diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 4ad07ce4..d9ab5d3e 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -4,12 +4,6 @@ go 1.23
 
 toolchain go1.23.3
 
-replace (
-	// sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.4.2 breaks make gen.	
-	// https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/structured-merge-diff/issues/268
- 	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 => sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.4.1
-)
-
 require (
 	github.com/blang/semver v3.5.1+incompatible
 	github.com/prometheus-operator/prometheus-operator/pkg/apis/monitoring v0.78.1
@@ -106,6 +100,6 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20241104163129-6fe5fd82f078 // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.19.1 // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20241014173422-cfa47c3a1cc8 // indirect
-	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.4.2 // indirect
+	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.4.3 // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 9cd6e0bf..c900fc2a 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -485,8 +485,8 @@ sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20241014173422-cfa47c3a1cc8 h1:gBQPwqORJ8d8/YNZWEjoZs7np
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20241014173422-cfa47c3a1cc8/go.mod h1:mdzfpAEoE6DHQEN0uh9ZbOCuHbLK5wOm7dK4ctXE9Tg=
 sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v3 v3.0.0-20200116222232-67a7b8c61874/go.mod h1:PlARxl6Hbt/+BC80dRLi1qAmnMqwqDg62YvvVkZjemw=
 sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v3 v3.0.0/go.mod h1:PlARxl6Hbt/+BC80dRLi1qAmnMqwqDg62YvvVkZjemw=
-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/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.4.3 h1:sCP7Vv3xx/CWIuTPVN38lUPx0uw0lcLfzaiDa8Ja01A=
+sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.4.3/go.mod h1:N8f93tFZh9U6vpxwRArLiikrE5/2tiu1w1AGfACIGE4=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.1.0/go.mod h1:UJmg0vDUVViEyp3mgSv9WPwZCDxu4rQW1olrI1uml+o=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.2.0/go.mod h1:yfXDCHCao9+ENCvLSE62v9VSji2MKu5jeNfTrofGhJc=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0 h1:Mk1wCc2gy/F0THH0TAp1QYyJNzRm2KCLy3o5ASXVI5E=