diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a9b0f97..d0c6930 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ kustomize-build-dirs takes a list of filenames, and for each one walks up the
 directory tree until it finds a directory containing `kustomization.yaml` then
 runs `kustomize build` on that directory, saving the output in the directory
 given by `--out-dir`.
+It also truncates secrets, so that we don't need to decrypt them in order to check
+if manifests are correct.
 
 This program should only be run from the root of a Git repository.
 
diff --git a/cmd/kustomize-build-dirs/main.go b/cmd/kustomize-build-dirs/main.go
index 97dd1cc..b3fc5a7 100644
--- a/cmd/kustomize-build-dirs/main.go
+++ b/cmd/kustomize-build-dirs/main.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"io"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -11,10 +12,17 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/urfave/cli/v2"
 	"golang.org/x/sync/errgroup"
+	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
 )
 
 const manifestFileName = "manifests.yaml"
 
+// Kustomization represents the structure of a Kustomization file
+type Kustomization struct {
+	APIVersion string `yaml:"apiVersion"`
+	Kind       string `yaml:"kind"`
+}
+
 // variable used for testing
 var getwdFunc = os.Getwd
 
@@ -66,6 +74,11 @@ func kustomizeBuildDirs(outDir string, doTruncateSecrets bool, filepaths []strin
 		return err
 	}
 
+	kustomizationRoots, err = removeComponentKustomizations(rootDir, kustomizationRoots)
+	if err != nil { //go-cov:skip
+		return err
+	}
+
 	// truncate secrets so we can run `kustomize build` without having to decrypt them
 	if doTruncateSecrets {
 		if err := truncateSecrets(rootDir, kustomizationRoots); err != nil {
@@ -111,6 +124,7 @@ func findKustomizationRoots(root string, paths []string) ([]string, error) {
 		if kustomizationRoot == "" {
 			continue
 		}
+
 		if _, exists := rootsMap[kustomizationRoot]; !exists {
 			fmt.Printf("Found kustomization build dir: %s\n", kustomizationRoot)
 			rootsMap[kustomizationRoot] = struct{}{}
@@ -131,8 +145,8 @@ func findKustomizationRoot(repoRoot string, relativePath string) (string, error)
 		case err == nil:
 			// found 'kustomization.yaml'
 			return dir, nil
-		case err != nil && !os.IsNotExist(err):
-			return "", fmt.Errorf("Error checking for file in %s: %v", dir, err)
+		case !os.IsNotExist(err):
+			return "", fmt.Errorf("error checking for file in %s: %v", dir, err)
 		default:
 			// file not found, continue up the directory tree
 			continue
@@ -141,6 +155,47 @@ func findKustomizationRoot(repoRoot string, relativePath string) (string, error)
 	return "", nil
 }
 
+// removeComponentKustomizations checks the list of the kustomization files, and removes those with
+// kind: Component.
+// We can't expect standalone Component kustomization files to correctly render.
+func removeComponentKustomizations(kustomizationRoot string, paths []string) ([]string, error) {
+	pathsNoComponent := []string{}
+	for _, path := range paths {
+		isComponent, err := checkIfIsComponent(
+			filepath.Join(kustomizationRoot, path, "kustomization.yaml"),
+		)
+		if err != nil { //go-cov:skip
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		if !isComponent {
+			pathsNoComponent = append(pathsNoComponent, path)
+		}
+	}
+	return pathsNoComponent, nil
+}
+
+func checkIfIsComponent(filepath string) (bool, error) {
+	file, err := os.Open(filepath)
+	if err != nil { //go-cov:skip
+		return false, fmt.Errorf("failed opening kustomization file: %s: %v", filepath, err)
+	}
+	defer file.Close()
+
+	// Read the file's content
+	data, err := io.ReadAll(file)
+	if err != nil { //go-cov:skip
+		return false, fmt.Errorf("error reading file: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// Unmarshal the YAML into the struct
+	var kustomization Kustomization
+	err = yaml.Unmarshal(data, &kustomization)
+	if err != nil { //go-cov:skip
+		return false, fmt.Errorf("error unmarshaling YAML: %v", err)
+	}
+	return kustomization.Kind == "Component", nil
+}
+
 func truncateSecrets(rootDir string, dirs []string) error {
 	secrets, err := findSecrets(rootDir, dirs)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/cmd/kustomize-build-dirs/main_test.go b/cmd/kustomize-build-dirs/main_test.go
index e7b33a4..eb6b729 100644
--- a/cmd/kustomize-build-dirs/main_test.go
+++ b/cmd/kustomize-build-dirs/main_test.go
@@ -22,6 +22,13 @@ kind: Kustomization
 resources:
   - deployment.yaml
 `
+
+	componentKustomization = `apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
+kind: Component 
+
+patches:
+  - path: deployment.yaml
+`
 	simpleDeploymentTemplate = `apiVersion: apps/v1
 kind: Deployment
 metadata:
@@ -44,7 +51,12 @@ func requireErorrPrefix(t *testing.T, err error, prefix string) {
 	t.Helper()
 
