diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 3eba9600..198a4414 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/net v0.18.0
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.31.0
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
-	sigs.k8s.io/release-utils v0.7.6
+	sigs.k8s.io/release-utils v0.7.7
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index ab3ce12e..296abb24 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -956,5 +956,5 @@ honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2020.1.4/go.mod h1:X/FiERA/W4tHapMX5mGpAtMSVEeEUOyHaw9
 rsc.io/binaryregexp v0.2.0/go.mod h1:qTv7/COck+e2FymRvadv62gMdZztPaShugOCi3I+8D8=
 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/release-utils v0.7.6 h1:mQxQRAIulbyz6y7eOCzklAelcpYjBj8MMGFcxNnyqto=
-sigs.k8s.io/release-utils v0.7.6/go.mod h1:GZGWmbINwsLGKsoZKTeWUGp4F+Rbwhq4XDtJ45N+dLw=
+sigs.k8s.io/release-utils v0.7.7 h1:JKDOvhCk6zW8ipEOkpTGDH/mW3TI+XqtPp16aaQ79FU=
+sigs.k8s.io/release-utils v0.7.7/go.mod h1:iU7DGVNi3umZJ8q6aHyUFzsDUIaYwNnNKGHo3YE5E3s=