diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index b6e930cc4..c43c25131 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/sassoftware/go-rpmutils v0.4.0
 	// pinned to pull in 386 arch fix: https://github.com/scylladb/go-set/commit/cc7b2070d91ebf40d233207b633e28f5bd8f03a5
 	github.com/scylladb/go-set v1.0.3-0.20200225121959-cc7b2070d91e
-	github.com/sergi/go-diff v1.3.2-0.20230802210424-5b0b94c5c0d3
+	github.com/sergi/go-diff v1.4.0
 	github.com/spdx/gordf v0.0.0-20201111095634-7098f93598fb
 	github.com/spdx/tools-golang v0.5.5
 	github.com/spf13/afero v1.14.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 3a0896081..f481d30d4 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -751,8 +751,8 @@ github.com/sebdah/goldie/v2 v2.5.5 h1:rx1mwF95RxZ3/83sdS4Yp7t2C5TCokvWP4TBRbAyEW
 github.com/sebdah/goldie/v2 v2.5.5/go.mod h1:oZ9fp0+se1eapSRjfYbsV/0Hqhbuu3bJVvKI/NNtssI=
 github.com/sergi/go-diff v1.1.0/go.mod h1:STckp+ISIX8hZLjrqAeVduY0gWCT9IjLuqbuNXdaHfM=
 github.com/sergi/go-diff v1.2.0/go.mod h1:STckp+ISIX8hZLjrqAeVduY0gWCT9IjLuqbuNXdaHfM=
-github.com/sergi/go-diff v1.3.2-0.20230802210424-5b0b94c5c0d3 h1:n661drycOFuPLCN3Uc8sB6B/s6Z4t2xvBgU1htSHuq8=
-github.com/sergi/go-diff v1.3.2-0.20230802210424-5b0b94c5c0d3/go.mod h1:A0bzQcvG0E7Rwjx0REVgAGH58e96+X0MeOfepqsbeW4=
+github.com/sergi/go-diff v1.4.0 h1:n/SP9D5ad1fORl+llWyN+D6qoUETXNZARKjyY2/KVCw=
+github.com/sergi/go-diff v1.4.0/go.mod h1:A0bzQcvG0E7Rwjx0REVgAGH58e96+X0MeOfepqsbeW4=
 github.com/shopspring/decimal v1.4.0 h1:bxl37RwXBklmTi0C79JfXCEBD1cqqHt0bbgBAGFp81k=
 github.com/shopspring/decimal v1.4.0/go.mod h1:gawqmDU56v4yIKSwfBSFip1HdCCXN8/+DMd9qYNcwME=
 github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.2.0/go.mod h1:LxeOpSwHxABJmUn/MG1IvRgCAasNZTLOkJPxbbu5VWo=