diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 9b517b4d4..1a4e98fcc 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/avast/retry-go v3.0.0+incompatible
 	github.com/coreos/go-semver v0.3.1
 	github.com/cucumber/godog v0.14.0
-	github.com/distribution/reference v0.5.0
+	github.com/distribution/reference v0.6.0
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.1
 	github.com/imdario/mergo v1.0.0
 	github.com/masterminds/semver v1.5.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 1d8dd029e..70bc2bc0b 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -167,8 +167,8 @@ github.com/decred/dcrd/dcrec/secp256k1/v4 v4.2.0 h1:8UrgZ3GkP4i/CLijOJx79Yu+etly
 github.com/decred/dcrd/dcrec/secp256k1/v4 v4.2.0/go.mod h1:v57UDF4pDQJcEfFUCRop3lJL149eHGSe9Jvczhzjo/0=
 github.com/dgrijalva/jwt-go v3.2.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:E3ru+11k8xSBh+hMPgOLZmtrrCbhqsmaPHjLKYnJCaQ=
 github.com/dgryski/go-sip13 v0.0.0-20181026042036-e10d5fee7954/go.mod h1:vAd38F8PWV+bWy6jNmig1y/TA+kYO4g3RSRF0IAv0no=
-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/djherbis/atime v1.1.0/go.mod h1:28OF6Y8s3NQWwacXc5eZTsEsiMzp7LF8MbXE+XJPdBE=
 github.com/docker/cli v24.0.5+incompatible h1:WeBimjvS0eKdH4Ygx+ihVq1Q++xg36M/rMi4aXAvodc=
 github.com/docker/cli v24.0.5+incompatible/go.mod h1:JLrzqnKDaYBop7H2jaqPtU4hHvMKP+vjCwu2uszcLI8=