diff --git a/kustomize/go.mod b/kustomize/go.mod
index 22bd814cf6..a967a2a22b 100644
--- a/kustomize/go.mod
+++ b/kustomize/go.mod
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.1
 	golang.org/x/text v0.8.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.14.0
-	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config v0.11.3
+	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config v0.12.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.15.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.3.0
 )
@@ -43,5 +43,3 @@ require (
 )
 
 replace sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api => ../api
-
-replace sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config => ../cmd/config
diff --git a/kustomize/go.sum b/kustomize/go.sum
index 85946073ed..a8c9b65b92 100644
--- a/kustomize/go.sum
+++ b/kustomize/go.sum
@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
 k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20230601164746-7562a1006961 h1:pqRVJGQJz6oeZby8qmPKXYIBjyrcv7EHCe/33UkZMYA=
 k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20230601164746-7562a1006961/go.mod h1:l8HTwL5fqnlns4jOveW1L75eo7R9KFHxiE0bsPGy428=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd h1:EDPBXCAspyGV4jQlpZSudPeMmr1bNJefnuqLsRAsHZo=
+sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config v0.12.0 h1:EXkXg7Bq/wPaEe5sdNbLRI5J6eG+WarKNo5LRD+gCWU=
+sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config v0.12.0/go.mod h1:Ct/f74OFOVCO4KQ8PVGUXHQDjZO6yqwxhrvL/b/DkBM=
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.15.0 h1:ynlLMAxDhrY9otSg5GYE2TcIz31XkGZ2Pkj7SdolD84=
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.15.0/go.mod h1:+uMkBahdU1KNOj78Uta4rrXH+iH7wvg+nW7+GULvREA=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.3.0 h1:a2VclLzOGrwOHDiV8EfBGhvjHvP46CtW5j6POvhYGGo=