diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index b8daf6b345fa..60d6454a9e9b 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/containerd/log v0.1.0
 	github.com/containerd/platforms v1.0.0-rc.2
 	github.com/creack/pty v1.1.24
-	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.2-0.20180830191138-d8f796af33cc
+	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1
 	github.com/distribution/reference v0.6.0
 	github.com/docker/cli v29.1.4+incompatible
 	github.com/docker/cli-docs-tool v0.11.0
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/munnerz/goautoneg v0.0.0-20191010083416-a7dc8b61c822 // indirect
 	github.com/mxk/go-flowrate v0.0.0-20140419014527-cca7078d478f // indirect
 	github.com/oklog/ulid v1.3.1 // indirect
-	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.1-0.20181226105442-5d4384ee4fb2 // indirect
+	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.23.2 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.6.2 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/common v0.66.1 // indirect
@@ -243,5 +243,14 @@ require (
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.6.0 // indirect
 )
 
+exclude (
+	// FIXME(thaJeztah): remoove this once kubernetes updated their dependencies to no longer need this.
+	//
+	// For additional details, see this PR and links mentioned in that PR:
+	// https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kustomize/pull/5830#issuecomment-2569960859
+	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.2-0.20180830191138-d8f796af33cc
+	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.1-0.20181226105442-5d4384ee4fb2
+)
+
 // restore junctions to have os.ModeSymlink flag set on Windows: https://github.com/docker/buildx/issues/3221
 godebug winsymlink=0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 50de4598c780..51cd3ffd924f 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -155,9 +155,8 @@ github.com/cyphar/filepath-securejoin v0.6.0/go.mod h1:A8hd4EnAeyujCJRrICiOWqjS1
 github.com/danieljoos/wincred v1.2.3 h1:v7dZC2x32Ut3nEfRH+vhoZGvN72+dQ/snVXo/vMFLdQ=
 github.com/danieljoos/wincred v1.2.3/go.mod h1:6qqX0WNrS4RzPZ1tnroDzq9kY3fu1KwE7MRLQK4X0bs=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
+github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
-github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.2-0.20180830191138-d8f796af33cc h1:U9qPSI2PIWSS1VwoXQT9A3Wy9MM3WgvqSxFWenqJduM=
-github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.2-0.20180830191138-d8f796af33cc/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/decred/dcrd/dcrec/secp256k1/v4 v4.4.0 h1:NMZiJj8QnKe1LgsbDayM4UoHwbvwDRwnI3hwNaAHRnc=
 github.com/decred/dcrd/dcrec/secp256k1/v4 v4.4.0/go.mod h1:ZXNYxsqcloTdSy/rNShjYzMhyjf0LaoftYK0p+A3h40=
 github.com/dgraph-io/badger/v4 v4.8.0 h1:JYph1ChBijCw8SLeybvPINizbDKWZ5n/GYbz2yhN/bs=
@@ -489,9 +488,8 @@ github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 h1:FEBLx1zS214owpjy7qsBeixbURkuhQAwrK5UwLGTwt4=
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINEl0=
 github.com/planetscale/vtprotobuf v0.6.1-0.20240319094008-0393e58bdf10 h1:GFCKgmp0tecUJ0sJuv4pzYCqS9+RGSn52M3FUwPs+uo=
 github.com/planetscale/vtprotobuf v0.6.1-0.20240319094008-0393e58bdf10/go.mod h1:t/avpk3KcrXxUnYOhZhMXJlSEyie6gQbtLq5NM3loB8=
+github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
-github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.1-0.20181226105442-5d4384ee4fb2 h1:Jamvg5psRIccs7FGNTlIRMkT8wgtp5eCXdBlqhYGL6U=
-github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.1-0.20181226105442-5d4384ee4fb2/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
 github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.23.2 h1:Je96obch5RDVy3FDMndoUsjAhG5Edi49h0RJWRi/o0o=
 github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.23.2/go.mod h1:Tb1a6LWHB3/SPIzCoaDXI4I8UHKeFTEQ1YCr+0Gyqmg=
 github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.6.2 h1:oBsgwpGs7iVziMvrGhE53c/GrLUsZdHnqNwqPLxwZyk=
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index 6cfc478a5de5..2e82fa8e0465 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ github.com/creack/pty
 # github.com/cyberphone/json-canonicalization v0.0.0-20241213102144-19d51d7fe467
 ## explicit
 github.com/cyberphone/json-canonicalization/go/src/webpki.org/jsoncanonicalizer
-# github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.2-0.20180830191138-d8f796af33cc
+# github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1
 ## explicit
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew/spew
 # github.com/decred/dcrd/dcrec/secp256k1/v4 v4.4.0
@@ -949,7 +949,7 @@ github.com/planetscale/vtprotobuf/generator/pattern
 github.com/planetscale/vtprotobuf/protohelpers
 github.com/planetscale/vtprotobuf/types/known/timestamppb
 github.com/planetscale/vtprotobuf/vtproto
-# github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.1-0.20181226105442-5d4384ee4fb2
+# github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0
 ## explicit
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib/difflib
 # github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.23.2