diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 70a04ba..6efe76e 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/spdx/spdx-sbom-generator v0.0.15
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
 	github.com/vifraa/gopom v0.2.1
-	golang.org/x/mod v0.14.0
+	golang.org/x/mod v0.16.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/release-utils v0.7.4
 )
 
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index e81fc97..245e0e1 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -120,8 +120,8 @@ golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20221006183845-316c7553db56/go.mod h1:cyybsKvd6eL0RnXn6p
 golang.org/x/image v0.0.0-20180708004352-c73c2afc3b81/go.mod h1:ux5Hcp/YLpHSI86hEcLt0YII63i6oz57MZXIpbrjZUs=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.6.0-dev.0.20220419223038-86c51ed26bb4/go.mod h1:jJ57K6gSWd91VN4djpZkiMVwK6gcyfeH4XE8wZrZaV4=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.8.0/go.mod h1:iBbtSCu2XBx23ZKBPSOrRkjjQPZFPuis4dIYUhu/chs=
-golang.org/x/mod v0.14.0 h1:dGoOF9QVLYng8IHTm7BAyWqCqSheQ5pYWGhzW00YJr0=
-golang.org/x/mod v0.14.0/go.mod h1:hTbmBsO62+eylJbnUtE2MGJUyE7QWk4xUqPFrRgJ+7c=
+golang.org/x/mod v0.16.0 h1:QX4fJ0Rr5cPQCF7O9lh9Se4pmwfwskqZfq5moyldzic=
+golang.org/x/mod v0.16.0/go.mod h1:hTbmBsO62+eylJbnUtE2MGJUyE7QWk4xUqPFrRgJ+7c=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190620200207-3b0461eec859/go.mod h1:z5CRVTTTmAJ677TzLLGU+0bjPO0LkuOLi4/5GtJWs/s=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20210226172049-e18ecbb05110/go.mod h1:m0MpNAwzfU5UDzcl9v0D8zg8gWTRqZa9RBIspLL5mdg=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20211112202133-69e39bad7dc2/go.mod h1:9nx3DQGgdP8bBQD5qxJ1jj9UTztislL4KSBs9R2vV5Y=