diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 45ba9a625..941343beb 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module chainguard.dev/apko
 
-go 1.25.7
+go 1.26.0
 
 require (
 	chainguard.dev/sdk v0.1.54
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ require (
 	google.golang.org/api v0.277.0
 	gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.67.1
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
-	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.35.4
+	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.36.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/release-utils v0.12.4
 )
 
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ require (
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20260401024825-9d38bb4040a9 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20260427160629-7cedc36a6bc4 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.80.0 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.11 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.12-0.20260120151049-f2248ac996af // indirect
 	gopkg.in/warnings.v0 v0.1.2 // indirect
 )
 
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index e8399866c..ff7ab7a5e 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -179,8 +179,8 @@ github.com/muesli/termenv v0.16.0 h1:S5AlUN9dENB57rsbnkPyfdGuWIlkmzJjbFf0Tf5FWUc
 github.com/muesli/termenv v0.16.0/go.mod h1:ZRfOIKPFDYQoDFF4Olj7/QJbW60Ol/kL1pU3VfY/Cnk=
 github.com/munnerz/goautoneg v0.0.0-20191010083416-a7dc8b61c822 h1:C3w9PqII01/Oq1c1nUAm88MOHcQC9l5mIlSMApZMrHA=
 github.com/munnerz/goautoneg v0.0.0-20191010083416-a7dc8b61c822/go.mod h1:+n7T8mK8HuQTcFwEeznm/DIxMOiR9yIdICNftLE1DvQ=
-github.com/onsi/gomega v1.38.2 h1:eZCjf2xjZAqe+LeWvKb5weQ+NcPwX84kqJ0cZNxok2A=
-github.com/onsi/gomega v1.38.2/go.mod h1:W2MJcYxRGV63b418Ai34Ud0hEdTVXq9NW9+Sx6uXf3k=
+github.com/onsi/gomega v1.34.1 h1:EUMJIKUjM8sKjYbtxQI9A4z2o+rruxnzNvpknOXie6k=
+github.com/onsi/gomega v1.34.1/go.mod h1:kU1QgUvBDLXBJq618Xvm2LUX6rSAfRaFRTcdOeDLwwY=
 github.com/opencontainers/go-digest v1.0.0 h1:apOUWs51W5PlhuyGyz9FCeeBIOUDA/6nW8Oi/yOhh5U=
 github.com/opencontainers/go-digest v1.0.0/go.mod h1:0JzlMkj0TRzQZfJkVvzbP0HBR3IKzErnv2BNG4W4MAM=
 github.com/opencontainers/image-spec v1.1.1 h1:y0fUlFfIZhPF1W537XOLg0/fcx6zcHCJwooC2xJA040=
@@ -276,7 +276,6 @@ go.uber.org/goleak v1.3.0 h1:2K3zAYmnTNqV73imy9J1T3WC+gmCePx2hEGkimedGto=
 go.uber.org/goleak v1.3.0/go.mod h1:CoHD4mav9JJNrW/WLlf7HGZPjdw8EucARQHekz1X6bE=
 go.yaml.in/yaml/v2 v2.4.4 h1:tuyd0P+2Ont/d6e2rl3be67goVK4R6deVxCUX5vyPaQ=
 go.yaml.in/yaml/v2 v2.4.4/go.mod h1:gMZqIpDtDqOfM0uNfy0SkpRhvUryYH0Z6wdMYcacYXQ=
-go.yaml.in/yaml/v3 v3.0.4 h1:tfq32ie2Jv2UxXFdLJdh3jXuOzWiL1fo0bu/FbuKpbc=
 go.yaml.in/yaml/v3 v3.0.4/go.mod h1:DhzuOOF2ATzADvBadXxruRBLzYTpT36CKvDb3+aBEFg=
 go.yaml.in/yaml/v4 v4.0.0-rc.2 h1:/FrI8D64VSr4HtGIlUtlFMGsm7H7pWTbj6vOLVZcA6s=
 go.yaml.in/yaml/v4 v4.0.0-rc.2/go.mod h1:aZqd9kCMsGL7AuUv/m/PvWLdg5sjJsZ4oHDEnfPPfY0=
@@ -361,8 +360,8 @@ google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20260427160629-7cedc36a6bc4 h1:
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20260427160629-7cedc36a6bc4/go.mod h1:4Hqkh8ycfw05ld/3BWL7rJOSfebL2Q+DVDeRgYgxUU8=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.80.0 h1:Xr6m2WmWZLETvUNvIUmeD5OAagMw3FiKmMlTdViWsHM=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.80.0/go.mod h1:ho/dLnxwi3EDJA4Zghp7k2Ec1+c2jqup0bFkw07bwF4=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.11 h1:fV6ZwhNocDyBLK0dj+fg8ektcVegBBuEolpbTQyBNVE=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.11/go.mod h1:HTf+CrKn2C3g5S8VImy6tdcUvCska2kB7j23XfzDpco=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.12-0.20260120151049-f2248ac996af h1:+5/Sw3GsDNlEmu7TfklWKPdQ0Ykja5VEmq2i817+jbI=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.12-0.20260120151049-f2248ac996af/go.mod h1:HTf+CrKn2C3g5S8VImy6tdcUvCska2kB7j23XfzDpco=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20190902080502-41f04d3bba15/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20201130134442-10cb98267c6c h1:Hei/4ADfdWqJk1ZMxUNpqntNwaWcugrBjAiHlqqRiVk=
@@ -378,8 +377,8 @@ gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
 gotest.tools/v3 v3.5.2 h1:7koQfIKdy+I8UTetycgUqXWSDwpgv193Ka+qRsmBY8Q=
 gotest.tools/v3 v3.5.2/go.mod h1:LtdLGcnqToBH83WByAAi/wiwSFCArdFIUV/xxN4pcjA=
-k8s.io/apimachinery v0.35.4 h1:xtdom9RG7e+yDp71uoXoJDWEE2eOiHgeO4GdBzwWpds=
-k8s.io/apimachinery v0.35.4/go.mod h1:NNi1taPOpep0jOj+oRha3mBJPqvi0hGdaV8TCqGQ+cc=
+k8s.io/apimachinery v0.36.0 h1:jZyPzhd5Z+3h9vJLt0z9XdzW9VzNzWAUw+P1xZ9PXtQ=
+k8s.io/apimachinery v0.36.0/go.mod h1:FklypaRJt6n5wUIwWXIP6GJlIpUizTgfo1T/As+Tyxc=
 pgregory.net/rapid v1.2.0 h1:keKAYRcjm+e1F0oAuU5F5+YPAWcyxNNRK2wud503Gnk=
 pgregory.net/rapid v1.2.0/go.mod h1:PY5XlDGj0+V1FCq0o192FdRhpKHGTRIWBgqjDBTrq04=
 sigs.k8s.io/release-utils v0.12.4 h1:kuG6WTWGCKx5uUrJwl2uFErOKOw+4Ba8WrPmOQh5J3g=