diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index d4faebb83..e884a1474 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/code-generator v0.28.2
 	knative.dev/hack v0.0.0-20230417170854-f591fea109b3
 	knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20230612155445-74c4be5e935e
-	sigs.k8s.io/release-utils v0.7.4
+	sigs.k8s.io/release-utils v0.7.5
 )
 
 require (
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/term v0.13.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.13.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/time v0.3.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/tools v0.9.3 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/tools v0.12.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20220907171357-04be3eba64a2 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/api v0.138.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/appengine v1.6.7 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index f903ed934..0ae454e22 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1088,8 +1088,8 @@ golang.org/x/tools v0.1.1/go.mod h1:o0xws9oXOQQZyjljx8fwUC0k7L1pTE6eaCbjGeHmOkk=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.1.12/go.mod h1:hNGJHUnrk76NpqgfD5Aqm5Crs+Hm0VOH/i9J2+nxYbc=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.4.0/go.mod h1:UE5sM2OK9E/d67R0ANs2xJizIymRP5gJU295PvKXxjQ=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.6.0/go.mod h1:Xwgl3UAJ/d3gWutnCtw505GrjyAbvKui8lOU390QaIU=
-golang.org/x/tools v0.9.3 h1:Gn1I8+64MsuTb/HpH+LmQtNas23LhUVr3rYZ0eKuaMM=
-golang.org/x/tools v0.9.3/go.mod h1:owI94Op576fPu3cIGQeHs3joujW/2Oc6MtlxbF5dfNc=
+golang.org/x/tools v0.12.0 h1:YW6HUoUmYBpwSgyaGaZq1fHjrBjX1rlpZ54T6mu2kss=
+golang.org/x/tools v0.12.0/go.mod h1:Sc0INKfu04TlqNoRA1hgpFZbhYXHPr4V5DzpSBTPqQM=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20190717185122-a985d3407aa7/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191011141410-1b5146add898/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191204190536-9bdfabe68543/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
@@ -1273,8 +1273,8 @@ 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 v0.7.4 h1:17LmJrydpUloTCtaoWj95uKlcrUp4h2A9Sa+ZL+lV9w=
-sigs.k8s.io/release-utils v0.7.4/go.mod h1:JEt2QPHItd5Pg2UKLAU8PEaSlF4bUjCZimpxFDgymVU=
+sigs.k8s.io/release-utils v0.7.5 h1:0DYUWILqT0rirJ+8Vrp+Fr8jG8Q32ejFnulkahOvEao=
+sigs.k8s.io/release-utils v0.7.5/go.mod h1:GZGWmbINwsLGKsoZKTeWUGp4F+Rbwhq4XDtJ45N+dLw=
 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 v1.2.0/go.mod h1:yfXDCHCao9+ENCvLSE62v9VSji2MKu5jeNfTrofGhJc=