diff --git a/cmd/pluginator/go.mod b/cmd/pluginator/go.mod
index acbb0fe6c..1d8120269 100644
--- a/cmd/pluginator/go.mod
+++ b/cmd/pluginator/go.mod
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/rakyll/statik v0.1.7
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.4.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0
-	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.12.0
+	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.12.1
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.13.9
 )
 
diff --git a/cmd/pluginator/go.sum b/cmd/pluginator/go.sum
index 0e27eae0d..6601962fa 100644
--- a/cmd/pluginator/go.sum
+++ b/cmd/pluginator/go.sum
@@ -216,8 +216,8 @@ k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20220401212409-b28bf2818661/go.mod h1:daOouuuwd9JXpv1
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20210802155522-efc7438f0176/go.mod h1:jPW/WVKK9YHAvNhRxK0md/EJ228hCsBRufyofKtW8HA=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20220210201930-3a6ce19ff2f9 h1:HNSDgDCrr/6Ly3WEGKZftiE7IY19Vz2GdbOCyI4qqhc=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20220210201930-3a6ce19ff2f9/go.mod h1:jPW/WVKK9YHAvNhRxK0md/EJ228hCsBRufyofKtW8HA=
-sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.12.0 h1:9kDUe94bgFaTJwPaHC3mdlcw/PfWupSKov1iGcKSlSw=
-sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.12.0/go.mod h1:x/VlfVNU8ey7rqGuWFKJH2mx4zmAgcjNLSLIwqLZKmQ=
+sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.12.1 h1:7YM7gW3kYBwtKvoY216ZzY+8hM+lV53LUayghNRJ0vM=
+sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.12.1/go.mod h1:y3JUhimkZkR6sbLNwfJHxvo1TCLwuwm14sCYnkH6S1s=
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.13.9 h1:Qz53EAaFFANyNgyOEJbT/yoIHygK40/ZcvU3rgry2Tk=
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.13.9/go.mod h1:QsRbD0/KcU+wdk0/L0fIp2KLnohkVzs6fQ85/nOXac4=
 sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.0.2/go.mod h1:bJZC9H9iH24zzfZ/41RGcq60oK1F7G282QMXDPYydCw=
diff --git a/kustomize/go.mod b/kustomize/go.mod
index 2ddc03402..dc480ee86 100644
--- a/kustomize/go.mod
+++ b/kustomize/go.mod
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0
 	golang.org/x/text v0.3.7
-	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.12.0
+	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.12.1
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config v0.10.9
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.13.9
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.2.0
diff --git a/kustomize/go.sum b/kustomize/go.sum
index 04c45b75b..926ff23f7 100644
--- a/kustomize/go.sum
+++ b/kustomize/go.sum
@@ -228,8 +228,8 @@ k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20220401212409-b28bf2818661/go.mod h1:daOouuuwd9JXpv1
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20210802155522-efc7438f0176/go.mod h1:jPW/WVKK9YHAvNhRxK0md/EJ228hCsBRufyofKtW8HA=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20220210201930-3a6ce19ff2f9 h1:HNSDgDCrr/6Ly3WEGKZftiE7IY19Vz2GdbOCyI4qqhc=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20220210201930-3a6ce19ff2f9/go.mod h1:jPW/WVKK9YHAvNhRxK0md/EJ228hCsBRufyofKtW8HA=
-sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.12.0 h1:9kDUe94bgFaTJwPaHC3mdlcw/PfWupSKov1iGcKSlSw=
-sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.12.0/go.mod h1:x/VlfVNU8ey7rqGuWFKJH2mx4zmAgcjNLSLIwqLZKmQ=
+sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.12.1 h1:7YM7gW3kYBwtKvoY216ZzY+8hM+lV53LUayghNRJ0vM=
+sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.12.1/go.mod h1:y3JUhimkZkR6sbLNwfJHxvo1TCLwuwm14sCYnkH6S1s=
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config v0.10.9 h1:LV8AUwZPuvqhGfia50uNwsPwNg1xOy9koEf5hyBnYs4=
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config v0.10.9/go.mod h1:T0s850zPV3wKfBALA0dyeP/K74jlJcoP8Pr9ZWwE3MQ=
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.13.9 h1:Qz53EAaFFANyNgyOEJbT/yoIHygK40/ZcvU3rgry2Tk=