diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 0a92407e068..692b6542cdb 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/anchore/go-version v1.2.2-0.20210903204242-51efa5b487c4
 	github.com/anchore/grype-db v0.0.0-20211207213615-1bcbb779ee96
 	github.com/anchore/stereoscope v0.0.0-20211203160213-5a5e323a5c89
-	github.com/anchore/syft v0.32.0
+	github.com/anchore/syft v0.32.1-0.20211210164950-ab9fe53ff2dc
 	github.com/bmatcuk/doublestar/v2 v2.0.4
 	github.com/docker/docker v20.10.11+incompatible
 	github.com/dustin/go-humanize v1.0.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 7a2d97811d9..3a0e5d8a816 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -196,8 +196,8 @@ github.com/anchore/syft v0.30.1/go.mod h1:7YlGmGFP/GlfNn80TDN1jFcosZqHBKCnrpwfiR
 github.com/anchore/syft v0.31.0/go.mod h1:ZHM2Brl5yU8qM6YuXLRxm4UXCMSWQdd78S0eKnVm1Uw=
 github.com/anchore/syft v0.31.0/go.mod h1:ZHM2Brl5yU8qM6YuXLRxm4UXCMSWQdd78S0eKnVm1Uw=
 github.com/anchore/syft v0.31.1-0.20211207205931-7a359dc16be8/go.mod h1:6tuVZBaHohcTuX8S0G6S80o/6PmzoF7sHbjxDUJaLjU=
-github.com/anchore/syft v0.32.0 h1:YYAMlzZ+Avvg1NMLNQxk/912vEzaRrDTOeE1gwlny/4=
-github.com/anchore/syft v0.32.0/go.mod h1:6tuVZBaHohcTuX8S0G6S80o/6PmzoF7sHbjxDUJaLjU=
+github.com/anchore/syft v0.32.1-0.20211210164950-ab9fe53ff2dc h1:g2PEzxM+7Hj37rdG26JiTJOA+uEIOrDz121pJ1cu/iY=
+github.com/anchore/syft v0.32.1-0.20211210164950-ab9fe53ff2dc/go.mod h1:6tuVZBaHohcTuX8S0G6S80o/6PmzoF7sHbjxDUJaLjU=
 github.com/andreyvit/diff v0.0.0-20170406064948-c7f18ee00883 h1:bvNMNQO63//z+xNgfBlViaCIJKLlCJ6/fmUseuG0wVQ=
 github.com/andreyvit/diff v0.0.0-20170406064948-c7f18ee00883/go.mod h1:rCTlJbsFo29Kk6CurOXKm700vrz8f0KW0JNfpkRJY/8=
 github.com/andybalholm/brotli v1.0.1/go.mod h1:loMXtMfwqflxFJPmdbJO0a3KNoPuLBgiu3qAvBg8x/Y=