 	require.Error(t, err)
-	require.LessOrEqual(t, len(prefix), len(err.Error()), "error cannot be shorter than prefix")
+	require.LessOrEqual(
+		t,
+		len(prefix),
+		len(err.Error()),
+		fmt.Sprintf("error cannot be shorter than prefix, err: %s, prefix: %s", err, prefix),
+	)
 	require.Equalf(t, prefix, err.Error()[:len(prefix)], "full error: %v", err)
 }
 
@@ -111,7 +123,7 @@ func TestFailsWhenUnableToListSecrets(t *testing.T) {
 		workDir,
 	)
 
-	// run command outside of any Git directory
+	// run command outside any Git directory
 	err = kustomizeBuildDirs(mockoutDir, true, []string{"kustomization.yaml"})
 	requireErorrPrefix(t, err, expectedErrPrefix)
 }
@@ -148,7 +160,7 @@ func TestFailsWhenUnableToFindKustomizations(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, os.Chmod(unredableDirPath, 0o600))
 	// restore permissions so we can cleanup
 	defer os.Chmod(unredableDirPath, 0o700) //nolint:errcheck
-	expectedErrPrefix := "Error checking for file in manifests:"
+	expectedErrPrefix := "error checking for file in manifests:"
 
 	err := kustomizeBuildDirs(mockoutDir, false, []string{"manifests/kustomization.yaml"})
 	requireErorrPrefix(t, err, expectedErrPrefix)
@@ -305,6 +317,20 @@ func compareResults(
 	}
 }
 
+func TestDontRenderComponent(t *testing.T) {
+	gitDir, outDir := setupTest(t)
+
+	manifestPath := filepath.Join("manifests", "deployment.yaml")
+	repoFiles := map[string]string{
+		filepath.Join("manifests", "kustomization.yaml"): componentKustomization,
+		manifestPath: simpleDeployment,
+	}
+	buildGitRepo(t, gitDir, repoFiles)
+
+	require.NoError(t, kustomizeBuildDirs(outDir, false, []string{manifestPath}))
+	require.NoFileExists(t, outDir)
+}
+
 func TestWriteSingleManifest(t *testing.T) {
 	gitDir, outDir := setupTest(t)
 
@@ -367,6 +393,31 @@ func TestWriteMultipleManifests(t *testing.T) {
 	compareResults(t, outDir, expectedContents, readOutDir(t, outDir))
 }
 
+func TestWriteMultipleManifestsOneIscomponent(t *testing.T) {
+	gitDir, outDir := setupTest(t)
+
+	firstDeploymentPath := filepath.Join("first-project", "deployment.yaml")
+	firstDeploymentcontent := fmt.Sprintf(simpleDeploymentTemplate, "first-app")
+	secondDeploymentPath := filepath.Join("second-project", "deployment.yaml")
+	secondDeploymentcontent := fmt.Sprintf(simpleDeploymentTemplate, "second-app")
+	repoFiles := map[string]string{
+		firstDeploymentPath: firstDeploymentcontent,
+		filepath.Join("first-project", "kustomization.yaml"): simpleKustomization,
+		secondDeploymentPath: secondDeploymentcontent,
+		filepath.Join("second-project", "kustomization.yaml"): componentKustomization,
+	}
+	buildGitRepo(t, gitDir, repoFiles)
+	expectedContents := map[string]string{
+		"first-project": firstDeploymentcontent,
+	}
+
+	require.NoError(
+		t,
+		kustomizeBuildDirs(outDir, false, []string{firstDeploymentPath, secondDeploymentPath}),
+	)
+	compareResults(t, outDir, expectedContents, readOutDir(t, outDir))
+}
+
 func TestSecretsStubbed(t *testing.T) {
 	gitDir, outDir := setupTest(t)
 	manifestsDir := filepath.Join("src", "manifests")
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 9e1ed56..f21b060 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@ require (
 	github.com/urfave/cli/v2 v2.27.2
 	gitlab.com/matthewhughes/go-cov v0.4.0
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.7.0
-	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.30.3
-	k8s.io/client-go v0.30.3
+	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0
+	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.30.2
+	k8s.io/client-go v0.30.2
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.18.4
 )
 
