diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index c29de098..fdc07bd2 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/fluxcd/helm-controller/api v1.3.0
 	github.com/fluxcd/image-automation-controller/api v0.41.2
 	github.com/fluxcd/image-reflector-controller/api v0.35.2
-	github.com/fluxcd/kustomize-controller/api v1.6.0
+	github.com/fluxcd/kustomize-controller/api v1.6.1
 	github.com/fluxcd/notification-controller/api v1.6.0
 	github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/event v0.17.0
 	github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/meta v1.12.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 238a484d..d692406d 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -169,8 +169,8 @@ github.com/fluxcd/image-automation-controller/api v0.41.2 h1:miYjID4Mg51xcObVLQP
 github.com/fluxcd/image-automation-controller/api v0.41.2/go.mod h1:TaCaXnDu0a6uWyF41WkyskH0gg6dFyniftvdCELcEKU=
 github.com/fluxcd/image-reflector-controller/api v0.35.2 h1:EzjtUpyx8kbTFx7ugdi5LRMaCpQW4kX/vjFCIPpPD38=
 github.com/fluxcd/image-reflector-controller/api v0.35.2/go.mod h1:mjpokoQhFs2RxfFjY4rHpn3ZAUvee8TiELyROFN4wiA=
-github.com/fluxcd/kustomize-controller/api v1.6.0 h1:8p230vpJy7giisoBNuI3CX99O+XKKVLLxXuJmv3sOHQ=
-github.com/fluxcd/kustomize-controller/api v1.6.0/go.mod h1:b0i/KVz28tV8iuqlNHx7MW6ZtTcIbBELGLoKdaK+X8M=
+github.com/fluxcd/kustomize-controller/api v1.6.1 h1:8AOD+BWQwCLT+u5jgtGryZWkCeslgr+cnQAfUzgWmGk=
+github.com/fluxcd/kustomize-controller/api v1.6.1/go.mod h1:b0i/KVz28tV8iuqlNHx7MW6ZtTcIbBELGLoKdaK+X8M=
 github.com/fluxcd/notification-controller/api v1.6.0 h1:t0k662zxnUZlnDvFrk4DBDl6iivFmJxbwuRdyhH9Ot4=
 github.com/fluxcd/notification-controller/api v1.6.0/go.mod h1:b1gwfsygqnasQVdn/iMCFDI81LeOeY/ibLul+Z6W8U0=
 github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/acl v0.7.0 h1:dMhZJH+g6ZRPjs4zVOAN9vHBd1DcavFgcIFkg5ooOE0=
diff --git a/manifests/bases/kustomize-controller/kustomization.yaml b/manifests/bases/kustomize-controller/kustomization.yaml
index cc20e090..0e96adbe 100644
--- a/manifests/bases/kustomize-controller/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/manifests/bases/kustomize-controller/kustomization.yaml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
 kind: Kustomization
 resources:
-- https://github.com/fluxcd/kustomize-controller/releases/download/v1.6.0/kustomize-controller.crds.yaml
-- https://github.com/fluxcd/kustomize-controller/releases/download/v1.6.0/kustomize-controller.deployment.yaml
+- https://github.com/fluxcd/kustomize-controller/releases/download/v1.6.1/kustomize-controller.crds.yaml
+- https://github.com/fluxcd/kustomize-controller/releases/download/v1.6.1/kustomize-controller.deployment.yaml
 - account.yaml
 transformers:
 - labels.yaml
diff --git a/manifests/crds/kustomization.yaml b/manifests/crds/kustomization.yaml
index a72e7223..1dc780ee 100644
--- a/manifests/crds/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/manifests/crds/kustomization.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
 kind: Kustomization
 resources:
 - https://github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/releases/download/v1.6.2/source-controller.crds.yaml
-- https://github.com/fluxcd/kustomize-controller/releases/download/v1.6.0/kustomize-controller.crds.yaml
+- https://github.com/fluxcd/kustomize-controller/releases/download/v1.6.1/kustomize-controller.crds.yaml
 - https://github.com/fluxcd/helm-controller/releases/download/v1.3.0/helm-controller.crds.yaml
 - https://github.com/fluxcd/notification-controller/releases/download/v1.6.0/notification-controller.crds.yaml
 - https://github.com/fluxcd/image-reflector-controller/releases/download/v0.35.2/image-reflector-controller.crds.yaml