diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 89db4ffeeb..5f6a87243d 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/anchore/clio v0.0.0-20240705045624-ac88e09ad9d0
 	github.com/anchore/stereoscope v0.0.1
 	github.com/anchore/syft v0.100.0
-	github.com/avast/retry-go/v4 v4.6.0
 	github.com/defenseunicorns/pkg/helpers/v2 v2.0.1
 	github.com/defenseunicorns/pkg/kubernetes v0.2.0
 	github.com/defenseunicorns/pkg/oci v1.0.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 62422f1e06..fc292d4897 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -421,8 +421,6 @@ github.com/asaskevich/govalidator v0.0.0-20230301143203-a9d515a09cc2/go.mod h1:W
 github.com/atomicgo/cursor v0.0.1/go.mod h1:cBON2QmmrysudxNBFthvMtN32r3jxVRIvzkUiF/RuIk=
 github.com/atotto/clipboard v0.1.4 h1:EH0zSVneZPSuFR11BlR9YppQTVDbh5+16AmcJi4g1z4=
 github.com/atotto/clipboard v0.1.4/go.mod h1:ZY9tmq7sm5xIbd9bOK4onWV4S6X0u6GY7Vn0Yu86PYI=
-github.com/avast/retry-go/v4 v4.6.0 h1:K9xNA+KeB8HHc2aWFuLb25Offp+0iVRXEvFx8IinRJA=
-github.com/avast/retry-go/v4 v4.6.0/go.mod h1:gvWlPhBVsvBbLkVGDg/KwvBv0bEkCOLRRSHKIr2PyOE=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.44.122/go.mod h1:y4AeaBuwd2Lk+GepC1E9v0qOiTws0MIWAX4oIKwKHZo=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.54.9 h1:e0Czh9AhrCVPuyaIUnibYmih3cYexJKlqlHSJ2eMKbI=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.54.9/go.mod h1:eRwEWoyTWFMVYVQzKMNHWP5/RV4xIUGMQfXQHfHkpNU=