diff --git a/kustomize/go.mod b/kustomize/go.mod
index 02504edc5..0b90c9516 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 v0.21.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.19.0
-	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config v0.19.0
+	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config v0.20.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.20.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.5.0
 )
@@ -42,5 +42,3 @@ 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 70a897f3c..ea4c5d675 100644
--- a/kustomize/go.sum
+++ b/kustomize/go.sum
@@ -96,6 +96,8 @@ 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 v0.20.0 h1:wE9wdZmCUgXjiSAKCwkZnlQUg4/tSX8tWKTTwO+tfoY=
+sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config v0.20.0/go.mod h1:dAv6Y9uZNj4Lnd6cqs+Uy8eE7Xf6slCIW+TdrsSgPpc=
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.20.0 h1:tT8KMKi4R3hCJ1+9HDdek2VoXpkerP92ZfF6fDgGw14=
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.20.0/go.mod h1:0EmkQHRUsJxY8Ug9Niig1pUMSCGHxQ5RklbpV/Ri6po=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.5.0 h1:M10b2U7aEUY6hRtU870n2VTPgR5RZiL/I6Lcc2F4NUQ=