diff --git a/cmd/pluginator/go.mod b/cmd/pluginator/go.mod
index 60a8f87ea..7210e6259 100644
--- a/cmd/pluginator/go.mod
+++ b/cmd/pluginator/go.mod
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/rakyll/statik v0.1.7
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.2.1
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0
-	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.11.1
+	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.11.2
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.13.3
 )
-
-replace sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api => ../../api
diff --git a/cmd/pluginator/go.sum b/cmd/pluginator/go.sum
index f51e2a8a1..36424b56e 100644
--- a/cmd/pluginator/go.sum
+++ b/cmd/pluginator/go.sum
@@ -639,6 +639,8 @@ k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20210421082810-95288971da7e/go.mod h1:vHXdDvt9+2spS2R
 rsc.io/binaryregexp v0.2.0/go.mod h1:qTv7/COck+e2FymRvadv62gMdZztPaShugOCi3I+8D8=
 rsc.io/quote/v3 v3.1.0/go.mod h1:yEA65RcK8LyAZtP9Kv3t0HmxON59tX3rD+tICJqUlj0=
 rsc.io/sampler v1.3.0/go.mod h1:T1hPZKmBbMNahiBKFy5HrXp6adAjACjK9JXDnKaTXpA=
+sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.11.2 h1:6YvCJHFDwsLwAX7zNHBxMZi3k7dGIXI8G9l0saYQI0E=
+sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.11.2/go.mod h1:GZuhith5YcqxIDe0GnRJNx5xxPTjlwaLTt/e+ChUtJA=
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.13.3 h1:tNNQIC+8cc+aXFTVg+RtQAOsjwUdYBZRAgYOVI3RBc4=
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.13.3/go.mod h1:/ya3Gk4diiQzlE4mBh7wykyLRFZNvqlbh+JnwQ9Vhrc=
 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 37a6778fb..e88c7e7db 100644
--- a/kustomize/go.mod
+++ b/kustomize/go.mod
@@ -8,10 +8,8 @@ require (
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.2.1
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0
-	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.11.1
+	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.11.2
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config v0.10.4
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.13.3
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.2.0
 )
-
-replace sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api => ../api
diff --git a/kustomize/go.sum b/kustomize/go.sum
index 1e5022601..5f295707f 100644
--- a/kustomize/go.sum
+++ b/kustomize/go.sum
@@ -651,6 +651,8 @@ k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20210421082810-95288971da7e/go.mod h1:vHXdDvt9+2spS2R
 rsc.io/binaryregexp v0.2.0/go.mod h1:qTv7/COck+e2FymRvadv62gMdZztPaShugOCi3I+8D8=
 rsc.io/quote/v3 v3.1.0/go.mod h1:yEA65RcK8LyAZtP9Kv3t0HmxON59tX3rD+tICJqUlj0=
 rsc.io/sampler v1.3.0/go.mod h1:T1hPZKmBbMNahiBKFy5HrXp6adAjACjK9JXDnKaTXpA=
+sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.11.2 h1:6YvCJHFDwsLwAX7zNHBxMZi3k7dGIXI8G9l0saYQI0E=
+sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.11.2/go.mod h1:GZuhith5YcqxIDe0GnRJNx5xxPTjlwaLTt/e+ChUtJA=
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config v0.10.4 h1:gv8Jj8Yi82aeuCbg2GsbBxIJKxGmPf0YXaSN/gO+7go=
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config v0.10.4/go.mod h1:2woQTJo0oA4wr8G3F8ZFdH2YoaOoG27IGU4aPA9GPTo=
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.13.3 h1:tNNQIC+8cc+aXFTVg+RtQAOsjwUdYBZRAgYOVI3RBc4=