diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 2e51b83bb0..28d02213af 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ module github.com/kptdev/kpt
 
 go 1.26.5
 
-replace github.com/kptdev/kpt/api => ./api
+//replace github.com/kptdev/kpt/api => ./api
 
 require (
 	github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3 v3.5.0
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.7.0
 	github.com/google/go-containerregistry v0.21.6
 	github.com/google/shlex v0.0.0-20191202100458-e7afc7fbc510
-	github.com/kptdev/kpt/api v1.1.0
+	github.com/kptdev/kpt/api v1.1.1-pre.1
 	github.com/kptdev/krm-functions-sdk/go/fn v1.1.1
 	github.com/otiai10/copy v1.14.1
 	github.com/philopon/go-toposort v0.0.0-20170620085441-9be86dbd762f
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 7ca97f21ea..2e671ecf3c 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -116,8 +116,8 @@ github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12 h1:PV8peI4a0ysnczrg+LtxykD8LfKY9ML6u2jnxaEnr
 github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12/go.mod h1:e30LSqwooZae/UwlEbR2852Gd8hjQvJoHmT4TnhNGBo=
 github.com/klauspost/compress v1.18.6 h1:2jupLlAwFm95+YDR+NwD2MEfFO9d4z4Prjl1XXDjuao=
 github.com/klauspost/compress v1.18.6/go.mod h1:cwPg85FWrGar70rWktvGQj8/hthj3wpl0PGDogxkrSQ=
-github.com/kptdev/kpt/api v1.1.0 h1:Axq0jOUhr4zK2gakivrvsG5gj1VegMCgLEKXwpAb7fE=
-github.com/kptdev/kpt/api v1.1.0/go.mod h1:0mBPvXjoxrYGyak7jyNsEuNyVD3eaZXek2fDBH+gYQA=
+github.com/kptdev/kpt/api v1.1.1-pre.1 h1:CXt6Jw42hZnFTaXX6mCoxdA15nZbMj+wQnsiOUT+1hw=
+github.com/kptdev/kpt/api v1.1.1-pre.1/go.mod h1:0mBPvXjoxrYGyak7jyNsEuNyVD3eaZXek2fDBH+gYQA=
 github.com/kptdev/krm-functions-sdk/go/fn v1.1.1 h1:F/tdu0FSWSnLaAV+AC8CVS0YGpUwkVnAs+O5NHPRmQU=
 github.com/kptdev/krm-functions-sdk/go/fn v1.1.1/go.mod h1:rPrLdh02mfqq5PjZRrMr5mhRA6dkjKm7O4bm5VZJWOg=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.1.0/go.mod h1:dAy3ld7l9f0ibDNOQOHHMYYIIbhfbHSm3C4ZsoJORNo=