diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 8f68ebce..601942b1 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/mcuadros/go-jsonschema-generator v0.0.0-20200330054847-ba7a369d4303
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.17.1
 	github.com/otiai10/copy v1.14.0
-	sigs.k8s.io/release-utils v0.6.0
+	sigs.k8s.io/release-utils v0.8.1
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index b52318d7..96437c59 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1270,8 +1270,8 @@ rsc.io/sampler v1.3.0/go.mod h1:T1hPZKmBbMNahiBKFy5HrXp6adAjACjK9JXDnKaTXpA=
 sigs.k8s.io/apiserver-network-proxy/konnectivity-client v0.0.7/go.mod h1:PHgbrJT7lCHcxMU+mDHEm+nx46H4zuuHZkDP6icnhu0=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd h1:EDPBXCAspyGV4jQlpZSudPeMmr1bNJefnuqLsRAsHZo=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd/go.mod h1:B8JuhiUyNFVKdsE8h686QcCxMaH6HrOAZj4vswFpcB0=
-sigs.k8s.io/release-utils v0.6.0 h1:wJDuzWJqPH4a5FAxAXE2aBvbB6UMIW7iYMhsKnIMQkA=
-sigs.k8s.io/release-utils v0.6.0/go.mod h1:kR1/DuYCJ4covppUasYNcA11OixC9O37B/E0ejRfb+c=
+sigs.k8s.io/release-utils v0.8.1 h1:qSA9p3vZzO6RAq7zvzupCZjR29+n3NK9DSJPe9bSf7w=
+sigs.k8s.io/release-utils v0.8.1/go.mod h1:vrQ3eR1VmudgX4OUwr4pUZEkYLRms9bdbv06mr3kchQ=
 sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff v0.0.0-20190525122527-15d366b2352e/go.mod h1:wWxsB5ozmmv/SG7nM11ayaAW51xMvak/t1r0CSlcokI=
 sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v3 v3.0.0-20200116222232-67a7b8c61874/go.mod h1:PlARxl6Hbt/+BC80dRLi1qAmnMqwqDg62YvvVkZjemw=
 sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v3 v3.0.0/go.mod h1:PlARxl6Hbt/+BC80dRLi1qAmnMqwqDg62YvvVkZjemw=
diff --git a/pkg/scorecard_test.go b/pkg/scorecard_test.go
index 7afdc910..1df9bbef 100644
--- a/pkg/scorecard_test.go
+++ b/pkg/scorecard_test.go
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ func TestRunScorecard(t *testing.T) {
 					Name: "github.com/ossf/scorecard",
 				},
 				Scorecard: ScorecardInfo{
+					Version:   "devel",
 					CommitSHA: "unknown",
 				},
 			},
@@ -229,6 +230,7 @@ func TestExperimentalRunProbes(t *testing.T) {
 					},
 				},
 				Scorecard: ScorecardInfo{
+					Version:   "devel",
 					CommitSHA: "unknown",
 				},
 				Findings: []finding.Finding{