diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 0795f0a13e29..cc317ab1f49e 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/quasilyte/go-ruleguard/dsl v0.3.22
 	github.com/samber/lo v1.39.0
 	github.com/saracen/walker v0.1.3
-	github.com/secure-systems-lab/go-securesystemslib v0.7.0
+	github.com/secure-systems-lab/go-securesystemslib v0.8.0
 	github.com/sigstore/rekor v1.2.2
 	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.3
 	github.com/sosedoff/gitkit v0.4.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index b9809daebb5e..6815ebce3439 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1584,8 +1584,8 @@ github.com/satori/go.uuid v1.2.0/go.mod h1:dA0hQrYB0VpLJoorglMZABFdXlWrHn1NEOzdh
 github.com/sean-/seed v0.0.0-20170313163322-e2103e2c3529/go.mod h1:DxrIzT+xaE7yg65j358z/aeFdxmN0P9QXhEzd20vsDc=
 github.com/seccomp/libseccomp-golang v0.9.1/go.mod h1:GbW5+tmTXfcxTToHLXlScSlAvWlF4P2Ca7zGrPiEpWo=
 github.com/seccomp/libseccomp-golang v0.9.2-0.20220502022130-f33da4d89646/go.mod h1:JA8cRccbGaA1s33RQf7Y1+q9gHmZX1yB/z9WDN1C6fg=
-github.com/secure-systems-lab/go-securesystemslib v0.7.0 h1:OwvJ5jQf9LnIAS83waAjPbcMsODrTQUpJ02eNLUoxBg=
-github.com/secure-systems-lab/go-securesystemslib v0.7.0/go.mod h1:/2gYnlnHVQ6xeGtfIqFy7Do03K4cdCY0A/GlJLDKLHI=
+github.com/secure-systems-lab/go-securesystemslib v0.8.0 h1:mr5An6X45Kb2nddcFlbmfHkLguCE9laoZCUzEEpIZXA=
+github.com/secure-systems-lab/go-securesystemslib v0.8.0/go.mod h1:UH2VZVuJfCYR8WgMlCU1uFsOUU+KeyrTWcSS73NBOzU=
 github.com/sergi/go-diff v1.1.0/go.mod h1:STckp+ISIX8hZLjrqAeVduY0gWCT9IjLuqbuNXdaHfM=
 github.com/sergi/go-diff v1.2.0 h1:XU+rvMAioB0UC3q1MFrIQy4Vo5/4VsRDQQXHsEya6xQ=
 github.com/sergi/go-diff v1.2.0/go.mod h1:STckp+ISIX8hZLjrqAeVduY0gWCT9IjLuqbuNXdaHfM=