diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 910960fc103..09c2388ca43 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/scylladb/go-set v1.0.3-0.20200225121959-cc7b2070d91e
 	github.com/sergi/go-diff v1.3.1
 	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.3
-	github.com/spdx/tools-golang v0.5.2
+	github.com/spdx/tools-golang v0.5.3
 	github.com/spf13/afero v1.9.5
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.7.0
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index b56945b1db6..68b405f7f46 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -619,8 +619,8 @@ github.com/skeema/knownhosts v1.2.0 h1:h9r9cf0+u7wSE+M183ZtMGgOJKiL96brpaz5ekfJC
 github.com/skeema/knownhosts v1.2.0/go.mod h1:g4fPeYpque7P0xefxtGzV81ihjC8sX2IqpAoNkjxbMo=
 github.com/spaolacci/murmur3 v0.0.0-20180118202830-f09979ecbc72/go.mod h1:JwIasOWyU6f++ZhiEuf87xNszmSA2myDM2Kzu9HwQUA=
 github.com/spdx/gordf v0.0.0-20201111095634-7098f93598fb/go.mod h1:uKWaldnbMnjsSAXRurWqqrdyZen1R7kxl8TkmWk2OyM=
-github.com/spdx/tools-golang v0.5.2 h1:dtMNjJreWPe37584ajk7m/rQtfJaLpRMk7pUGgvekOg=
-github.com/spdx/tools-golang v0.5.2/go.mod h1:/ETOahiAo96Ob0/RAIBmFZw6XN0yTnyr/uFZm2NTMhI=
+github.com/spdx/tools-golang v0.5.3 h1:ialnHeEYUC4+hkm5vJm4qz2x+oEJbS0mAMFrNXdQraY=
+github.com/spdx/tools-golang v0.5.3/go.mod h1:/ETOahiAo96Ob0/RAIBmFZw6XN0yTnyr/uFZm2NTMhI=
 github.com/spf13/afero v1.3.3/go.mod h1:5KUK8ByomD5Ti5Artl0RtHeI5pTF7MIDuXL3yY520V4=
 github.com/spf13/afero v1.6.0/go.mod h1:Ai8FlHk4v/PARR026UzYexafAt9roJ7LcLMAmO6Z93I=
 github.com/spf13/afero v1.9.5 h1:stMpOSZFs//0Lv29HduCmli3GUfpFoF3Y1Q/aXj/wVM=