diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 32e3dd7e097..638fffbbfb5 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.28.3
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.28.3
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240502163921-fe8a2dddb1d0
-	sigs.k8s.io/release-utils v0.8.5
+	sigs.k8s.io/release-utils v0.9.0
 )
 
 require (
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.28.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.21.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/time v0.8.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/tools v0.27.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/tools v0.28.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20241118233622-e639e219e697 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20241209162323-e6fa225c2576 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20241209162323-e6fa225c2576 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 741ddbc109c..40f7b771aa6 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -905,8 +905,8 @@ golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20201224043029-2b0845dc783e/go.mod h1:emZCQorbCU4vsT4f
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20210106214847-113979e3529a/go.mod h1:emZCQorbCU4vsT4fOWvOPXz4eW1wZW4PmDk9uLelYpA=
 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 v0.27.0 h1:qEKojBykQkQ4EynWy4S8Weg69NumxKdn40Fce3uc/8o=
-golang.org/x/tools v0.27.0/go.mod h1:sUi0ZgbwW9ZPAq26Ekut+weQPR5eIM6GQLQ1Yjm1H0Q=
+golang.org/x/tools v0.28.0 h1:WuB6qZ4RPCQo5aP3WdKZS7i595EdWqWR8vqJTlwTVK8=
+golang.org/x/tools v0.28.0/go.mod h1:dcIOrVd3mfQKTgrDVQHqCPMWy6lnhfhtX3hLXYVLfRw=
 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=
@@ -979,8 +979,8 @@ k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240502163921-fe8a2dddb1d0 h1:jgGTlFYnhF1PM1Ax/lAlxUPE+KfCI
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240502163921-fe8a2dddb1d0/go.mod h1:OLgZIPagt7ERELqWJFomSt595RzquPNLL48iOWgYOg0=
 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 v0.8.5 h1:FUtFqEAN621gSXv0L7kHyWruBeS7TUU9aWf76olX7uQ=
-sigs.k8s.io/release-utils v0.8.5/go.mod h1:qsm5bdxdgoHkD8HsXpgme2/c3mdsNaiV53Sz2HmKeJA=
+sigs.k8s.io/release-utils v0.9.0 h1:+JYA8E5YXzVj2Eh929woeRn1U82vLUQbpqKsgZPEmEo=
+sigs.k8s.io/release-utils v0.9.0/go.mod h1:xZoCJyajMJ0wtgGXWuznbC1r9dw7iJzMp/+dCkf1UGw=
 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 v1.4.0 h1:Mk1wCc2gy/F0THH0TAp1QYyJNzRm2KCLy3o5ASXVI5E=