diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 4e3b8357e11..f65998a1f99 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/google/go-github/v53 v53.2.0
 	github.com/google/osv-scanner v1.6.2
 	github.com/mcuadros/go-jsonschema-generator v0.0.0-20200330054847-ba7a369d4303
-	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.15.0
+	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.16.0
 	github.com/otiai10/copy v1.14.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/release-utils v0.6.0
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 7643c0da46c..ef5e7972c9e 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -610,8 +610,8 @@ github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.11.0/go.mod h1:lLunBs/Ym6LB5Z9jYTR76FiuTmxDTDusOGeTQH+
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.12.0/go.mod h1:oUhWkIvk5aDxtKvDDuw8gItl8pKl42LzjC9KZE0HfGg=
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.12.1/go.mod h1:zj2OWP4+oCPe1qIXoGWkgMRwljMUYCdkwsT2108oapk=
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.14.2/go.mod h1:iSB4RoI2tjJc9BBv4NKIKWKya62Rps+oPG/Lv9klQyY=
-github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.15.0 h1:79HwNRBAZHOEwrczrgSOPy+eFTTlIGELKy5as+ClttY=
-github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.15.0/go.mod h1:HlxMHtYF57y6Dpf+mc5529KKmSq9h2FpCF+/ZkwUxKM=
+github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.16.0 h1:7q1w9frJDzninhXxjZd+Y/x54XNjG/UlRLIYPZafsPM=
+github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.16.0/go.mod h1:llBI3WDLL9Z6taip6f33H76YcWtJv+7R3HigUjbIBOs=
 github.com/onsi/gomega v0.0.0-20170829124025-dcabb60a477c/go.mod h1:C1qb7wdrVGGVU+Z6iS04AVkA3Q65CEZX59MT0QO5uiA=
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.5.0/go.mod h1:ex+gbHU/CVuBBDIJjb2X0qEXbFg53c61hWP/1CpauHY=
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.7.0/go.mod h1:ex+gbHU/CVuBBDIJjb2X0qEXbFg53c61hWP/1CpauHY=