diff --git a/DEVELOPING.md b/DEVELOPING.md
index 5dd88e274..fd14963df 100644
--- a/DEVELOPING.md
+++ b/DEVELOPING.md
@@ -367,11 +367,11 @@ package under test and should always be updated by invoking `go test` on the spe
 update flag provided.
 
 Many of the `Format` tests make use of this approach, where the raw SBOM report is saved in the repo and the test 
-compares that SBOM with what is generated from the latest presenter code. For instance, at the time of this writing 
-the CycloneDX presenter snapshots can be updated by running:
+compares that SBOM with what is generated from the latest presenter code. The following command can be used to
+update the golden files for the various snapshot tests:
 
 ```bash
-go test ./internal/formats -update-cyclonedx
+make update-format-golden-files
 ```
 
 These flags are defined at the top of the test files that have tests that use the snapshot files.
diff --git a/Taskfile.yaml b/Taskfile.yaml
index 5e7f2c000..248e2c8ee 100644
--- a/Taskfile.yaml
+++ b/Taskfile.yaml
@@ -191,6 +191,14 @@ tasks:
 
 
   ## Testing tasks #################################
+  update-format-golden-files:
+    desc: "Update golden (i.e. snapshot) files used by unit tests"
+    cmds:
+      - go test ./syft/format/spdxjson -update-spdx-json
+      - go test ./syft/format/spdxtagvalue -update-spdx-tv
+      - go test ./syft/format/cyclonedxxml -update-cyclonedx-xml
+      - go test ./syft/format/cyclonedxjson -update-cyclonedx-json
+      - go test ./syft/format/syftjson -update-json
 
   unit:
     desc: Run unit tests