diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 4f975bd37..2f4d22e44 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/containers/common v0.57.1
 	github.com/containers/image/v5 v5.29.0
 	github.com/distribution/distribution/v3 v3.0.0-alpha.1
-	github.com/distribution/reference v0.5.0
+	github.com/distribution/reference v0.6.0
 	github.com/docker/cli v25.0.5+incompatible
 	github.com/golang-migrate/migrate/v4 v4.17.0
 	github.com/golang/mock v1.6.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index a14dab965..c17b8cc0c 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ github.com/dgryski/go-rendezvous v0.0.0-20200823014737-9f7001d12a5f h1:lO4WD4F/r
 github.com/dgryski/go-rendezvous v0.0.0-20200823014737-9f7001d12a5f/go.mod h1:cuUVRXasLTGF7a8hSLbxyZXjz+1KgoB3wDUb6vlszIc=
 github.com/distribution/distribution/v3 v3.0.0-alpha.1 h1:jn7I1gvjOvmLztH1+1cLiUFud7aeJCIQcgzugtwjyJo=
 github.com/distribution/distribution/v3 v3.0.0-alpha.1/go.mod h1:LCp4JZp1ZalYg0W/TN05jarCQu+h4w7xc7ZfQF4Y/cY=
-github.com/distribution/reference v0.5.0 h1:/FUIFXtfc/x2gpa5/VGfiGLuOIdYa1t65IKK2OFGvA0=
-github.com/distribution/reference v0.5.0/go.mod h1:BbU0aIcezP1/5jX/8MP0YiH4SdvB5Y4f/wlDRiLyi3E=
+github.com/distribution/reference v0.6.0 h1:0IXCQ5g4/QMHHkarYzh5l+u8T3t73zM5QvfrDyIgxBk=
+github.com/distribution/reference v0.6.0/go.mod h1:BbU0aIcezP1/5jX/8MP0YiH4SdvB5Y4f/wlDRiLyi3E=
 github.com/docker/cli v25.0.5+incompatible h1:3Llw3kcE1gOScEojA247iDD+p1l9hHeC7H3vf3Zd5fk=
 github.com/docker/cli v25.0.5+incompatible/go.mod h1:JLrzqnKDaYBop7H2jaqPtU4hHvMKP+vjCwu2uszcLI8=
 github.com/docker/distribution v2.8.3+incompatible h1:AtKxIZ36LoNK51+Z6RpzLpddBirtxJnzDrHLEKxTAYk=