diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 5c69119bd..53fa066ed 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/sigstore/rekor
 
 go 1.22.0
-
 toolchain go1.23.4
 
 require (
@@ -47,7 +46,7 @@ require (
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.69.4
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.3
 	gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.67.0
-	sigs.k8s.io/release-utils v0.8.4
+	sigs.k8s.io/release-utils v0.9.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0
 )
 
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index baa141267..09955647b 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -672,8 +672,8 @@ k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240502163921-fe8a2dddb1d0 h1:jgGTlFYnhF1PM1Ax/lAlxUPE+KfCI
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240502163921-fe8a2dddb1d0/go.mod h1:OLgZIPagt7ERELqWJFomSt595RzquPNLL48iOWgYOg0=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd h1:EDPBXCAspyGV4jQlpZSudPeMmr1bNJefnuqLsRAsHZo=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd/go.mod h1:B8JuhiUyNFVKdsE8h686QcCxMaH6HrOAZj4vswFpcB0=
-sigs.k8s.io/release-utils v0.8.4 h1:4QVr3UgbyY/d9p74LBhg0njSVQofUsAZqYOzVZBhdBw=
-sigs.k8s.io/release-utils v0.8.4/go.mod h1:m1bHfscTemQp+z+pLCZnkXih9n0+WukIUU70n6nFnU0=
+sigs.k8s.io/release-utils v0.9.0 h1:+JYA8E5YXzVj2Eh929woeRn1U82vLUQbpqKsgZPEmEo=
+sigs.k8s.io/release-utils v0.9.0/go.mod h1:xZoCJyajMJ0wtgGXWuznbC1r9dw7iJzMp/+dCkf1UGw=
 sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.2.3 h1:PRbqxJClWWYMNV1dhaG4NsibJbArud9kFxnAMREiWFE=
 sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.2.3/go.mod h1:qjx8mGObPmV2aSZepjQjbmb2ihdVs8cGKBraizNC69E=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0 h1:Mk1wCc2gy/F0THH0TAp1QYyJNzRm2KCLy3o5ASXVI5E=