diff --git a/docs/developer-guide.md b/docs/developer-guide.md
index ae38e1b8779..23dec5a3983 100644
--- a/docs/developer-guide.md
+++ b/docs/developer-guide.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ see the following user guides:
 - [Docker](https://docs.docker.com/) (17.05 or later)
 - [Java](https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/technotes/guides/install/install_overview.html) (8 or later)
 - [Python](https://www.python.org/) (3.7 or later)
-- [kustomize](https://kustomize.io/) (3.2 or later)
+- [kustomize](https://kustomize.io/) (4.0.5 or later)
 
 ## Build from source code