diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index d92e39ff41..f787e0f399 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/kataras/tablewriter v0.0.0-20180708051242-e063d29b7c23
 	github.com/lensesio/tableprinter v0.0.0-20201125135848-89e81fc956e7
 	github.com/mattbaird/jsonpatch v0.0.0-20200820163806-098863c1fc24
-	github.com/notaryproject/notation-core-go v1.0.0-rc.2
+	github.com/notaryproject/notation-core-go v1.0.0-rc.3
 	github.com/notaryproject/notation-go v1.0.0-rc.3
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.16.5
 	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.27.6
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 9a5bdc3d4d..44c2f5aa01 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1042,8 +1042,8 @@ github.com/niemeyer/pretty v0.0.0-20200227124842-a10e7caefd8e/go.mod h1:zD1mROLA
 github.com/nishanths/exhaustive v0.1.0/go.mod h1:S1j9110vxV1ECdCudXRkeMnFQ/DQk9ajLT0Uf2MYZQQ=
 github.com/nishanths/predeclared v0.0.0-20190419143655-18a43bb90ffc/go.mod h1:62PewwiQTlm/7Rj+cxVYqZvDIUc+JjZq6GHAC1fsObQ=
 github.com/nishanths/predeclared v0.2.1/go.mod h1:HvkGJcA3naj4lOwnFXFDkFxVtSqQMB9sbB1usJ+xjQE=
-github.com/notaryproject/notation-core-go v1.0.0-rc.2 h1:nNJuXa12jVNSSETjGNJEcZgv1NwY5ToYPo+c0P9syCI=
-github.com/notaryproject/notation-core-go v1.0.0-rc.2/go.mod h1:ASoc9KbJkSHLbKhO96lb0pIEWJRMZq9oprwBSZ0EAx0=
+github.com/notaryproject/notation-core-go v1.0.0-rc.3 h1:ukRBOwctPF0bWLFs+ThDHwgj+L3+AHdyaOqmziLp8w0=
+github.com/notaryproject/notation-core-go v1.0.0-rc.3/go.mod h1:XWAlhOksW+c9AA/TyobkPv5Xoz8RWGwOAoDdybZLEiI=
 github.com/notaryproject/notation-go v1.0.0-rc.3 h1:J93pnI42xw6UzeeCn8a5r3j1n8n5nHjnM3GwrsHzjkQ=
 github.com/notaryproject/notation-go v1.0.0-rc.3/go.mod h1:IlP9GVzPUavxljgJIWoHY0GY1unlqfee7tIiCbSem1w=
 github.com/nxadm/tail v1.4.4/go.mod h1:kenIhsEOeOJmVchQTgglprH7qJGnHDVpk1VPCcaMI8A=