diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index b8cc23c0c0..c82765dea7 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/cenkalti/backoff v2.2.1+incompatible
 	github.com/cyphar/filepath-securejoin v0.2.4
 	github.com/dgraph-io/ristretto v0.1.1
-	github.com/distribution/reference v0.5.0
+	github.com/distribution/reference v0.6.0
 	github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.9.0
 	github.com/fatih/color v1.16.0
 	github.com/fluxcd/pkg/oci v0.35.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 6f1b023069..0108a2cef1 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -274,8 +274,8 @@ github.com/digitorus/timestamp v0.0.0-20231217203849-220c5c2851b7 h1:lxmTCgmHE1G
 github.com/digitorus/timestamp v0.0.0-20231217203849-220c5c2851b7/go.mod h1:GvWntX9qiTlOud0WkQ6ewFm0LPy5JUR1Xo0Ngbd1w6Y=
 github.com/dimchansky/utfbom v1.1.1 h1:vV6w1AhK4VMnhBno/TPVCoK9U/LP0PkLCS9tbxHdi/U=
 github.com/dimchansky/utfbom v1.1.1/go.mod h1:SxdoEBH5qIqFocHMyGOXVAybYJdr71b1Q/j0mACtrfE=
-github.com/distribution/reference v0.5.0 h1:/FUIFXtfc/x2gpa5/VGfiGLuOIdYa1t65IKK2OFGvA0=
-github.com/distribution/reference v0.5.0/go.mod h1:BbU0aIcezP1/5jX/8MP0YiH4SdvB5Y4f/wlDRiLyi3E=
+github.com/distribution/reference v0.6.0 h1:0IXCQ5g4/QMHHkarYzh5l+u8T3t73zM5QvfrDyIgxBk=
+github.com/distribution/reference v0.6.0/go.mod h1:BbU0aIcezP1/5jX/8MP0YiH4SdvB5Y4f/wlDRiLyi3E=
 github.com/djherbis/times v1.6.0 h1:w2ctJ92J8fBvWPxugmXIv7Nz7Q3iDMKNx9v5ocVH20c=
 github.com/djherbis/times v1.6.0/go.mod h1:gOHeRAz2h+VJNZ5Gmc/o7iD9k4wW7NMVqieYCY99oc0=
 github.com/dnaeon/go-vcr v1.2.0 h1:zHCHvJYTMh1N7xnV7zf1m1GPBF9Ad0Jk/whtQ1663qI=