diff --git a/changes/20251006104036.bugfix b/changes/20251006104036.bugfix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..67ead2c0b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/20251006104036.bugfix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Dependency upgrade: v5-5.16.3
diff --git a/utils/go.mod b/utils/go.mod
index 8f16cd6405..47b7521382 100644
--- a/utils/go.mod
+++ b/utils/go.mod
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/dolmen-go/contextio v1.0.0
 	github.com/evanphx/hclogr v0.2.0
 	github.com/go-faker/faker/v4 v4.6.1
-	github.com/go-git/go-git/v5 v5.16.2
+	github.com/go-git/go-git/v5 v5.16.3
 	github.com/go-http-utils/headers v0.0.0-20181008091004-fed159eddc2a
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.3
 	github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2
diff --git a/utils/go.sum b/utils/go.sum
index 664aa020bd..fa6e941ac0 100644
--- a/utils/go.sum
+++ b/utils/go.sum
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ github.com/go-git/go-billy/v5 v5.6.2 h1:6Q86EsPXMa7c3YZ3aLAQsMA0VlWmy43r6FHqa/UN
 github.com/go-git/go-billy/v5 v5.6.2/go.mod h1:rcFC2rAsp/erv7CMz9GczHcuD0D32fWzH+MJAU+jaUU=
 github.com/go-git/go-git-fixtures/v4 v4.3.2-0.20231010084843-55a94097c399 h1:eMje31YglSBqCdIqdhKBW8lokaMrL3uTkpGYlE2OOT4=
 github.com/go-git/go-git-fixtures/v4 v4.3.2-0.20231010084843-55a94097c399/go.mod h1:1OCfN199q1Jm3HZlxleg+Dw/mwps2Wbk9frAWm+4FII=
-github.com/go-git/go-git/v5 v5.16.2 h1:fT6ZIOjE5iEnkzKyxTHK1W4HGAsPhqEqiSAssSO77hM=
-github.com/go-git/go-git/v5 v5.16.2/go.mod h1:4Ge4alE/5gPs30F2H1esi2gPd69R0C39lolkucHBOp8=
+github.com/go-git/go-git/v5 v5.16.3 h1:Z8BtvxZ09bYm/yYNgPKCzgWtaRqDTgIKRgIRHBfU6Z8=
+github.com/go-git/go-git/v5 v5.16.3/go.mod h1:4Ge4alE/5gPs30F2H1esi2gPd69R0C39lolkucHBOp8=
 github.com/go-http-utils/headers v0.0.0-20181008091004-fed159eddc2a h1:v6zMvHuY9yue4+QkG/HQ/W67wvtQmWJ4SDo9aK/GIno=
 github.com/go-http-utils/headers v0.0.0-20181008091004-fed159eddc2a/go.mod h1:I79BieaU4fxrw4LMXby6q5OS9XnoR9UIKLOzDFjUmuw=
 github.com/go-logr/logr v1.2.2/go.mod h1:jdQByPbusPIv2/zmleS9BjJVeZ6kBagPoEUsqbVz/1A=