diff --git a/pkg/commands/kustfile/kustomizationfile.go b/pkg/commands/kustfile/kustomizationfile.go
index 2328b6417..bcd4a0b78 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/kustfile/kustomizationfile.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/kustfile/kustomizationfile.go
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ func determineFieldOrder() []string {
 		"GeneratorOptions",
 		"Vars",
 		"Images",
+		"Replicas",
 		"Configurations",
 		"Generators",
 		"Transformers",
diff --git a/pkg/commands/kustfile/kustomizationfile_test.go b/pkg/commands/kustfile/kustomizationfile_test.go
index 436fc4ea1..0f82a163a 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/kustfile/kustomizationfile_test.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/kustfile/kustomizationfile_test.go
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ func TestFieldOrder(t *testing.T) {
 		"GeneratorOptions",
 		"Vars",
 		"Images",
+		"Replicas",
 		"Configurations",
 		"Generators",
 		"Transformers",