diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 45d4887ba..513107a3b 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ require (
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.31.0
 	gopkg.in/square/go-jose.v2 v2.6.0
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
-	sigs.k8s.io/release-utils v0.7.6
+	sigs.k8s.io/release-utils v0.7.7
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 8ca3a57f5..ad9bccdf4 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -902,8 +902,8 @@ rsc.io/quote/v3 v3.1.0/go.mod h1:yEA65RcK8LyAZtP9Kv3t0HmxON59tX3rD+tICJqUlj0=
 rsc.io/sampler v1.3.0/go.mod h1:T1hPZKmBbMNahiBKFy5HrXp6adAjACjK9JXDnKaTXpA=
 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 v0.7.6 h1:mQxQRAIulbyz6y7eOCzklAelcpYjBj8MMGFcxNnyqto=
-sigs.k8s.io/release-utils v0.7.6/go.mod h1:GZGWmbINwsLGKsoZKTeWUGp4F+Rbwhq4XDtJ45N+dLw=
+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/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.2.3 h1:PRbqxJClWWYMNV1dhaG4NsibJbArud9kFxnAMREiWFE=
 sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.2.3/go.mod h1:qjx8mGObPmV2aSZepjQjbmb2ihdVs8cGKBraizNC69E=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0 h1:Mk1wCc2gy/F0THH0TAp1QYyJNzRm2KCLy3o5ASXVI5E=