diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index dcc4e8a78..6abc636b8 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/sergi/go-diff v1.3.2-0.20230802210424-5b0b94c5c0d3
 	github.com/spdx/gordf v0.0.0-20201111095634-7098f93598fb
 	github.com/spdx/tools-golang v0.5.5
-	github.com/spf13/afero v1.12.0
+	github.com/spf13/afero v1.14.0
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.9.1
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0
 	github.com/vbatts/go-mtree v0.5.4
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 9611980e4..2c7d483b8 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -746,8 +746,8 @@ github.com/spdx/tools-golang v0.5.5 h1:61c0KLfAcNqAjlg6UNMdkwpMernhw3zVRwDZ2x9XO
 github.com/spdx/tools-golang v0.5.5/go.mod h1:MVIsXx8ZZzaRWNQpUDhC4Dud34edUYJYecciXgrw5vE=
 github.com/spf13/afero v1.3.3/go.mod h1:5KUK8ByomD5Ti5Artl0RtHeI5pTF7MIDuXL3yY520V4=
 github.com/spf13/afero v1.6.0/go.mod h1:Ai8FlHk4v/PARR026UzYexafAt9roJ7LcLMAmO6Z93I=
-github.com/spf13/afero v1.12.0 h1:UcOPyRBYczmFn6yvphxkn9ZEOY65cpwGKb5mL36mrqs=
-github.com/spf13/afero v1.12.0/go.mod h1:ZTlWwG4/ahT8W7T0WQ5uYmjI9duaLQGy3Q2OAl4sk/4=
+github.com/spf13/afero v1.14.0 h1:9tH6MapGnn/j0eb0yIXiLjERO8RB6xIVZRDCX7PtqWA=
+github.com/spf13/afero v1.14.0/go.mod h1:acJQ8t0ohCGuMN3O+Pv0V0hgMxNYDlvdk+VTfyZmbYo=
 github.com/spf13/cast v1.4.1/go.mod h1:Qx5cxh0v+4UWYiBimWS+eyWzqEqokIECu5etghLkUJE=
 github.com/spf13/cast v1.7.0 h1:ntdiHjuueXFgm5nzDRdOS4yfT43P5Fnud6DH50rz/7w=
 github.com/spf13/cast v1.7.0/go.mod h1:ancEpBxwJDODSW/UG4rDrAqiKolqNNh2DX3mk86cAdo=
@@ -1111,8 +1111,8 @@ golang.org/x/text v0.23.0/go.mod h1:/BLNzu4aZCJ1+kcD0DNRotWKage4q2rGVAg4o22unh4=
 golang.org/x/time v0.0.0-20181108054448-85acf8d2951c/go.mod h1:tRJNPiyCQ0inRvYxbN9jk5I+vvW/OXSQhTDSoE431IQ=
 golang.org/x/time v0.0.0-20190308202827-9d24e82272b4/go.mod h1:tRJNPiyCQ0inRvYxbN9jk5I+vvW/OXSQhTDSoE431IQ=
 golang.org/x/time v0.0.0-20191024005414-555d28b269f0/go.mod h1:tRJNPiyCQ0inRvYxbN9jk5I+vvW/OXSQhTDSoE431IQ=
-golang.org/x/time v0.8.0 h1:9i3RxcPv3PZnitoVGMPDKZSq1xW1gK1Xy3ArNOGZfEg=
-golang.org/x/time v0.8.0/go.mod h1:3BpzKBy/shNhVucY/MWOyx10tF3SFh9QdLuxbVysPQM=
+golang.org/x/time v0.5.0 h1:o7cqy6amK/52YcAKIPlM3a+Fpj35zvRj2TP+e1xFSfk=
+golang.org/x/time v0.5.0/go.mod h1:3BpzKBy/shNhVucY/MWOyx10tF3SFh9QdLuxbVysPQM=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20180917221912-90fa682c2a6e/go.mod h1:n7NCudcB/nEzxVGmLbDWY5pfWTLqBcC2KZ6jyYvM4mQ=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20190114222345-bf090417da8b/go.mod h1:n7NCudcB/nEzxVGmLbDWY5pfWTLqBcC2KZ6jyYvM4mQ=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20190226205152-f727befe758c/go.mod h1:9Yl7xja0Znq3iFh3HoIrodX9oNMXvdceNzlUR8zjMvY=
@@ -1280,8 +1280,8 @@ google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20211206160659-862468c7d6e0/go.mod h1:5CzLGKJ6
 google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20211208223120-3a66f561d7aa/go.mod h1:5CzLGKJ67TSI2B9POpiiyGha0AjJvZIUgRMt1dSmuhc=
 google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20241118233622-e639e219e697 h1:ToEetK57OidYuqD4Q5w+vfEnPvPpuTwedCNVohYJfNk=
 google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20241118233622-e639e219e697/go.mod h1:JJrvXBWRZaFMxBufik1a4RpFw4HhgVtBBWQeQgUj2cc=
-google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20241209162323-e6fa225c2576 h1:CkkIfIt50+lT6NHAVoRYEyAvQGFM7xEwXUUywFvEb3Q=
-google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20241209162323-e6fa225c2576/go.mod h1:1R3kvZ1dtP3+4p4d3G8uJ8rFk/fWlScl38vanWACI08=
+google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20241113202542-65e8d215514f h1:M65LEviCfuZTfrfzwwEoxVtgvfkFkBUbFnRbxCXuXhU=
+google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20241113202542-65e8d215514f/go.mod h1:Yo94eF2nj7igQt+TiJ49KxjIH8ndLYPZMIRSiRcEbg0=
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20241223144023-3abc09e42ca8 h1:TqExAhdPaB60Ux47Cn0oLV07rGnxZzIsaRhQaqS666A=
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20241223144023-3abc09e42ca8/go.mod h1:lcTa1sDdWEIHMWlITnIczmw5w60CF9ffkb8Z+DVmmjA=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.19.0/go.mod h1:mqu4LbDTu4XGKhr4mRzUsmM4RtVoemTSY81AxZiDr8c=