diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index efd25c8596bf..8af877f04b1d 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ require (
 	github.com/kyverno/go-jmespath v0.4.1-0.20231124160150-95e59c162877
 	github.com/kyverno/kyverno-json v0.0.4-0.20240730143747-aade3d42fc0e
 	github.com/lensesio/tableprinter v0.0.0-20201125135848-89e81fc956e7
-	github.com/notaryproject/notation-core-go v1.0.3
-	github.com/notaryproject/notation-go v1.1.1
+	github.com/notaryproject/notation-core-go v1.1.0-rc.1
+	github.com/notaryproject/notation-go v1.2.0-rc.1
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.16.5
 	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.34.1
 	github.com/opencontainers/go-digest v1.0.0
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/evanphx/json-patch v5.9.0+incompatible // indirect
 	github.com/felixge/httpsnoop v1.0.4 // indirect
 	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.7.0 // indirect
-	github.com/fxamacker/cbor/v2 v2.6.0 // indirect
+	github.com/fxamacker/cbor/v2 v2.7.0 // indirect
 	github.com/go-asn1-ber/asn1-ber v1.5.5 // indirect
 	github.com/go-chi/chi v4.1.2+incompatible // indirect
 	github.com/go-errors/errors v1.5.1 // indirect
@@ -392,6 +392,8 @@ require (
 	sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd // indirect
 )
 
+require github.com/notaryproject/tspclient-go v0.2.0 // indirect
+
 replace (
 	github.com/google/cel-go v0.20.1 => github.com/google/cel-go v0.17.8
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.19.0 => github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.18.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index e553cd5eefdb..8db15c0003d5 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -324,8 +324,8 @@ github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.5.4/go.mod h1:OVB6XrOHzAwXMpEM7uPOzcehqUV2UqJxmV
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.6.0/go.mod h1:sl3t1tCWJFWoRz9R8WJCbQihKKwmorjAbSClcnxKAGw=
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.7.0 h1:8JEhPFa5W2WU7YfeZzPNqzMP6Lwt7L2715Ggo0nosvA=
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.7.0/go.mod h1:40Bi/Hjc2AVfZrqy+aj+yEI+/bRxZnMJyTJwOpGvigM=
-github.com/fxamacker/cbor/v2 v2.6.0 h1:sU6J2usfADwWlYDAFhZBQ6TnLFBHxgesMrQfQgk1tWA=
-github.com/fxamacker/cbor/v2 v2.6.0/go.mod h1:pxXPTn3joSm21Gbwsv0w9OSA2y1HFR9qXEeXQVeNoDQ=
+github.com/fxamacker/cbor/v2 v2.7.0 h1:iM5WgngdRBanHcxugY4JySA0nk1wZorNOpTgCMedv5E=
+github.com/fxamacker/cbor/v2 v2.7.0/go.mod h1:pxXPTn3joSm21Gbwsv0w9OSA2y1HFR9qXEeXQVeNoDQ=
 github.com/ghodss/yaml v1.0.1-0.20190212211648-25d852aebe32 h1:Mn26/9ZMNWSw9C9ERFA1PUxfmGpolnw2v0bKOREu5ew=
 github.com/ghodss/yaml v1.0.1-0.20190212211648-25d852aebe32/go.mod h1:GIjDIg/heH5DOkXY3YJ/wNhfHsQHoXGjl8G8amsYQ1I=
 github.com/gliderlabs/ssh v0.3.7 h1:iV3Bqi942d9huXnzEF2Mt+CY9gLu8DNM4Obd+8bODRE=
@@ -671,12 +671,14 @@ github.com/mozillazg/docker-credential-acr-helper v0.3.0/go.mod h1:cZlu3tof523uj
 github.com/munnerz/goautoneg v0.0.0-20191010083416-a7dc8b61c822 h1:C3w9PqII01/Oq1c1nUAm88MOHcQC9l5mIlSMApZMrHA=
 github.com/munnerz/goautoneg v0.0.0-20191010083416-a7dc8b61c822/go.mod h1:+n7T8mK8HuQTcFwEeznm/DIxMOiR9yIdICNftLE1DvQ=
 github.com/niemeyer/pretty v0.0.0-20200227124842-a10e7caefd8e/go.mod h1:zD1mROLANZcx1PVRCS0qkT7pwLkGfwJo4zjcN/Tysno=
-github.com/notaryproject/notation-core-go v1.0.3 h1:FCgvULSypEFrrNgvDRdHbKAGAgbXK43n/jKD9q2WECA=
-github.com/notaryproject/notation-core-go v1.0.3/go.mod h1:eDo5/LTUp23mB7w0CckJLnl+p93oGdyiKDzzggpqTH4=
-github.com/notaryproject/notation-go v1.1.1 h1:EAY8ERBWhrdaG9MIumSZ9xyUHktgr6OkCByd75HR+FA=
-github.com/notaryproject/notation-go v1.1.1/go.mod h1:XykI2i5jHb6cGf+bcG/cIeNfNO2u4Xoy2mkuOKHjVVI=
+github.com/notaryproject/notation-core-go v1.1.0-rc.1 h1:6cxfVUuc4rTqYu0u7vOmgXfqw1zZabSLJNo8KvkDEzU=
+github.com/notaryproject/notation-core-go v1.1.0-rc.1/go.mod h1:j6NELapik2bE1DcrL5otTfXWuW5PR/JLLfREZ4ggmYY=
+github.com/notaryproject/notation-go v1.2.0-rc.1 h1:dENsNYx5ReOTfKlrUtTKy0iMFUfITV33DvptEaNoe4A=
+github.com/notaryproject/notation-go v1.2.0-rc.1/go.mod h1:YpPRyhvDtpYVYGtRJ1PGZJhigT3mnl9jwqYj7tTBYVM=
 github.com/notaryproject/notation-plugin-framework-go v1.0.0 h1:6Qzr7DGXoCgXEQN+1gTZWuJAZvxh3p8Lryjn5FaLzi4=
 github.com/notaryproject/notation-plugin-framework-go v1.0.0/go.mod h1:RqWSrTOtEASCrGOEffq0n8pSg2KOgKYiWqFWczRSics=
+github.com/notaryproject/tspclient-go v0.2.0 h1:g/KpQGmyk/h7j60irIRG1mfWnibNOzJ8WhLqAzuiQAQ=
+github.com/notaryproject/tspclient-go v0.2.0/go.mod h1:LGyA/6Kwd2FlM0uk8Vc5il3j0CddbWSHBj/4kxQDbjs=
 github.com/nozzle/throttler v0.0.0-20180817012639-2ea982251481 h1:Up6+btDp321ZG5/zdSLo48H9Iaq0UQGthrhWC6pCxzE=
 github.com/nozzle/throttler v0.0.0-20180817012639-2ea982251481/go.mod h1:yKZQO8QE2bHlgozqWDiRVqTFlLQSj30K/6SAK8EeYFw=
 github.com/nxadm/tail v1.4.4/go.mod h1:kenIhsEOeOJmVchQTgglprH7qJGnHDVpk1VPCcaMI8A=