diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index b0c28396..cb0a796a 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/gosuri/uitable v0.0.4
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-getter v1.7.1
 	github.com/helmfile/vals v0.23.0
-	github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.13
+	github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.14
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.6.1
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.2
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index a4978752..124c0714 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -656,6 +656,8 @@ github.com/ianlancetaylor/demangle v0.0.0-20200824232613-28f6c0f3b639/go.mod h1:
 github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.11/go.mod h1:jmQim1M+e3UYxmgPu/WyfjB3N3VflVyUjjjwH0dnCYA=
 github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.13 h1:lFzP57bqS/wsqKssCGmtLAb8A0wKjLGrve2q3PPVcBk=
 github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.13/go.mod h1:4lJ1jqUDcsbIECGy0RUJAXNIhg+6ocWgb1ALK2O4oXg=
+github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.14 h1:fOqeC1+nCuuk6PKQdg9YmosXX7Y7mHX6R/0ZldI9iHo=
+github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.14/go.mod h1:WBLT9ZmE3lPoWsEzCh9LPo3TiwVN+ZKEjmz+hD27ysY=
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.0.1 h1:U3uMjPSQEBMNp1lFxmllqCPM6P5u/Xq7Pgzkat/bFNc=
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.0.1/go.mod h1:vpF70FUmC8bwa3OWnCshd2FqLfsEA9PFc4w1p2J65bw=
 github.com/itchyny/astgen-go v0.0.0-20200116103543-aaa595cf980e/go.mod h1:9Gyr9nZoENI+woes+xm+BFhmvYmAp6bPtXD866pQH9g=
diff --git a/pkg/environment/environment.go b/pkg/environment/environment.go
index e7e92709..427f6db6 100644
--- a/pkg/environment/environment.go
+++ b/pkg/environment/environment.go
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ func (e *Environment) Merge(other *Environment) (*Environment, error) {
 	}
 	copy := e.DeepCopy()
 	if other != nil {
-		if err := mergo.Merge(&copy, other, mergo.WithOverride, mergo.WithOverwriteWithEmptyValue); err != nil {
+		if err := mergo.Merge(&copy, other, mergo.WithOverride); err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
 	}
@@ -78,11 +78,11 @@ func (e *Environment) Merge(other *Environment) (*Environment, error) {
 func (e *Environment) GetMergedValues() (map[string]interface{}, error) {
 	vals := map[string]interface{}{}
 
-	if err := mergo.Merge(&vals, e.Defaults, mergo.WithOverride, mergo.WithOverwriteWithEmptyValue); err != nil {
+	if err := mergo.Merge(&vals, e.Defaults, mergo.WithOverride); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	if err := mergo.Merge(&vals, e.Values, mergo.WithOverride, mergo.WithOverwriteWithEmptyValue); err != nil {
+	if err := mergo.Merge(&vals, e.Values, mergo.WithOverride); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/state/create.go b/pkg/state/create.go
index f9f6a252..2f380b17 100644
--- a/pkg/state/create.go
+++ b/pkg/state/create.go
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ func (c *StateCreator) LoadEnvValues(target *HelmState, env string, ctxEnv, over
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	if err := mergo.Merge(&e.Defaults, newDefaults, mergo.WithOverride, mergo.WithOverwriteWithEmptyValue); err != nil {
+	if err := mergo.Merge(&e.Defaults, newDefaults, mergo.WithOverride); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ func (c *StateCreator) loadEnvValues(st *HelmState, name string, failOnMissingEn
 	if ctxEnv != nil {
 		intCtxEnv := *ctxEnv
 
-		if err := mergo.Merge(&intCtxEnv, newEnv, mergo.WithOverride, mergo.WithOverwriteWithEmptyValue); err != nil {
+		if err := mergo.Merge(&intCtxEnv, newEnv, mergo.WithOverride); err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("error while merging environment values for \"%s\": %v", name, err)
 		}
 
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ func (c *StateCreator) loadEnvValues(st *HelmState, name string, failOnMissingEn
 	if overrode != nil {
 		intOverrodeEnv := *newEnv
 
-		if err := mergo.Merge(&intOverrodeEnv, overrode, mergo.WithOverride, mergo.WithOverwriteWithEmptyValue); err != nil {
+		if err := mergo.Merge(&intOverrodeEnv, overrode, mergo.WithOverride); err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("error while merging environment overrode values for \"%s\": %v", name, err)
 		}
 
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ func (c *StateCreator) scatterGatherEnvSecretFiles(st *HelmState, envSecretFiles
 				if result.err != nil {
 					errs = append(errs, result.err)
 				} else {
-					if err := mergo.Merge(&envVals, &result.result, mergo.WithOverride, mergo.WithOverwriteWithEmptyValue); err != nil {
+					if err := mergo.Merge(&envVals, &result.result, mergo.WithOverride); err != nil {
 						errs = append(errs, fmt.Errorf("failed to load environment secrets file \"%s\": %v", result.path, err))
 					}
 				}
diff --git a/pkg/state/envvals_loader.go b/pkg/state/envvals_loader.go
index c8af966e..5a1d29b3 100644
--- a/pkg/state/envvals_loader.go
+++ b/pkg/state/envvals_loader.go
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ func (ld *EnvironmentValuesLoader) LoadEnvironmentValues(missingFileHandler *str
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, err
 			}
-			if err := mergo.Merge(&result, &vals, mergo.WithOverride, mergo.WithOverwriteWithEmptyValue); err != nil {
+			if err := mergo.Merge(&result, &vals, mergo.WithOverride); err != nil {
 				return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to merge %v: %v", m, err)
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/state/state.go b/pkg/state/state.go
index e0c05948..eec92637 100644
--- a/pkg/state/state.go
+++ b/pkg/state/state.go
@@ -1550,7 +1550,7 @@ func (st *HelmState) WriteReleasesValues(helm helmexec.Interface, additionalValu
 				return []error{fmt.Errorf("unmarshalling yaml %s: %w", f, err)}
 			}
 
-			if err := mergo.Merge(&merged, &src, mergo.WithOverride, mergo.WithOverwriteWithEmptyValue); err != nil {
+			if err := mergo.Merge(&merged, &src, mergo.WithOverride); err != nil {
 				return []error{fmt.Errorf("merging %s: %w", f, err)}
 			}
 		}