diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 7c8b748..9d3c69a 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.19.0
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.29.3
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20230726121419-3b25d923346b
-	sigs.k8s.io/release-utils v0.8.0
+	sigs.k8s.io/release-utils v0.8.1
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index ea0b1d3..b4763f1 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -991,8 +991,8 @@ k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20230726121419-3b25d923346b h1:sgn3ZU783SCgtaSJjpcVVlRqd6GSn
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20230726121419-3b25d923346b/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 v0.8.0 h1:iiyzoALmcPhcrA4Xkb73GHBwoyDfqkS6DItSixaeSJs=
-sigs.k8s.io/release-utils v0.8.0/go.mod h1:GWU37J2Srptpc4TvU3yllZORPf0xoH3zk4YPjbWoMtg=
+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/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=