diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index cb079088b..747a1f158 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 module sigs.k8s.io/security-profiles-operator
 
 go 1.22.7
-
 toolchain go1.23.2
 
 require (
@@ -44,7 +43,7 @@ require (
 	oras.land/oras-go/v2 v2.5.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.19.1
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.16.5
-	sigs.k8s.io/release-utils v0.8.4
+	sigs.k8s.io/release-utils v0.8.5
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0
 )
 
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index eff45b90b..963035c5a 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1024,8 +1024,8 @@ sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api v1.1.0 h1:DsLDXCi6jR+Xz8/xd0Z1PYl2Pn0TyaFMOPPZIj4inDM=
 sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api v1.1.0/go.mod h1:ZH4lHrL2sDi0FHZ9jjneb8kKnGzFWyrTya35sWUTrRs=
 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 v0.8.5 h1:FUtFqEAN621gSXv0L7kHyWruBeS7TUU9aWf76olX7uQ=
+sigs.k8s.io/release-utils v0.8.5/go.mod h1:qsm5bdxdgoHkD8HsXpgme2/c3mdsNaiV53Sz2HmKeJA=
 sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.4.1 h1:150L+0vs/8DA78h1u02ooW1/fFq/Lwr+sGiqlzvrtq4=
 sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.4.1/go.mod h1:N8hJocpFajUSSeSJ9bOZ77VzejKZaXsTtZo4/u7Io08=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0 h1:Mk1wCc2gy/F0THH0TAp1QYyJNzRm2KCLy3o5ASXVI5E=
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index d4c513eda..50495c8e8 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -2225,8 +2225,8 @@ sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api/apis/v1
 ## explicit; go 1.18
 sigs.k8s.io/json
 sigs.k8s.io/json/internal/golang/encoding/json
-# sigs.k8s.io/release-utils v0.8.4
-## explicit; go 1.21
+# sigs.k8s.io/release-utils v0.8.5
+## explicit; go 1.23
 sigs.k8s.io/release-utils/command
 sigs.k8s.io/release-utils/env
 sigs.k8s.io/release-utils/env/internal