diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 2dc47785357..378d2d03a84 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/anchore/go-testutils v0.0.0-20200925183923-d5f45b0d3c04
 	github.com/anchore/go-version v1.2.2-0.20200701162849-18adb9c92b9b
 	github.com/anchore/packageurl-go v0.1.1-0.20241018175412-5c22e6360c4f
-	github.com/anchore/stereoscope v0.0.5-0.20241018131503-a38c93517fc7
+	github.com/anchore/stereoscope v0.0.5-0.20241021164725-6db3c175f1f8
 	github.com/anmitsu/go-shlex v0.0.0-20200514113438-38f4b401e2be
 	// we are hinting brotli to latest due to warning when installing archiver v3:
 	// go: warning: github.com/andybalholm/brotli@v1.0.1: retracted by module author: occasional panics and data corruption
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index c4f66295db3..ab8452f139a 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -115,8 +115,8 @@ github.com/anchore/go-version v1.2.2-0.20200701162849-18adb9c92b9b h1:e1bmaoJfZV
 github.com/anchore/go-version v1.2.2-0.20200701162849-18adb9c92b9b/go.mod h1:Bkc+JYWjMCF8OyZ340IMSIi2Ebf3uwByOk6ho4wne1E=
 github.com/anchore/packageurl-go v0.1.1-0.20241018175412-5c22e6360c4f h1:dAQPIrQ3a5PBqZeZ+B9NGZsGmodk4NO9OjDIsQmQyQM=
 github.com/anchore/packageurl-go v0.1.1-0.20241018175412-5c22e6360c4f/go.mod h1:KoYIv7tdP5+CC9VGkeZV4/vGCKsY55VvoG+5dadg4YI=
-github.com/anchore/stereoscope v0.0.5-0.20241018131503-a38c93517fc7 h1:CBKDfuMWKRt12EnKtgT/an9FQSQI83mOU1KT57z81IU=
-github.com/anchore/stereoscope v0.0.5-0.20241018131503-a38c93517fc7/go.mod h1:wH79ZauZcd3erKPocg9+qhDC6Q/z125sD+Isi4d61a4=
+github.com/anchore/stereoscope v0.0.5-0.20241021164725-6db3c175f1f8 h1:kwFXy3cZrMuxYaVBLJIy6ZWzTmuvPFne6Y2Nk0L91oI=
+github.com/anchore/stereoscope v0.0.5-0.20241021164725-6db3c175f1f8/go.mod h1:wH79ZauZcd3erKPocg9+qhDC6Q/z125sD+Isi4d61a4=
 github.com/andreyvit/diff v0.0.0-20170406064948-c7f18ee00883/go.mod h1:rCTlJbsFo29Kk6CurOXKm700vrz8f0KW0JNfpkRJY/8=
 github.com/andybalholm/brotli v1.0.1/go.mod h1:loMXtMfwqflxFJPmdbJO0a3KNoPuLBgiu3qAvBg8x/Y=
 github.com/andybalholm/brotli v1.0.4 h1:V7DdXeJtZscaqfNuAdSRuRFzuiKlHSC/Zh3zl9qY3JY=