diff --git a/acceptance/go.mod b/acceptance/go.mod
index db377fe3c..eff749dfe 100644
--- a/acceptance/go.mod
+++ b/acceptance/go.mod
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.9.11
 	github.com/gkampitakis/go-snaps v0.5.19
 	github.com/go-git/go-billy/v5 v5.8.0
-	github.com/go-git/go-git/v5 v5.17.1
+	github.com/go-git/go-git/v5 v5.18.0
 	github.com/go-openapi/strfmt v0.26.1
 	github.com/google/go-containerregistry v0.21.0
 	github.com/in-toto/in-toto-golang v0.10.0
diff --git a/acceptance/go.sum b/acceptance/go.sum
index dd7b773fe..d03f0be64 100644
--- a/acceptance/go.sum
+++ b/acceptance/go.sum
@@ -284,8 +284,8 @@ github.com/go-git/go-billy/v5 v5.8.0 h1:I8hjc3LbBlXTtVuFNJuwYuMiHvQJDq1AT6u4DwDz
 github.com/go-git/go-billy/v5 v5.8.0/go.mod h1:RpvI/rw4Vr5QA+Z60c6d6LXH0rYJo0uD5SqfmrrheCY=
 github.com/go-git/go-git-fixtures/v4 v4.3.2-0.20231010084843-55a94097c399 h1:eMje31YglSBqCdIqdhKBW8lokaMrL3uTkpGYlE2OOT4=
 github.com/go-git/go-git-fixtures/v4 v4.3.2-0.20231010084843-55a94097c399/go.mod h1:1OCfN199q1Jm3HZlxleg+Dw/mwps2Wbk9frAWm+4FII=
-github.com/go-git/go-git/v5 v5.17.1 h1:WnljyxIzSj9BRRUlnmAU35ohDsjRK0EKmL0evDqi5Jk=
-github.com/go-git/go-git/v5 v5.17.1/go.mod h1:pW/VmeqkanRFqR6AljLcs7EA7FbZaN5MQqO7oZADXpo=
+github.com/go-git/go-git/v5 v5.18.0 h1:O831KI+0PR51hM2kep6T8k+w0/LIAD490gvqMCvL5hM=
+github.com/go-git/go-git/v5 v5.18.0/go.mod h1:pW/VmeqkanRFqR6AljLcs7EA7FbZaN5MQqO7oZADXpo=
 github.com/go-gl/glfw v0.0.0-20190409004039-e6da0acd62b1/go.mod h1:vR7hzQXu2zJy9AVAgeJqvqgH9Q5CA+iKCZ2gyEVpxRU=
 github.com/go-gl/glfw/v3.3/glfw v0.0.0-20191125211704-12ad95a8df72/go.mod h1:tQ2UAYgL5IevRw8kRxooKSPJfGvJ9fJQFa0TUsXzTg8=
 github.com/go-gl/glfw/v3.3/glfw v0.0.0-20200222043503-6f7a984d4dc4/go.mod h1:tQ2UAYgL5IevRw8kRxooKSPJfGvJ9fJQFa0TUsXzTg8=
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 1e10b2366..891afd3ed 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/docker/docker v28.5.2+incompatible
 	github.com/evanphx/json-patch v5.9.11+incompatible
 	github.com/gkampitakis/go-snaps v0.5.19
-	github.com/go-git/go-git/v5 v5.17.1
+	github.com/go-git/go-git/v5 v5.18.0
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.3
 	github.com/go-openapi/strfmt v0.26.1
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.7.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index e8bdb1474..a7efad4b0 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -494,8 +494,8 @@ github.com/go-git/go-billy/v5 v5.8.0 h1:I8hjc3LbBlXTtVuFNJuwYuMiHvQJDq1AT6u4DwDz
 github.com/go-git/go-billy/v5 v5.8.0/go.mod h1:RpvI/rw4Vr5QA+Z60c6d6LXH0rYJo0uD5SqfmrrheCY=
 github.com/go-git/go-git-fixtures/v4 v4.3.2-0.20231010084843-55a94097c399 h1:eMje31YglSBqCdIqdhKBW8lokaMrL3uTkpGYlE2OOT4=
 github.com/go-git/go-git-fixtures/v4 v4.3.2-0.20231010084843-55a94097c399/go.mod h1:1OCfN199q1Jm3HZlxleg+Dw/mwps2Wbk9frAWm+4FII=
-github.com/go-git/go-git/v5 v5.17.1 h1:WnljyxIzSj9BRRUlnmAU35ohDsjRK0EKmL0evDqi5Jk=
-github.com/go-git/go-git/v5 v5.17.1/go.mod h1:pW/VmeqkanRFqR6AljLcs7EA7FbZaN5MQqO7oZADXpo=
+github.com/go-git/go-git/v5 v5.18.0 h1:O831KI+0PR51hM2kep6T8k+w0/LIAD490gvqMCvL5hM=
+github.com/go-git/go-git/v5 v5.18.0/go.mod h1:pW/VmeqkanRFqR6AljLcs7EA7FbZaN5MQqO7oZADXpo=
 github.com/go-gl/glfw v0.0.0-20190409004039-e6da0acd62b1/go.mod h1:vR7hzQXu2zJy9AVAgeJqvqgH9Q5CA+iKCZ2gyEVpxRU=
 github.com/go-gl/glfw/v3.3/glfw v0.0.0-20191125211704-12ad95a8df72/go.mod h1:tQ2UAYgL5IevRw8kRxooKSPJfGvJ9fJQFa0TUsXzTg8=
 github.com/go-gl/glfw/v3.3/glfw v0.0.0-20200222043503-6f7a984d4dc4/go.mod h1:tQ2UAYgL5IevRw8kRxooKSPJfGvJ9fJQFa0TUsXzTg8=