diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index b231bb84..cbcd3500 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 module github.com/rancher/security-scan
 
-go 1.21
+go 1.22
+
+toolchain go1.22.8
 
 require (
-	github.com/aquasecurity/kube-bench v0.8.0
+	github.com/aquasecurity/kube-bench v0.9.0
 	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.3
 	github.com/spf13/viper v1.19.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
@@ -12,9 +14,9 @@ require (
 )
 
 require (
-	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2 v1.26.0 // indirect
-	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/securityhub v1.37.0 // indirect
-	github.com/aws/smithy-go v1.20.1 // indirect
+	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2 v1.31.0 // indirect
+	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/securityhub v1.53.3 // indirect
+	github.com/aws/smithy-go v1.21.0 // indirect
 	github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.4 // indirect
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.2-0.20180830191138-d8f796af33cc // indirect
 	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.7.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 264f2fc3..85ffaf05 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,15 +1,11 @@
-github.com/aquasecurity/kube-bench v0.8.0 h1:8SF/QBGZtgpn0hlqugx92crJqG2cv60Y+PaiaIs+3/w=
-github.com/aquasecurity/kube-bench v0.8.0/go.mod h1:UQi2mYUaSRm/KY3Y14W9utQEIaUczP/gLdnGmFA04DU=
-github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2 v1.21.0/go.mod h1:/RfNgGmRxI+iFOB1OeJUyxiU+9s88k3pfHvDagGEp0M=
-github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2 v1.26.0 h1:/Ce4OCiM3EkpW7Y+xUnfAFpchU78K7/Ug01sZni9PgA=
-github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2 v1.26.0/go.mod h1:35hUlJVYd+M++iLI3ALmVwMOyRYMmRqUXpTtRGW+K9I=
-github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/internal/configsources v1.1.41/go.mod h1:CrObHAuPneJBlfEJ5T3szXOUkLEThaGfvnhTf33buas=
-github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/internal/endpoints/v2 v2.4.35/go.mod h1:SJC1nEVVva1g3pHAIdCp7QsRIkMmLAgoDquQ9Rr8kYw=
-github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/securityhub v1.37.0 h1:SK95Uy8yxxkkguF+VVQ9gMzqBKgP5LCgI2ps4MNLAJo=
-github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/securityhub v1.37.0/go.mod h1:ebEoleM/K5kbk8mn4fquflslbb/RuVTRGeJH6q3QPGI=
-github.com/aws/smithy-go v1.14.2/go.mod h1:Tg+OJXh4MB2R/uN61Ko2f6hTZwB/ZYGOtib8J3gBHzA=
-github.com/aws/smithy-go v1.20.1 h1:4SZlSlMr36UEqC7XOyRVb27XMeZubNcBNN+9IgEPIQw=
-github.com/aws/smithy-go v1.20.1/go.mod h1:krry+ya/rV9RDcV/Q16kpu6ypI4K2czasz0NC3qS14E=
+github.com/aquasecurity/kube-bench v0.9.0 h1:tecwMoSyhX6h0LFksVbBY/Z4aoQZeCiqk8fjxHzXo4w=
+github.com/aquasecurity/kube-bench v0.9.0/go.mod h1:Z1a87CAsTIx/A4ZpDYVAoW5k0w07qqhBt+mF+U5rFdk=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2 v1.31.0 h1:3V05LbxTSItI5kUqNwhJrrrY1BAXxXt0sN0l72QmG5U=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2 v1.31.0/go.mod h1:ztolYtaEUtdpf9Wftr31CJfLVjOnD/CVRkKOOYgF8hA=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/securityhub v1.53.3 h1:YSmEnPSWj74eOtbXG4Z2J+GTQjBrz7w2wP01isHFZwU=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/securityhub v1.53.3/go.mod h1:QFtYEC35t39ftJ6emZgapzdtBjGZsuR4bAd73SiG23I=
+github.com/aws/smithy-go v1.21.0 h1:H7L8dtDRk0P1Qm6y0ji7MCYMQObJ5R9CRpyPhRUkLYA=
+github.com/aws/smithy-go v1.21.0/go.mod h1:irrKGvNn1InZwb2d7fkIRNucdfwR8R+Ts3wxYa/cJHg=
 github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.4 h1:wfIWP927BUkWJb2NmU/kNDYIBTh/ziUX91+lVfRxZq4=
 github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.4/go.mod h1:tgQtvFlXSQOSOSIRvRPT7W67SCa46tRHOmNcaadrF8o=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
@@ -35,14 +31,11 @@ github.com/golang/protobuf v1.4.2/go.mod h1:oDoupMAO8OvCJWAcko0GGGIgR6R6ocIYbsSw
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.3.0/go.mod h1:8QqcDgzrUqlUb/G2PQTWiueGozuR1884gddMywk6iLU=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.3.1/go.mod h1:8QqcDgzrUqlUb/G2PQTWiueGozuR1884gddMywk6iLU=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.4.0/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/gNBxE=
-github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.8/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeNGIjoY=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0 h1:ofyhxvXcZhMsU5ulbFiLKl/XBFqE1GSq7atu8tAmTRI=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeNGIjoY=
 github.com/hashicorp/hcl v1.0.0 h1:0Anlzjpi4vEasTeNFn2mLJgTSwt0+6sfsiTG8qcWGx4=
 github.com/hashicorp/hcl v1.0.0/go.mod h1:E5yfLk+7swimpb2L/Alb/PJmXilQ/rhwaUYs4T20WEQ=
 github.com/hpcloud/tail v1.0.0/go.mod h1:ab1qPbhIpdTxEkNHXyeSf5vhxWSCs/tWer42PpOxQnU=
-github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath v0.4.0/go.mod h1:T8mJZnbsbmF+m6zOOFylbeCJqk5+pHWvzYPziyZiYoo=
-github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath/internal/testify v1.5.1/go.mod h1:L3OGu8Wl2/fWfCI6z80xFu9LTZmf1ZRjMHUOPmWr69U=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.2.1/go.mod h1:ipq/a2n7PKx3OHsz4KJII5eveXtPO4qwEXGdVfWzfnI=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.1 h1:flRD4NNwYAUpkphVc1HcthR4KEIFJ65n8Mw5qdRn3LE=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.1/go.mod h1:hoEshYVHaxMs3cyo3Yncou5ZscifuDolrwPKZanG3xk=
@@ -166,7 +159,6 @@ gopkg.in/tomb.v1 v1.0.0-20141024135613-dd632973f1e7 h1:uRGJdciOHaEIrze2W8Q3AKkep
 gopkg.in/tomb.v1 v1.0.0-20141024135613-dd632973f1e7/go.mod h1:dt/ZhP58zS4L8KSrWDmTeBkI65Dw0HsyUHuEVlX15mw=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.2/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.4/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
-gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.8/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.3.0/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 h1:D8xgwECY7CYvx+Y2n4sBz93Jn9JRvxdiyyo8CTfuKaY=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0/go.mod h1:RDklbk79AGWmwhnvt/jBztapEOGDOx6ZbXqjP6csGnQ=
diff --git a/hack/e2e b/hack/e2e
index 9aef9823..023abf49 100755
--- a/hack/e2e
+++ b/hack/e2e
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ function check_binaries(){
 
