diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 24b0b3ea7..eec462b3c 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/code-generator v0.28.3
 	knative.dev/hack v0.0.0-20230417170854-f591fea109b3
 	knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20230612155445-74c4be5e935e
-	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 25b00e3bc..7e50995aa 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1268,8 +1268,8 @@ 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 v4.3.0 h1:UZbZAZfX0wV2zr7YZorDz6GXROfDFj6LvqCRm4VUVKk=
 sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.3.0/go.mod h1:N8hJocpFajUSSeSJ9bOZ77VzejKZaXsTtZo4/u7Io08=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.2.0/go.mod h1:yfXDCHCao9+ENCvLSE62v9VSji2MKu5jeNfTrofGhJc=