diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 0d11743e..792639e3 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ go 1.26.0
 require (
 	github.com/Masterminds/sprig/v3 v3.3.0
 	github.com/evanphx/json-patch v5.9.11+incompatible
-	github.com/fluxcd/pkg/tar v0.17.0
+	github.com/fluxcd/pkg/tar v1.2.0
 	github.com/getsops/sops/v3 v3.10.2
 	github.com/giantswarm/k8smetadata v0.26.0
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.4
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 5f6dc437..31b4602f 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -159,8 +159,8 @@ github.com/fatih/color v1.18.0 h1:S8gINlzdQ840/4pfAwic/ZE0djQEH3wM94VfqLTZcOM=
 github.com/fatih/color v1.18.0/go.mod h1:4FelSpRwEGDpQ12mAdzqdOukCy4u8WUtOY6lkT/6HfU=
 github.com/felixge/httpsnoop v1.0.4 h1:NFTV2Zj1bL4mc9sqWACXbQFVBBg2W3GPvqp8/ESS2Wg=
 github.com/felixge/httpsnoop v1.0.4/go.mod h1:m8KPJKqk1gH5J9DgRY2ASl2lWCfGKXixSwevea8zH2U=
-github.com/fluxcd/pkg/tar v0.17.0 h1:uNxbFXy8ly8C7fJ8D7w3rjTNJFrb4Hp1aY/30XkfvxY=
-github.com/fluxcd/pkg/tar v0.17.0/go.mod h1:b1xyIRYDD0ket4SV5u0UXYv+ZdN/O/HmIO5jZQdHQls=
+github.com/fluxcd/pkg/tar v1.2.0 h1:T6WFB5M0YRHktlrgdKNskqpdp76TVDdWTOeuWz33CFs=
+github.com/fluxcd/pkg/tar v1.2.0/go.mod h1:Wlalp5vIVe+BbckkKkqExKcoHAeeWJPAzwK7ONeFcS0=
 github.com/frankban/quicktest v1.14.6 h1:7Xjx+VpznH+oBnejlPUj8oUpdxnVs4f8XU8WnHkI4W8=
 github.com/frankban/quicktest v1.14.6/go.mod h1:4ptaffx2x8+WTWXmUCuVU6aPUX1/Mz7zb5vbUoiM6w0=
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.9.0 h1:2Ml+OJNzbYCTzsxtv8vKSFD9PbJjmhYF14k/jKC7S9k=