diff --git a/tools/go.mod b/tools/go.mod
index 01c53955..a097b345 100644
--- a/tools/go.mod
+++ b/tools/go.mod
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ go 1.23.6
 
 require (
 	github.com/elastic/go-licenser v0.4.2
-	go.elastic.co/go-licence-detector v0.7.0
+	go.elastic.co/go-licence-detector v0.8.0
 	golang.org/x/tools v0.34.0
 	honnef.co/go/tools v0.6.1
 )
diff --git a/tools/go.sum b/tools/go.sum
index 654e3276..f58869e8 100644
--- a/tools/go.sum
+++ b/tools/go.sum
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.3.0/go.mod h1:M5WIy9Dh21IEIfnGCwXGc5bZfKNJtfHm1UV
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.4.0/go.mod h1:j7eGeouHqKxXV5pUuKE4zz7dFj8WfuZ+81PSLYec5m4=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0 h1:HtqpIVDClZ4nwg75+f6Lvsy/wHu+3BoSGCbBAcpTsTg=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0/go.mod h1:r2ic/lqez/lEtzL7wO/rwa5dbSLXVDPFyf8C91i36aY=
-go.elastic.co/go-licence-detector v0.7.0 h1:qC31sfyfNcNx/zMYcLABU0ac3MbGHZgksCAb5lMDUMg=
-go.elastic.co/go-licence-detector v0.7.0/go.mod h1:f5ty8pjynzQD8BcS+s0qtlOGKc35/HKQxCVi8SHhV5k=
+go.elastic.co/go-licence-detector v0.8.0 h1:OTOD7YitWyJ4iUEAB53yYXUYOouj0cVDRh1cJI8s3G8=
+go.elastic.co/go-licence-detector v0.8.0/go.mod h1:f5ty8pjynzQD8BcS+s0qtlOGKc35/HKQxCVi8SHhV5k=
 golang.org/x/exp/typeparams v0.0.0-20231108232855-2478ac86f678 h1:1P7xPZEwZMoBoz0Yze5Nx2/4pxj6nw9ZqHWXqP0iRgQ=
 golang.org/x/exp/typeparams v0.0.0-20231108232855-2478ac86f678/go.mod h1:AbB0pIl9nAr9wVwH+Z2ZpaocVmF5I4GyWCDIsVjR0bk=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.25.0 h1:n7a+ZbQKQA/Ysbyb0/6IbB1H/X41mKgbhfv7AfG/44w=