diff --git a/kustomize/go.mod b/kustomize/go.mod
index 9cc62126d..1dcc9eb62 100644
--- a/kustomize/go.mod
+++ b/kustomize/go.mod
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0
 	golang.org/x/text v0.28.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.21.0
-	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config v0.21.0
+	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config v0.21.1
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.21.1
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.5.0
 )
@@ -40,5 +40,3 @@ require (
 )
 
 replace sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api => ../api
-
-replace sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config => ../cmd/config
diff --git a/kustomize/go.sum b/kustomize/go.sum
index db0c6bc21..d122fe9cc 100644
--- a/kustomize/go.sum
+++ b/kustomize/go.sum
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20241212222426-2c72e554b1e7 h1:hcha5B1kVACrLujCKLbr8X
 k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20241212222426-2c72e554b1e7/go.mod h1:GewRfANuJ70iYzvn+i4lezLDAFzvjxZYK1gn1lWcfas=
 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/cmd/config v0.21.1 h1:/gxf3J1rQD9nfuL8fHlrTLeUL+JHWbK44eOnXJDYx0M=
+sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config v0.21.1/go.mod h1:7yEFYBJyBJlpZQ50VaRGQRtFMn3Vzn9Fb2wts4TCok4=
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.21.1 h1:IVlbmhC076nf6foyL6Taw4BkrLuEsXUXNpsE+ScX7fI=
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.21.1/go.mod h1:hmxADesM3yUN2vbA5z1/YTBnzLJ1dajdqpQonwBL1FQ=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.5.0 h1:M10b2U7aEUY6hRtU870n2VTPgR5RZiL/I6Lcc2F4NUQ=