diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index c734898..478d815 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.0
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0
-	sigs.k8s.io/release-utils v0.7.7
+	sigs.k8s.io/release-utils v0.8.1
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index c645643..1ce5e48 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@ github.com/stretchr/objx v0.4.0/go.mod h1:YvHI0jy2hoMjB+UWwv71VJQ9isScKT/TqJzVSS
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.5.0/go.mod h1:Yh+to48EsGEfYuaHDzXPcE3xhTkx73EhmCGUpEOglKo=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.1/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0/go.mod h1:yNjHg4UonilssWZ8iaSj1OCr/vHnekPRkoO+kdMU+MU=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4 h1:CcVxjf3Q8PM0mHUKJCdn+eZZtm5yQwehR5yeSVQQcUk=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4/go.mod h1:sz/lmYIOXD/1dqDmKjjqLyZ2RngseejIcXlSw2iwfAo=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0 h1:HtqpIVDClZ4nwg75+f6Lvsy/wHu+3BoSGCbBAcpTsTg=
 github.com/terminalstatic/go-xsd-validate v0.1.5 h1:RqpJnf6HGE2CB/lZB1A8BYguk8uRtcvYAPLCF15qguo=
 github.com/xeipuuv/gojsonpointer v0.0.0-20180127040702-4e3ac2762d5f h1:J9EGpcZtP0E/raorCMxlFGSTBrsSlaDGf3jU/qvAE2c=
 github.com/xeipuuv/gojsonreference v0.0.0-20180127040603-bd5ef7bd5415 h1:EzJWgHovont7NscjpAxXsDA8S8BMYve8Y5+7cuRE7R0=
@@ -157,8 +157,8 @@ gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0/go.mod h1:RDklbk79AGWmwhnvt/jBztapEOGDOx6ZbXqjP6csGnQ=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
-sigs.k8s.io/release-utils v0.7.7 h1:JKDOvhCk6zW8ipEOkpTGDH/mW3TI+XqtPp16aaQ79FU=
-sigs.k8s.io/release-utils v0.7.7/go.mod h1:iU7DGVNi3umZJ8q6aHyUFzsDUIaYwNnNKGHo3YE5E3s=
+sigs.k8s.io/release-utils v0.8.1 h1:qSA9p3vZzO6RAq7zvzupCZjR29+n3NK9DSJPe9bSf7w=
+sigs.k8s.io/release-utils v0.8.1/go.mod h1:vrQ3eR1VmudgX4OUwr4pUZEkYLRms9bdbv06mr3kchQ=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.3.0/go.mod h1:GeOyir5tyXNByN85N/dRIT9es5UQNerPYEKK56eTBm8=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0 h1:Mk1wCc2gy/F0THH0TAp1QYyJNzRm2KCLy3o5ASXVI5E=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0/go.mod h1:Ejl7/uTz7PSA4eKMyQCUTnhZYNmLIl+5c2lQPGR2BPY=