/41RGcq60oK1F7G282QMXDPYydCw=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.1.0/go.mod h1:UJmg0vDUVViEyp3mgSv9WPwZCDxu4rQW1olrI1uml+o=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.2.0 h1:kr/MCeFWJWTwyaHoR9c8EjH9OumOmoF9YGiZd7lFm/Q=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.2.0/go.mod h1:yfXDCHCao9+ENCvLSE62v9VSji2MKu5jeNfTrofGhJc=
diff --git a/pkg/runtime/converter.go b/pkg/runtime/converter.go
index 31f6e00b0..871e4c8c4 100644
--- a/pkg/runtime/converter.go
+++ b/pkg/runtime/converter.go
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/conversion"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/json"
 	utilruntime "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/runtime"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v3/value"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4/value"
 
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
 )