diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 54289081403..e3081cd4d91 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/anchore/go-testutils v0.0.0-20200925183923-d5f45b0d3c04
 	github.com/anchore/go-version v1.2.2-0.20200701162849-18adb9c92b9b
 	github.com/anchore/packageurl-go v0.1.1-0.20240202171727-877e1747d426
-	github.com/anchore/stereoscope v0.0.2-0.20240208195325-681f6715b0e3
+	github.com/anchore/stereoscope v0.0.2-0.20240216182029-6171ee21e1d5
 	github.com/anmitsu/go-shlex v0.0.0-20200514113438-38f4b401e2be
 	// we are hinting brotli to latest due to warning when installing archiver v3:
 	// go: warning: github.com/andybalholm/brotli@v1.0.1: retracted by module author: occasional panics and data corruption
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 453e7e07069..fad0f4b7c00 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -109,8 +109,8 @@ github.com/anchore/go-version v1.2.2-0.20200701162849-18adb9c92b9b h1:e1bmaoJfZV
 github.com/anchore/go-version v1.2.2-0.20200701162849-18adb9c92b9b/go.mod h1:Bkc+JYWjMCF8OyZ340IMSIi2Ebf3uwByOk6ho4wne1E=
 github.com/anchore/packageurl-go v0.1.1-0.20240202171727-877e1747d426 h1:agoiZchSf1Nnnos1azwIg5hk5Ao9TzZNBD9++AChGEg=
 github.com/anchore/packageurl-go v0.1.1-0.20240202171727-877e1747d426/go.mod h1:Blo6OgJNiYF41ufcgHKkbCKF2MDOMlrqhXv/ij6ocR4=
-github.com/anchore/stereoscope v0.0.2-0.20240208195325-681f6715b0e3 h1:gnf3+0bYP6hsk/sQHdnLpqmilVUr/y6kIxzGCP6kUWA=
-github.com/anchore/stereoscope v0.0.2-0.20240208195325-681f6715b0e3/go.mod h1:o0TqYkefad6kIPtmbigFKss7P48z4bjd8Vp5Wklbf3Y=
+github.com/anchore/stereoscope v0.0.2-0.20240216182029-6171ee21e1d5 h1:o//fhRcSpOYHC/xG/HiI6ddtSMiRgHlB96xJQXZawZM=
+github.com/anchore/stereoscope v0.0.2-0.20240216182029-6171ee21e1d5/go.mod h1:o0TqYkefad6kIPtmbigFKss7P48z4bjd8Vp5Wklbf3Y=
 github.com/andreyvit/diff v0.0.0-20170406064948-c7f18ee00883/go.mod h1:rCTlJbsFo29Kk6CurOXKm700vrz8f0KW0JNfpkRJY/8=
 github.com/andybalholm/brotli v1.0.1/go.mod h1:loMXtMfwqflxFJPmdbJO0a3KNoPuLBgiu3qAvBg8x/Y=
 github.com/andybalholm/brotli v1.0.4 h1:V7DdXeJtZscaqfNuAdSRuRFzuiKlHSC/Zh3zl9qY3JY=