diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 70a04ba..dc53275 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
 	github.com/vifraa/gopom v0.2.1
 	golang.org/x/mod v0.14.0
-	sigs.k8s.io/release-utils v0.7.4
+	sigs.k8s.io/release-utils v0.8.1
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index e81fc97..cf7c395 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -194,5 +194,5 @@ gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
 rsc.io/pdf v0.1.1/go.mod h1:n8OzWcQ6Sp37PL01nO98y4iUCRdTGarVfzxY20ICaU4=
-sigs.k8s.io/release-utils v0.7.4 h1:17LmJrydpUloTCtaoWj95uKlcrUp4h2A9Sa+ZL+lV9w=
-sigs.k8s.io/release-utils v0.7.4/go.mod h1:JEt2QPHItd5Pg2UKLAU8PEaSlF4bUjCZimpxFDgymVU=
+sigs.k8s.io/release-utils v0.8.1 h1:qSA9p3vZzO6RAq7zvzupCZjR29+n3NK9DSJPe9bSf7w=
+sigs.k8s.io/release-utils v0.8.1/go.mod h1:vrQ3eR1VmudgX4OUwr4pUZEkYLRms9bdbv06mr3kchQ=