@@ -213,10 +214,9 @@ require (
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.33.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/inf.v0 v0.9.1 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.67.0 // indirect
-	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 	honnef.co/go/tools v0.4.7 // indirect
-	k8s.io/api v0.30.3 // indirect
+	k8s.io/api v0.30.2 // indirect
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.120.1 // indirect
 	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20240228011516-70dd3763d340 // indirect
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20230726121419-3b25d923346b // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 28985c3..72126e9 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -618,14 +618,14 @@ gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.4.7 h1:9MDAWxMoSnB6QoSqiVr7P5mtkT9pOc1kSxchzPCnqJs=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.4.7/go.mod h1:+rnGS1THNh8zMwnd2oVOTL9QF6vmfyG6ZXBULae2uc0=
-k8s.io/api v0.30.3 h1:ImHwK9DCsPA9uoU3rVh4QHAHHK5dTSv1nxJUapx8hoQ=
-k8s.io/api v0.30.3/go.mod h1:GPc8jlzoe5JG3pb0KJCSLX5oAFIW3/qNJITlDj8BH04=
+k8s.io/api v0.30.2 h1:+ZhRj+28QT4UOH+BKznu4CBgPWgkXO7XAvMcMl0qKvI=
+k8s.io/api v0.30.2/go.mod h1:ULg5g9JvOev2dG0u2hig4Z7tQ2hHIuS+m8MNZ+X6EmI=
 k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.30.1 h1:4fAJZ9985BmpJG6PkoxVRpXv9vmPUOVzl614xarePws=
 k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.30.1/go.mod h1:R4GuSrlhgq43oRY9sF2IToFh7PVlF1JjfWdoG3pixk4=
-k8s.io/apimachinery v0.30.3 h1:q1laaWCmrszyQuSQCfNB8cFgCuDAoPszKY4ucAjDwHc=
-k8s.io/apimachinery v0.30.3/go.mod h1:iexa2somDaxdnj7bha06bhb43Zpa6eWH8N8dbqVjTUc=
-k8s.io/client-go v0.30.3 h1:bHrJu3xQZNXIi8/MoxYtZBBWQQXwy16zqJwloXXfD3k=
-k8s.io/client-go v0.30.3/go.mod h1:8d4pf8vYu665/kUbsxWAQ/JDBNWqfFeZnvFiVdmx89U=
+k8s.io/apimachinery v0.30.2 h1:fEMcnBj6qkzzPGSVsAZtQThU62SmQ4ZymlXRC5yFSCg=
+k8s.io/apimachinery v0.30.2/go.mod h1:iexa2somDaxdnj7bha06bhb43Zpa6eWH8N8dbqVjTUc=
+k8s.io/client-go v0.30.2 h1:sBIVJdojUNPDU/jObC+18tXWcTJVcwyqS9diGdWHk50=
+k8s.io/client-go v0.30.2/go.mod h1:JglKSWULm9xlJLx4KCkfLLQ7XwtlbflV6uFFSHTMgVs=
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.120.1 h1:QXU6cPEOIslTGvZaXvFWiP9VKyeet3sawzTOvdXb4Vw=
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.120.1/go.mod h1:3Jpz1GvMt720eyJH1ckRHK1EDfpxISzJ7I9OYgaDtPE=
 k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20240228011516-70dd3763d340 h1:BZqlfIlq5YbRMFko6/PM7FjZpUb45WallggurYhKGag=