diff --git a/cmd/config/go.mod b/cmd/config/go.mod
index 14ef943cc..2e5366743 100644
--- a/cmd/config/go.mod
+++ b/cmd/config/go.mod
@@ -11,5 +11,16 @@ require (
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.4.0
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.17.0
-	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.1.10
+	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.0.0 // Don't change this!
 )
+
+// Don't change this!
+//
+// This line is managed by the release script -- releasing/releasemodule.sh
+// Pinning to a released version of kyaml will invalidate the e2e tests used to
+// test kyaml changes as the e2e tests will run against the pinned version, not
+// the HEAD.
+//
+// releasing/releasemodule.sh will remove this line and set the require version
+// to the kyaml version specified in releasing/VERSIONS
+replace sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.0.0 => ../../kyaml
diff --git a/cmd/config/go.sum b/cmd/config/go.sum
index bd3d7ea04..39bcb6a44 100644
--- a/cmd/config/go.sum
+++ b/cmd/config/go.sum
@@ -269,7 +269,5 @@ k8s.io/gengo v0.0.0-20190128074634-0689ccc1d7d6/go.mod h1:ezvh/TsK7cY6rbqRK0oQQ8
 k8s.io/klog v0.0.0-20181102134211-b9b56d5dfc92/go.mod h1:Gq+BEi5rUBO/HRz0bTSXDUcqjScdoY3a9IHpCEIOOfk=
 k8s.io/klog v1.0.0/go.mod h1:4Bi6QPql/J/LkTDqv7R/cd3hPo4k2DG6Ptcz060Ez5I=
 k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20191107075043-30be4d16710a/go.mod h1:1TqjTSzOxsLGIKfj0lK8EeCP7K1iUG65v09OM0/WG5E=
-sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.1.10 h1:ZZfBnA/kYa9ZxUFIgI9oq3pWKzzA1gGOKgU0Hv/NhVg=
-sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.1.10/go.mod h1:mPmeBSRy0LTMv6fSrYSoi2yIFNZVouGKDsTekE5kdhs=
 sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff v0.0.0-20190525122527-15d366b2352e/go.mod h1:wWxsB5ozmmv/SG7nM11ayaAW51xMvak/t1r0CSlcokI=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.1.0/go.mod h1:UJmg0vDUVViEyp3mgSv9WPwZCDxu4rQW1olrI1uml+o=