diff --git a/cmd/pluginator/go.mod b/cmd/pluginator/go.mod
index 8efb3df1bc..20665d0d2a 100644
--- a/cmd/pluginator/go.mod
+++ b/cmd/pluginator/go.mod
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/rakyll/statik v0.1.7
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.0.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.5.1
-	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.8.11
+	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.9.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.11.1
 )
-
-replace sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api => ../../api
diff --git a/cmd/pluginator/go.sum b/cmd/pluginator/go.sum
index 2fb67b6918..3a7beb9424 100644
--- a/cmd/pluginator/go.sum
+++ b/cmd/pluginator/go.sum
@@ -228,6 +228,8 @@ k8s.io/gengo v0.0.0-20200413195148-3a45101e95ac/go.mod h1:ezvh/TsK7cY6rbqRK0oQQ8
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.0.0/go.mod h1:PBfzABfn139FHAV07az/IF9Wp1bkk3vpT2XSJ76fSDE=
 k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20210421082810-95288971da7e h1:KLHHjkdQFomZy8+06csTWZ0m1343QqxZhR2LJ1OxCYM=
 k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20210421082810-95288971da7e/go.mod h1:vHXdDvt9+2spS2Rx9ql3I8tycm3H9FDfdUoIuKCefvw=
+sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.9.0 h1:yGQnm/2GBbHBLSVbM0CsqgPmqK/NSDbhSGbXuhuVN7s=
+sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.9.0/go.mod h1:bOF7z4DcRIXcOCeSbVq5o9JhMRnNzWqrRSSBFtz05A4=
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.11.1 h1:MWihd9syKG7VQnAzr/OpKb94FvH+cw96nEV1u3it7pI=
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.11.1/go.mod h1:FTJxEZ86ScK184NpGSAQcfEqee0nul8oLCK30D47m4E=
 sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.0.2/go.mod h1:bJZC9H9iH24zzfZ/41RGcq60oK1F7G282QMXDPYydCw=
diff --git a/kustomize/go.mod b/kustomize/go.mod
index fbee531f19..97d5340c19 100644
--- a/kustomize/go.mod
+++ b/kustomize/go.mod
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.0.0
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0
-	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.8.11
+	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.9.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config v0.10.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.11.1
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.2.0
@@ -18,5 +18,3 @@ exclude (
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.2.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config v0.2.0
 )
-
-replace sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api => ../api
diff --git a/kustomize/go.sum b/kustomize/go.sum
index fcbf9c8f1d..003a039b62 100644
--- a/kustomize/go.sum
+++ b/kustomize/go.sum
@@ -253,6 +253,8 @@ k8s.io/gengo v0.0.0-20200413195148-3a45101e95ac/go.mod h1:ezvh/TsK7cY6rbqRK0oQQ8
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.0.0/go.mod h1:PBfzABfn139FHAV07az/IF9Wp1bkk3vpT2XSJ76fSDE=
 k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20210421082810-95288971da7e h1:KLHHjkdQFomZy8+06csTWZ0m1343QqxZhR2LJ1OxCYM=
 k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20210421082810-95288971da7e/go.mod h1:vHXdDvt9+2spS2Rx9ql3I8tycm3H9FDfdUoIuKCefvw=
+sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.9.0 h1:yGQnm/2GBbHBLSVbM0CsqgPmqK/NSDbhSGbXuhuVN7s=
+sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.9.0/go.mod h1:bOF7z4DcRIXcOCeSbVq5o9JhMRnNzWqrRSSBFtz05A4=
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config v0.10.0 h1:6XPkaOu9eFdvrcqHpfmYAKoBvE01JdvsTVvtDuAFM+8=
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config v0.10.0/go.mod h1:XS4NFKucjk0/+nPKJwSMoZYCjey2PB0ipNoZabXUFPU=
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.11.1 h1:MWihd9syKG7VQnAzr/OpKb94FvH+cw96nEV1u3it7pI=