diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 9ee539f9a..b69d82d5a 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 module github.com/sigstore/scaffolding
 
 go 1.22.6
+toolchain go1.23.1
 
 require (
 	chainguard.dev/exitdir v0.0.1
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/code-generator v0.31.0
 	knative.dev/hack v0.0.0-20230417170854-f591fea109b3
 	knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20230612155445-74c4be5e935e
-	sigs.k8s.io/release-utils v0.8.4
+	sigs.k8s.io/release-utils v0.8.5
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 7891b8acd..7bdc1c495 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -2480,8 +2480,8 @@ 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 v0.8.4 h1:4QVr3UgbyY/d9p74LBhg0njSVQofUsAZqYOzVZBhdBw=
-sigs.k8s.io/release-utils v0.8.4/go.mod h1:m1bHfscTemQp+z+pLCZnkXih9n0+WukIUU70n6nFnU0=
+sigs.k8s.io/release-utils v0.8.5 h1:FUtFqEAN621gSXv0L7kHyWruBeS7TUU9aWf76olX7uQ=
+sigs.k8s.io/release-utils v0.8.5/go.mod h1:qsm5bdxdgoHkD8HsXpgme2/c3mdsNaiV53Sz2HmKeJA=
 sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.4.1 h1:150L+0vs/8DA78h1u02ooW1/fFq/Lwr+sGiqlzvrtq4=
 sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.4.1/go.mod h1:N8hJocpFajUSSeSJ9bOZ77VzejKZaXsTtZo4/u7Io08=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.2.0/go.mod h1:yfXDCHCao9+ENCvLSE62v9VSji2MKu5jeNfTrofGhJc=