 function check_config_files(){
   echo "> Check for upstream test files:"
-  dirs="ack-1.0 aks-1.0 cis-1.23 cis-1.24 cis-1.7 cis-1.8 config.yaml eks-1.0.1 eks-1.1.0 eks-1.2.0 eks-stig-kubernetes-v1r6 gke-1.0 gke-1.2.0 rh-0.7 rh-1.0"
+  dirs="ack-1.0 aks-1.0 cis-1.23 cis-1.24 cis-1.7 cis-1.8 config.yaml eks-1.0.1 eks-1.1.0 eks-1.2.0 eks-stig-kubernetes-v1r6 gke-1.0 gke-1.2.0 gke-1.6.0 rh-0.7 rh-1.0"
 
   for d in ${dirs}; do
     if ! kubectl exec -n cis-operator-system security-scan-runner-scan-test -c rancher-cis-benchmark -- stat "/etc/kube-bench/cfg/$d"; then
diff --git a/hack/make/deps.mk b/hack/make/deps.mk
index df78fe83..8d60327e 100644
--- a/hack/make/deps.mk
+++ b/hack/make/deps.mk
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ KIND_VERSION ?= 0.24.0
 KUBERNETES_VERSION ?= v$(KUBECTL_VERSION)
 
 # renovate: datasource=github-release-attachments depName=aquasecurity/kube-bench
-KUBE_BENCH_VERSION ?= v0.8.0
-# renovate: datasource=github-release-attachments depName=aquasecurity/kube-bench digestVersion=v0.8.0
-KUBE_BENCH_SUM_arm64 ?= 82256042da9d78bb1cf1726dc8c108459c3cdc34df6298349113f551bde0feff
-# renovate: datasource=github-release-attachments depName=aquasecurity/kube-bench digestVersion=v0.8.0
-KUBE_BENCH_SUM_amd64 ?= 8e8f083819678956b6c36623a6a0638741340397ffc209cd71a6b4907f2bb05e
+KUBE_BENCH_VERSION ?= v0.9.0
+# renovate: datasource=github-release-attachments depName=aquasecurity/kube-bench digestVersion=v0.9.0
+KUBE_BENCH_SUM_arm64 ?= c88fad58394a3a93e13d779cec59ae01b95c93ff01f5fdb29aaf1c07c365bc76
+# renovate: datasource=github-release-attachments depName=aquasecurity/kube-bench digestVersion=v0.9.0
+KUBE_BENCH_SUM_amd64 ?= b0a30f3af1dc6b3895e2b479fbf37d59831d7e74f9d6c1f0761977004d726587
 
 # renovate: datasource=github-release-attachments depName=vmware-tanzu/sonobuoy
 SONOBUOY_VERSION ?= v0.57.2
diff --git a/package/cfg/config.yaml b/package/cfg/config.yaml
index 4e350f05..c2a495fe 100644
--- a/package/cfg/config.yaml
+++ b/package/cfg/config.yaml
@@ -234,6 +234,8 @@ version_mapping:
     - "eks-1.2.0"
   "gke-1.2.0":
     - "gke-1.2.0"
+  "gke-1.6.0":
+    - "gke-1.6.0"
   "aks-1.0":
     - "aks-1.0"
   "v1.20.5+rke2r1":
@@ -250,6 +252,8 @@ target_mapping:
   # GKE
   "gke-1.2.0":
     - "node"
+  "gke-1.6.0":
+    - "node"
   # AKS
   "aks-1.0":
     - "node"