diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index d99465343b9..4cf5b81fae9 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ require (
 	sigs.k8s.io/mdtoc v1.2.2
 	sigs.k8s.io/promo-tools/v3 v3.6.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/release-sdk v0.11.0
-	sigs.k8s.io/release-utils v0.7.7
+	sigs.k8s.io/release-utils v0.8.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0
 )
 
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 1f21c0e7e19..4efdb948dc8 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1425,8 +1425,8 @@ sigs.k8s.io/promo-tools/v3 v3.6.0 h1:C2L08ezrWm1aZI8Emd3iZPZQserLPRgzuqQVxvI0PUI
 sigs.k8s.io/promo-tools/v3 v3.6.0/go.mod h1:XJ3jy0hJYs+hWKt8XsLHFzGQV8PUtvllvbxjN/E5RXI=
 sigs.k8s.io/release-sdk v0.11.0 h1:a+zjOO3tHm1NiVZgNcUWq5QrKmv7b63UZXw+XGdPGfk=
 sigs.k8s.io/release-sdk v0.11.0/go.mod h1:sjbFpskyVjCXcFBnI3Bj1iGQHGjDYPoHVyld/pT+TvU=
-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 v0.8.0 h1:iiyzoALmcPhcrA4Xkb73GHBwoyDfqkS6DItSixaeSJs=
+sigs.k8s.io/release-utils v0.8.0/go.mod h1:GWU37J2Srptpc4TvU3yllZORPf0xoH3zk4YPjbWoMtg=
 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 v1.1.0/go.mod h1:UJmg0vDUVViEyp3mgSv9WPwZCDxu4rQW1olrI1uml+o=