diff --git a/plugin/builtin/imagetagtransformer/go.mod b/plugin/builtin/imagetagtransformer/go.mod
index b93a54097..3c5a2f481 100644
--- a/plugin/builtin/imagetagtransformer/go.mod
+++ b/plugin/builtin/imagetagtransformer/go.mod
@@ -6,3 +6,5 @@ require (
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.3.1
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.1.0
 )
+
+replace sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api => ../../../api