diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index ed773fa87..17e2e381c 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/expr-lang/expr v1.17.8
 	github.com/fluxcd/helm-controller/api v1.5.5
 	github.com/fluxcd/kustomize-controller/api v1.8.5
-	github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/kustomize v1.17.0
+	github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/kustomize v1.18.0
 	github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/meta v1.26.0
 	github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/api v1.8.5
 	github.com/goccy/go-yaml v1.19.2
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ require (
 	gopkg.in/evanphx/json-patch.v4 v4.13.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/inf.v0 v0.9.1 // indirect
 	gotest.tools/v3 v3.5.2 // indirect
-	k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.35.2 // indirect
+	k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.36.0 // indirect
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.140.0 // indirect
 	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20260317180543-43fb72c5454a // indirect
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20260210185600-b8788abfbbc2 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 4279edee4..afaa75c7f 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ github.com/fluxcd/kustomize-controller/api v1.8.5 h1:4fGPh6foGVKUUbt5OjVzbC5iTyX
 github.com/fluxcd/kustomize-controller/api v1.8.5/go.mod h1:c/mUPIffDDLg1EicXCJtX4N/rc+z5Zh0e/CXjhd7Dyc=
 github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/acl v0.9.0 h1:wBpgsKT+jcyZEcM//OmZr9RiF8klL3ebrDp2u2ThsnA=
 github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/acl v0.9.0/go.mod h1:TttNS+gocsGLwnvmgVi3/Yscwqrjc17+vhgYfqkfrV4=
-github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/kustomize v1.17.0 h1:xINP8vW0c6Iz99AFzNX5gFkb8I2QYVCzEaU8HfvajNM=
-github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/kustomize v1.17.0/go.mod h1:IZOy4CCtR/hxMGb7erK1RfbGnczVv4/dRBoVD37AywI=
+github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/kustomize v1.18.0 h1:FCNjViCLyKYj6lddpnjXybKBTC2eK6eXK9YOaNwLVTM=
+github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/kustomize v1.18.0/go.mod h1:mvtMtM4NNLipdCna6DYPC6Bd42xeaF15N+tNO+F6kxY=
 github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/meta v1.26.0 h1:dxP1FfBpTCYso6odzRcltVnnRuBb2VyhhgV0VX9YbUE=
 github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/meta v1.26.0/go.mod h1:c7o6mJGLCMvNrfdinGZehkrdZuFT9vZdZNrn66DtVD0=
 github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/api v1.8.5 h1:mLKc9YVMk46JCt1BQbkG6irkrpBZp95kiXh2+GYB6KQ=
@@ -275,8 +275,8 @@ go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.41.0 h1:YlEwVsGAlCvczDILpUXpIpPSL/VPugt7zHThEMLce1c=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.41.0/go.mod h1:Yt4UwgEKeT05QbLwbyHXEwhnjxNO6D8L5PQP51/46dE=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.41.0 h1:rFnDcs4gRzBcsO9tS8LCpgR0dxg4aaxWlJxCno7JlTQ=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.41.0/go.mod h1:xPvCwd9pU0VN8tPZYzDZV/BMj9CM9vs00GuBjeKhJps=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.39.0 h1:nMLYcjVsvdui1B/4FRkwjzoRVsMK8uL/cj0OyhKzt18=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.39.0/go.mod h1:vDojkC4/jsTJsE+kh+LXYQlbL8CgrEcwmt1ENZszdJE=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.40.0 h1:KHW/jUzgo6wsPh9At46+h4upjtccTmuZCFAc9OJ71f8=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.40.0/go.mod h1:Ph7EFdYvxq72Y8Li9q8KebuYUr2KoeyHx0DRMKrYBUE=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.39.0 h1:cXMVVFVgsIf2YL6QkRF4Urbr/aMInf+2WKg+sEJTtB8=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.39.0/go.mod h1:xq9HEVH7qeX69/JnwEfp6fVq5wosJsY1mt4lLfYdVew=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.41.0 h1:Vbk2co6bhj8L59ZJ6/xFTskY+tGAbOnCtQGVVa9TIN0=
@@ -299,8 +299,8 @@ golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2/go.mod h1:djNgcEr1/C05ACk
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20210921155107-089bfa567519/go.mod h1:GvvjBRRGRdwPK5ydBHafDWAxML/pGHZbMvKqRZ5+Abc=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.51.0 h1:IBPXwPfKxY7cWQZ38ZCIRPI50YLeevDLlLnyC5wRGTI=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.51.0/go.mod h1:8AdwkbraGNABw2kOX6YFPs3WM22XqI4EXEd8g+x7Oc8=
-golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20250128182459-e0ece0dbea4c h1:KL/ZBHXgKGVmuZBZ01Lt57yE5ws8ZPSkkihmEyq7FXc=
-golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20250128182459-e0ece0dbea4c/go.mod h1:tujkw807nyEEAamNbDrEGzRav+ilXA7PCRAd6xsmwiU=
+golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20251219203646-944ab1f22d93 h1:fQsdNF2N+/YewlRZiricy4P1iimyPKZ/xwniHj8Q2a0=
+golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20251219203646-944ab1f22d93/go.mod h1:EPRbTFwzwjXj9NpYyyrvenVh9Y+GFeEvMNh7Xuz7xgU=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.6.0-dev.0.20220419223038-86c51ed26bb4/go.mod h1:jJ57K6gSWd91VN4djpZkiMVwK6gcyfeH4XE8wZrZaV4=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.8.0/go.mod h1:iBbtSCu2XBx23ZKBPSOrRkjjQPZFPuis4dIYUhu/chs=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.36.0 h1:JJjpVx6myfUsUdAzZuOSTTmRE0PfZeNWzzvKrP7amb4=
@@ -373,8 +373,8 @@ gotest.tools/v3 v3.5.2 h1:7koQfIKdy+I8UTetycgUqXWSDwpgv193Ka+qRsmBY8Q=
 gotest.tools/v3 v3.5.2/go.mod h1:LtdLGcnqToBH83WByAAi/wiwSFCArdFIUV/xxN4pcjA=
 k8s.io/api v0.36.1 h1:XbL/EMj8K2aJpJtePmqUyQMsM0D4QI2pvl7YKJ20FTY=
 k8s.io/api v0.36.1/go.mod h1:KOWo4ey3TINlXjeHVuwB3i+tXXnu+UcwFBHlI/9dvEo=
-k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.35.2 h1:iyStXHoJZsUXPh/nFAsjC29rjJWdSgUmG1XpApE29c0=
-k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.35.2/go.mod h1:OdyGvcO1FtMDWQ+rRh/Ei3b6X3g2+ZDHd0MSRGeS8rU=
+k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.36.0 h1:Wt7E8J+VBCbj4FjiBfDTK/neXDDjyJVJc7xfuOHImZ0=
+k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.36.0/go.mod h1:kGDjH0msuiIB3tgsYRV0kS9GqpMYMUsQ3GHv7TApyug=
 k8s.io/apimachinery v0.36.1 h1:G63Gjx2W+q0YD+72Vo8oY0nDnePVwnuzTmmy5ENrVSA=
 k8s.io/apimachinery v0.36.1/go.mod h1:ibYOR00vW/I1kzvi5SF0dRuJ52BvKtfvRdOn35GPQ+8=
 k8s.io/client-go v0.36.1 h1:FN/K8QIT2CEDt+2WB2HnWrUANZ50AP5GII43/SP2JR0=