diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index d52390045..638268f38 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ updates:
       - dependency-name: "github.com/aquasecurity/go-version"
       - dependency-name: "github.com/knqyf263/go-apk-version"
       - dependency-name: "github.com/knqyf263/go-deb-version"
+      # v1 changed SlicesAsSets hashing, which changes every artifact ID syft produces
+      - dependency-name: "github.com/gohugoio/hashstructure"
+        update-types: ["version-update:semver-major"]
 
   - package-ecosystem: "github-actions"
     directories:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/validations.yaml b/.github/workflows/validations.yaml
index 95092a476..0186c5ace 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validations.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/validations.yaml
@@ -51,8 +51,19 @@ jobs:
     name: "Unit tests"
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: [Unit-Test-Linux, Unit-Test-Windows]
+    # a skipped job satisfies a required check, so this job must always run and fail explicitly
+    # unless every dependency succeeded (otherwise a failing PR can still be auto-merged)
+    if: ${{ always() }}
     steps:
-      - run: echo All unit tests passed!
+      - name: Require all unit test jobs to succeed
+        env:
+          NEEDS: ${{ toJSON(needs) }}
+        run: |
+          echo "$NEEDS" | jq -e 'length > 0 and all(.[]; .result == "success")' > /dev/null || {
+            echo "$NEEDS" | jq -r 'to_entries[] | "\(.key): \(.value.result)"'
+            exit 1
+          }
+          echo All unit tests passed!
 
   Unit-Test-Linux:
     name: "Unit tests (Linux)"
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 78194365b..aa6ed1670 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/go-test/deep v1.1.1
 	github.com/go-viper/mapstructure/v2 v2.5.0
 	github.com/goccy/go-yaml v1.19.2
-	github.com/gohugoio/hashstructure v1.1.0
+	github.com/gohugoio/hashstructure v0.6.0
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.7.0
 	github.com/google/go-containerregistry v0.22.1
 	github.com/google/licensecheck v0.3.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 7b4ec387a..77524bcf6 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -470,8 +470,8 @@ github.com/goccy/go-yaml v1.19.2/go.mod h1:XBurs7gK8ATbW4ZPGKgcbrY1Br56PdM69F7Lk
 github.com/godbus/dbus/v5 v5.0.4/go.mod h1:xhWf0FNVPg57R7Z0UbKHbJfkEywrmjJnf7w5xrFpKfA=
 github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.1.1/go.mod h1:r8qH/GZQm5c6nD/R0oafs1akxWv10x8SbQlK7atdtwQ=
 github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2/go.mod h1:P1XiOD3dCwIKUDQYPy72D8LYyHL2YPYrpS2s69NZV8Q=
-github.com/gohugoio/hashstructure v1.1.0 h1:38yUfZBca6qXSbUpteLhjDGLNskclHaguFBYpjaRjf4=
-github.com/gohugoio/hashstructure v1.1.0/go.mod h1:Pz8dcwjZs6FBKWu9x/ZIChrTHIM175zfUJK0KLvC1z8=
+github.com/gohugoio/hashstructure v0.6.0 h1:7wMB/2CfXoThFYhdWRGv3u3rUM761Cq29CxUW+NltUg=
+github.com/gohugoio/hashstructure v0.6.0/go.mod h1:lapVLk9XidheHG1IQ4ZSbyYrXcaILU1ZEP/+vno5rBQ=
 github.com/golang/glog v0.0.0-20160126235308-23def4e6c14b/go.mod h1:SBH7ygxi8pfUlaOkMMuAQtPIUF8ecWP5IEl/CR7VP2Q=
 github.com/golang/groupcache v0.0.0-20190702054246-869f871628b6/go.mod h1:cIg4eruTrX1D+g88fzRXU5OdNfaM+9IcxsU14FzY7Hc=
 github.com/golang/groupcache v0.0.0-20191227052852-215e87163ea7/go.mod h1:cIg4eruTrX1D+g88fzRXU5OdNfaM+9IcxsU14FzY7Hc=