diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index ab98eacc1..26da76482 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ require (
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.69.2
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.1
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
-	sigs.k8s.io/release-utils v0.8.5
+	sigs.k8s.io/release-utils v0.9.0
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 0adbc23ab..89462be68 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -533,5 +533,5 @@ honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.0-20190102054323-c2f93a96b099/go.mod h1:rf3lG4BRIbNafJWh
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.0-20190523083050-ea95bdfd59fc/go.mod h1:rf3lG4BRIbNafJWhAfAdb/ePZxsR/4RtNHQocxwk9r4=
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1 h1:n9Xl7H1Xvksem4KFG4PYbdQCQxqc/tTUyrgXaOhHSzk=
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1/go.mod h1:3Jpz1GvMt720eyJH1ckRHK1EDfpxISzJ7I9OYgaDtPE=
-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/release-utils v0.9.0 h1:+JYA8E5YXzVj2Eh929woeRn1U82vLUQbpqKsgZPEmEo=
+sigs.k8s.io/release-utils v0.9.0/go.mod h1:xZoCJyajMJ0wtgGXWuznbC1r9dw7iJzMp/+dCkf1UGw=