diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 74bfee8840..f8e14dae08 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ require (
 	sigs.k8s.io/kubectl-validate v0.0.3
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.16.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.17.0
-	sigs.k8s.io/release-utils v0.7.7
+	sigs.k8s.io/release-utils v0.8.1
 	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.4.1
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index a7f5891a56..ed66a91f48 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1216,8 +1216,8 @@ sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.16.0 h1:/zAR4FOQDCkgSDmVzV2uiFbuy9bhu3jEzthrHCuvm1g
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.16.0/go.mod h1:MnFZ7IP2YqVyVwMWoRxPtgl/5hpA+eCCrQR/866cm5c=
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.17.0 h1:G2bWs03V9Ur2PinHLzTUJ8Ded+30SzXZKiO92SRDs3c=
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.17.0/go.mod h1:6lxkYF1Cv9Ic8g/N7I86cvxNc5iinUo/P2vKsHNmpyE=
-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/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=