diff --git a/apptests/go.mod b/apptests/go.mod
index 463e16e2bd..ce3f21bd1b 100644
--- a/apptests/go.mod
+++ b/apptests/go.mod
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.19.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.24.0
-	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.17.3
-	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.17.2
+	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.18.0
+	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.18.1
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0
 )
 
@@ -164,7 +164,6 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.28.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.28.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.28.0 // indirect
-	go.starlark.net v0.0.0-20231121155337-90ade8b19d09 // indirect
 	go4.org/intern v0.0.0-20230525184215-6c62f75575cb // indirect
 	go4.org/unsafe/assume-no-moving-gc v0.0.0-20230525183740-e7c30c78aeb2 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.27.0 // indirect
diff --git a/apptests/go.sum b/apptests/go.sum
index 6ca482e75c..1817734d7b 100644
--- a/apptests/go.sum
+++ b/apptests/go.sum
@@ -468,8 +468,6 @@ go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.28.0 h1:GhQ9cUuQGmNDd5BTCP2dAvv75RdMxEfTmYejp+
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.28.0/go.mod h1:jPyXzNPg6da9+38HEwElrQiHlVMTnVfM3/yv2OlIHaI=
 go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v1.3.1 h1:TrMUixzpM0yuc/znrFTP9MMRh8trP93mkCiDVeXrui0=
 go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v1.3.1/go.mod h1:0X1WI4de4ZsLrrJNLAQbFeLCm3T7yBkR0XqQ7niQU+8=
-go.starlark.net v0.0.0-20231121155337-90ade8b19d09 h1:hzy3LFnSN8kuQK8h9tHl4ndF6UruMj47OqwqsS+/Ai4=
-go.starlark.net v0.0.0-20231121155337-90ade8b19d09/go.mod h1:LcLNIzVOMp4oV+uusnpk+VU+SzXaJakUuBjoCSWH5dM=
 go.uber.org/goleak v1.3.0 h1:2K3zAYmnTNqV73imy9J1T3WC+gmCePx2hEGkimedGto=
 go.uber.org/goleak v1.3.0/go.mod h1:CoHD4mav9JJNrW/WLlf7HGZPjdw8EucARQHekz1X6bE=
 go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0 h1:blXXJkSxSSfBVBlC76pxqeO+LN3aDfLQo+309xJstO0=
@@ -626,10 +624,10 @@ sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd h1:EDPBXCAspyGV4jQlpZSudPeMm
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd/go.mod h1:B8JuhiUyNFVKdsE8h686QcCxMaH6HrOAZj4vswFpcB0=
 sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.24.0 h1:g4y4eu0qa+SCeKESLpESgMmVFBebL0BDa6f777OIWrg=
 sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.24.0/go.mod h1:t7ueEpzPYJvHA8aeLtI52rtFftNgUYUaCwvxjk7phfw=
-sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.17.3 h1:6GCuHSsxq7fN5yhF2XrC+AAr8gxQwhexgHflOAD/JJU=
-sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.17.3/go.mod h1:TuDH4mdx7jTfK61SQ/j1QZM/QWR+5rmEiNjvYlhzFhc=
-sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.17.2 h1:+AzvoJUY0kq4QAhH/ydPHHMRLijtUKiyVyh7fOSshr0=
-sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.17.2/go.mod h1:9V0mCjIEYjlXuCdYsSXvyoy2BTsLESH7TlGV81S282U=
+sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.18.0 h1:hTzp67k+3NEVInwz5BHyzc9rGxIauoXferXyjv5lWPo=
+sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.18.0/go.mod h1:f8isXnX+8b+SGLHQ6yO4JG1rdkZlvhaCf/uZbLVMb0U=
+sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.18.1 h1:WvBo56Wzw3fjS+7vBjN6TeivvpbW9GmRaWZ9CIVmt4E=
+sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.18.1/go.mod h1:C3L2BFVU1jgcddNBE1TxuVLgS46TjObMwW5FT9FcjYo=
 sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.4.1 h1:150L+0vs/8DA78h1u02ooW1/fFq/Lwr+sGiqlzvrtq4=
 sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.4.1/go.mod h1:N8hJocpFajUSSeSJ9bOZ77VzejKZaXsTtZo4/u7Io08=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0 h1:Mk1wCc2gy/F0THH0TAp1QYyJNzRm2KCLy3o5ASXVI5E=