diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 8b4206c0d..9ff604092 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ 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 v0.1.1-0.20250220190351-d62adb6e1115
-	github.com/anchore/stereoscope v0.1.14
+	github.com/anchore/stereoscope v0.1.16
 	github.com/anmitsu/go-shlex v0.0.0-20200514113438-38f4b401e2be
 	github.com/aquasecurity/go-pep440-version v0.0.1
 	github.com/bitnami/go-version v0.0.0-20250131085805-b1f57a8634ef
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index c79094c24..6607f720c 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -138,8 +138,8 @@ 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 v0.1.1-0.20250220190351-d62adb6e1115 h1:ZyRCmiEjnoGJZ1+Ah0ZZ/mKKqNhGcUZBl0s7PTTDzvY=
 github.com/anchore/packageurl-go v0.1.1-0.20250220190351-d62adb6e1115/go.mod h1:KoYIv7tdP5+CC9VGkeZV4/vGCKsY55VvoG+5dadg4YI=
-github.com/anchore/stereoscope v0.1.14 h1:S/G7kBqeKjIOj1r/MoFn5Dx4f9SiZdVb+8m8zaH5R5c=
-github.com/anchore/stereoscope v0.1.14/go.mod h1:bXzc5wCnaJzzTTX5wGyUj2bWfwJbphCYLJfFEqXjbd8=
+github.com/anchore/stereoscope v0.1.16 h1:kNcEH/B16DTPMaUIzJAFFaDX3N4mj06xnLFZcUC1gaE=
+github.com/anchore/stereoscope v0.1.16/go.mod h1:bXzc5wCnaJzzTTX5wGyUj2bWfwJbphCYLJfFEqXjbd8=
 github.com/andreyvit/diff v0.0.0-20170406064948-c7f18ee00883/go.mod h1:rCTlJbsFo29Kk6CurOXKm700vrz8f0KW0JNfpkRJY/8=
 github.com/andybalholm/brotli v1.2.0 h1:ukwgCxwYrmACq68yiUqwIWnGY0cTPox/M94sVwToPjQ=
 github.com/andybalholm/brotli v1.2.0/go.mod h1:rzTDkvFWvIrjDXZHkuS16NPggd91W3kUSvPlQ1pLaKY=