diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 9003659f2..85016cf9f 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/sigstore/sigstore v1.8.4
 	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.3
 	github.com/spdx/tools-golang v0.5.4
-	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.0
+	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.1
 	github.com/xlab/treeprint v1.1.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/prometheus v0.39.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.24.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 1e61a2c0c..13f932961 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ github.com/containerd/stargz-snapshotter/estargz v0.14.3 h1:OqlDCK3ZVUO6C3B/5FSk
 github.com/containerd/stargz-snapshotter/estargz v0.14.3/go.mod h1:KY//uOCIkSuNAHhJogcZtrNHdKrA99/FCCRjE3HD36o=
 github.com/coreos/go-oidc/v3 v3.10.0 h1:tDnXHnLyiTVyT/2zLDGj09pFPkhND8Gl8lnTRhoEaJU=
 github.com/coreos/go-oidc/v3 v3.10.0/go.mod h1:5j11xcw0D3+SGxn6Z/WFADsgcWVMyNAlSQupk0KK3ac=
-github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.3/go.mod h1:tgQtvFlXSQOSOSIRvRPT7W67SCa46tRHOmNcaadrF8o=
+github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.4/go.mod h1:tgQtvFlXSQOSOSIRvRPT7W67SCa46tRHOmNcaadrF8o=
 github.com/cyberphone/json-canonicalization v0.0.0-20231011164504-785e29786b46 h1:2Dx4IHfC1yHWI12AxQDJM1QbRCDfk6M+blLzlZCXdrc=
 github.com/cyberphone/json-canonicalization v0.0.0-20231011164504-785e29786b46/go.mod h1:uzvlm1mxhHkdfqitSA92i7Se+S9ksOn3a3qmv/kyOCw=
 github.com/danieljoos/wincred v1.2.0 h1:ozqKHaLK0W/ii4KVbbvluM91W2H3Sh0BncbUNPS7jLE=
@@ -709,8 +709,8 @@ github.com/spf13/afero v1.11.0 h1:WJQKhtpdm3v2IzqG8VMqrr6Rf3UYpEF239Jy9wNepM8=
 github.com/spf13/afero v1.11.0/go.mod h1:GH9Y3pIexgf1MTIWtNGyogA5MwRIDXGUr+hbWNoBjkY=
 github.com/spf13/cast v1.6.0 h1:GEiTHELF+vaR5dhz3VqZfFSzZjYbgeKDpBxQVS4GYJ0=
 github.com/spf13/cast v1.6.0/go.mod h1:ancEpBxwJDODSW/UG4rDrAqiKolqNNh2DX3mk86cAdo=
-github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.0 h1:7aJaZx1B85qltLMc546zn58BxxfZdR/W22ej9CFoEf0=
-github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.0/go.mod h1:WXLWApfZ71AjXPya3WOlMsY9yMs7YeiHhFVlvLyhcho=
+github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.1 h1:e5/vxKd/rZsfSJMUX1agtjeTDf+qv1/JdBF8gg5k9ZM=
+github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.1/go.mod h1:wHxEcudfqmLYa8iTfL+OuZPbBZkmvliBWKIezN3kD9Y=
 github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.3/go.mod h1:DYY7MBk1bdzusC3SYhjObp+wFpr4gzcvqqNjLnInEg4=
 github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 h1:iy+VFUOCP1a+8yFto/drg2CJ5u0yRoB7fZw3DKv/JXA=
 github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5/go.mod h1:McXfInJRrz4CZXVZOBLb0bTZqETkiAhM9Iw0y3An2Bg=