diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 13139b8955..740ce5cec8 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/docker/docker v27.3.1+incompatible
 	github.com/go-chi/chi/v5 v5.1.0
 	github.com/gofrs/flock v0.12.1
-	github.com/google/cel-go v0.21.0
+	github.com/google/cel-go v0.22.0
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0
 	github.com/google/go-containerregistry v0.20.2
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ require (
 
 require (
 	buf.build/gen/go/pluginrpc/pluginrpc/protocolbuffers/go v1.35.1-20241007202033-cf42259fcbfc.1 // indirect
+	cel.dev/expr v0.18.0 // indirect
 	github.com/Azure/go-ansiterm v0.0.0-20230124172434-306776ec8161 // indirect
 	github.com/Microsoft/go-winio v0.6.2 // indirect
 	github.com/Microsoft/hcsshim v0.12.9 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index a6953618f7..b14053d748 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ buf.build/go/protoyaml v0.2.0 h1:2g3OHjtLDqXBREIOjpZGHmQ+U/4mkN1YiQjxNB68Ip8=
 buf.build/go/protoyaml v0.2.0/go.mod h1:L/9QvTDkTWcDTzAL6HMfN+mYC6CmZRm2KnsUA054iL0=
 buf.build/go/spdx v0.2.0 h1:IItqM0/cMxvFJJumcBuP8NrsIzMs/UYjp/6WSpq8LTw=
 buf.build/go/spdx v0.2.0/go.mod h1:bXdwQFem9Si3nsbNy8aJKGPoaPi5DKwdeEp5/ArZ6w8=
+cel.dev/expr v0.18.0 h1:CJ6drgk+Hf96lkLikr4rFf19WrU0BOWEihyZnI2TAzo=
+cel.dev/expr v0.18.0/go.mod h1:MrpN08Q+lEBs+bGYdLxxHkZoUSsCp0nSKTs0nTymJgw=
 cloud.google.com/go v0.26.0/go.mod h1:aQUYkXzVsufM+DwF1aE+0xfcU+56JwCaLick0ClmMTw=
 connectrpc.com/connect v1.17.0 h1:W0ZqMhtVzn9Zhn2yATuUokDLO5N+gIuBWMOnsQrfmZk=
 connectrpc.com/connect v1.17.0/go.mod h1:0292hj1rnx8oFrStN7cB4jjVBeqs+Yx5yDIC2prWDO8=
@@ -133,8 +135,8 @@ github.com/golang/protobuf v1.4.0-rc.4.0.20200313231945-b860323f09d0/go.mod h1:W
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.4.0/go.mod h1:jodUvKwWbYaEsadDk5Fwe5c77LiNKVO9IDvqG2KuDX0=
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.4.1/go.mod h1:U8fpvMrcmy5pZrNK1lt4xCsGvpyWQ/VVv6QDs8UjoX8=
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.4.3/go.mod h1:oDoupMAO8OvCJWAcko0GGGIgR6R6ocIYbsSw735rRwI=
-github.com/google/cel-go v0.21.0 h1:cl6uW/gxN+Hy50tNYvI691+sXxioCnstFzLp2WO4GCI=
-github.com/google/cel-go v0.21.0/go.mod h1:rHUlWCcBKgyEk+eV03RPdZUekPp6YcJwV0FxuUksYxc=
+github.com/google/cel-go v0.22.0 h1:b3FJZxpiv1vTMo2/5RDUqAHPxkT8mmMfJIrq1llbf7g=
+github.com/google/cel-go v0.22.0/go.mod h1:BuznPXXfQDpXKWQ9sPW3TzlAJN5zzFe+i9tIs0yC4s8=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.2.0/go.mod h1:oXzfMopK8JAjlY9xF4vHSVASa0yLyX7SntLO5aqRK0M=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.3.0/go.mod h1:8QqcDgzrUqlUb/G2PQTWiueGozuR1884gddMywk6iLU=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.3.1/go.mod h1:8QqcDgzrUqlUb/G2PQTWiueGozuR1884gddMywk6iLU=