diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 62cd56fcd..23e838962 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/sigstore/sigstore v1.7.4
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.7.0
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
-	github.com/tektoncd/chains v0.18.0
+	github.com/tektoncd/chains v0.18.1
 	github.com/tektoncd/hub v1.14.0
 	github.com/tektoncd/pipeline v0.52.0
 	github.com/tektoncd/plumbing v0.0.0-20230907180608-5625252a2de1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 5d8c840c8..ecba3634e 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1825,8 +1825,8 @@ github.com/syndtr/goleveldb v1.0.1-0.20220721030215-126854af5e6d h1:vfofYNRScrDd
 github.com/syndtr/goleveldb v1.0.1-0.20220721030215-126854af5e6d/go.mod h1:RRCYJbIwD5jmqPI9XoAFR0OcDxqUctll6zUj/+B4S48=
 github.com/tchap/go-patricia v2.2.6+incompatible/go.mod h1:bmLyhP68RS6kStMGxByiQ23RP/odRBOTVjwp2cDyi6I=
 github.com/tdakkota/asciicheck v0.0.0-20200416200610-e657995f937b/go.mod h1:yHp0ai0Z9gUljN3o0xMhYJnH/IcvkdTBOX2fmJ93JEM=
-github.com/tektoncd/chains v0.18.0 h1:ObN5b4W8YFSpl2P4MBvxkDtp/atJlfVjBdqBWG4hjWk=
-github.com/tektoncd/chains v0.18.0/go.mod h1:9JYn5Ak+1V+unvDDIgIPyswa7Zxm7QyEoeuKxzVZ7YI=
+github.com/tektoncd/chains v0.18.1 h1:Hiee7hi3n8jfPakAG0IDzjeVV2nxQ0+fhdaiQaLrR0I=
+github.com/tektoncd/chains v0.18.1/go.mod h1:K4+QYHbC8KuDKkBZKnSr8sSU/VPo0xKuRJyM+f1Khjo=
 github.com/tektoncd/hub v1.14.0 h1:H41drEhEsGTCxpZCskLjkTw2xSQTZZvNitcjCLj2Tjk=
 github.com/tektoncd/hub v1.14.0/go.mod h1:/usZ9mFUEIzgT4VOoQ7jxT6EOfwLkL+NI2gwPXVAU4w=
 github.com/tektoncd/pipeline v0.52.0 h1:R5SLf4wQYc2eCVQh1UyCNbPTDdIUQz5MisyBRngQ068=
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index 725aaec97..ef062dbaf 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -1315,7 +1315,7 @@ github.com/syndtr/goleveldb/leveldb/opt
 github.com/syndtr/goleveldb/leveldb/storage
 github.com/syndtr/goleveldb/leveldb/table
 github.com/syndtr/goleveldb/leveldb/util
-# github.com/tektoncd/chains v0.18.0
+# github.com/tektoncd/chains v0.18.1
 ## explicit; go 1.20
 github.com/tektoncd/chains/internal/backport
 github.com/tektoncd/chains/pkg/artifacts