diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 13d6993a0..c9a522b36 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/code-generator v0.29.3
 	knative.dev/hack v0.0.0-20230417170854-f591fea109b3
 	knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20230612155445-74c4be5e935e
-	sigs.k8s.io/release-utils v0.7.7
+	sigs.k8s.io/release-utils v0.8.1
 )
 
 require (
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.18.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/term v0.18.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.14.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/tools v0.16.1 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/tools v0.17.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20231012003039-104605ab7028 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/api v0.167.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/appengine v1.6.8 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 4d2d06857..9e108754a 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -847,8 +847,8 @@ golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20210106214847-113979e3529a/go.mod h1:emZCQorbCU4vsT4f
 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 v0.6.0/go.mod h1:Xwgl3UAJ/d3gWutnCtw505GrjyAbvKui8lOU390QaIU=
-golang.org/x/tools v0.16.1 h1:TLyB3WofjdOEepBHAU20JdNC1Zbg87elYofWYAY5oZA=
-golang.org/x/tools v0.16.1/go.mod h1:kYVVN6I1mBNoB1OX+noeBjbRk4IUEPa7JJ+TJMEooJ0=
+golang.org/x/tools v0.17.0 h1:FvmRgNOcs3kOa+T20R1uhfP9F6HgG2mfxDv1vrx1Htc=
+golang.org/x/tools v0.17.0/go.mod h1:xsh6VxdV005rRVaS6SSAf9oiAqljS7UZUacMZ8Bnsps=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20190410155217-1f06c39b4373/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20190513163551-3ee3066db522/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20190717185122-a985d3407aa7/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
@@ -953,8 +953,8 @@ knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20230612155445-74c4be5e935e h1:koM+NopG2Yw738NlJhQF3ZwpyS
 knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20230612155445-74c4be5e935e/go.mod h1:dqC6IrvyBE7E+oZocs5PkVhq1G59pDTA7r8U17EAKMk=
 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 v0.7.7 h1:JKDOvhCk6zW8ipEOkpTGDH/mW3TI+XqtPp16aaQ79FU=
-sigs.k8s.io/release-utils v0.7.7/go.mod h1:iU7DGVNi3umZJ8q6aHyUFzsDUIaYwNnNKGHo3YE5E3s=
+sigs.k8s.io/release-utils v0.8.1 h1:qSA9p3vZzO6RAq7zvzupCZjR29+n3NK9DSJPe9bSf7w=
+sigs.k8s.io/release-utils v0.8.1/go.mod h1:vrQ3eR1VmudgX4OUwr4pUZEkYLRms9bdbv06mr3kchQ=
 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=