diff --git a/kustomize/go.mod b/kustomize/go.mod
index c3ad3bfb9..9d3a24fcf 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 v0.20.1
-	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config v0.20.1
+	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config v0.21.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.21.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.5.0
 )
@@ -41,5 +41,3 @@ 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 acfb34f36..ca3ac8f12 100644
--- a/kustomize/go.sum
+++ b/kustomize/go.sum
@@ -93,6 +93,8 @@ 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 v0.21.0 h1:ikLtzcNK9isBqSaXXhAg7LRCTNKdp70z5v/c4Y55DOw=
+sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config v0.21.0/go.mod h1:oxa6eRzeLWUcE7M3Rmio29Sfc4KpqGspHur3GjOYqNA=
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.21.0 h1:7mQAf3dUwf0wBerWJd8rXhVcnkk5Tvn/q91cGkaP6HQ=
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.21.0/go.mod h1:hmxADesM3yUN2vbA5z1/YTBnzLJ1dajdqpQonwBL1FQ=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.5.0 h1:M10b2U7aEUY6hRtU870n2VTPgR5RZiL/I6Lcc2F4NUQ=