diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index ed2a0fa..fd7896f 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.1
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0
 	github.com/sylabs/oci-tools v0.7.0
-	github.com/tidwall/gjson v1.14.4
+	github.com/tidwall/gjson v1.18.0
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
 	k8s.io/api v0.30.11
 	k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.30.11
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 9f4e430..73d027c 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -184,8 +184,8 @@ github.com/sylabs/oci-tools v0.7.0 h1:SIisUvcEL+Vpa9/kmQDy1W3AwV2XVGad83sgZmXLlb
 github.com/sylabs/oci-tools v0.7.0/go.mod h1:Ry6ngChflh20WPq6mLvCKSw2OTd9iDB5aR8OQzeq4hM=
 github.com/sylabs/sif/v2 v2.15.0 h1:Nv0tzksFnoQiQ2eUwpAis9nVqEu4c3RcNSxX8P3Cecw=
 github.com/sylabs/sif/v2 v2.15.0/go.mod h1:X1H7eaPz6BAxA84POMESXoXfTqgAnLQkujyF/CQFWTc=
-github.com/tidwall/gjson v1.14.4 h1:uo0p8EbA09J7RQaflQ1aBRffTR7xedD2bcIVSYxLnkM=
-github.com/tidwall/gjson v1.14.4/go.mod h1:/wbyibRr2FHMks5tjHJ5F8dMZh3AcwJEMf5vlfC0lxk=
+github.com/tidwall/gjson v1.18.0 h1:FIDeeyB800efLX89e5a8Y0BNH+LOngJyGrIWxG2FKQY=
+github.com/tidwall/gjson v1.18.0/go.mod h1:/wbyibRr2FHMks5tjHJ5F8dMZh3AcwJEMf5vlfC0lxk=
 github.com/tidwall/match v1.1.1 h1:+Ho715JplO36QYgwN9PGYNhgZvoUSc9X2c80KVTi+GA=
 github.com/tidwall/match v1.1.1/go.mod h1:eRSPERbgtNPcGhD8UCthc6PmLEQXEWd3PRB5JTxsfmM=
 github.com/tidwall/pretty v1.2.0 h1:RWIZEg2iJ8/g6fDDYzMpobmaoGh5OLl4AXtGUGPcqCs=