diff --git a/kustomize/go.mod b/kustomize/go.mod
index 386ec45ebc..77c9a3eea7 100644
--- a/kustomize/go.mod
+++ b/kustomize/go.mod
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.0
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
-	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0
+	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
 	golang.org/x/text v0.21.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.18.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config v0.15.0
diff --git a/kustomize/go.sum b/kustomize/go.sum
index 492beb8cec..6d552083c0 100644
--- a/kustomize/go.sum
+++ b/kustomize/go.sum
@@ -65,8 +65,6 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0/go.mod h1:yNjHg4UonilssWZ8iaSj1OCr/vHnekPRkoO
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.1/go.mod h1:w2LPCIKwWwSfY2zedu0+kehJoqGctiVI29o6fzry7u4=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0 h1:HtqpIVDClZ4nwg75+f6Lvsy/wHu+3BoSGCbBAcpTsTg=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0/go.mod h1:r2ic/lqez/lEtzL7wO/rwa5dbSLXVDPFyf8C91i36aY=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0 h1:Xv5erBjTwe/5IxqUQTdXv5kgmIvbHo3QQyRwhJsOfJA=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0/go.mod h1:r2ic/lqez/lEtzL7wO/rwa5dbSLXVDPFyf8C91i36aY=
 github.com/xlab/treeprint v1.2.0 h1:HzHnuAF1plUN2zGlAFHbSQP2qJ0ZAD3XF5XD7OesXRQ=
 github.com/xlab/treeprint v1.2.0/go.mod h1:gj5Gd3gPdKtR1ikdDK6fnFLdmIS0X30kTTuNd/WEJu0=
 go.uber.org/goleak v1.3.0 h1:2K3zAYmnTNqV73imy9J1T3WC+gmCePx2hEGkimedGto=