diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index d7d14734..5eab5208 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module code.cloudfoundry.org/cnbapplifecycle
 
-go 1.24.6
+go 1.25.3
 
 tool github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/v2/cmd/golangci-lint
 
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ require (
 	code.cloudfoundry.org/credhub-cli v0.0.0-20250505130841-11f3a43db498
 	github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.5.0
 	github.com/apex/log v1.9.0
-	github.com/buildpacks/lifecycle v0.20.16
+	github.com/buildpacks/lifecycle v0.20.18
 	github.com/buildpacks/pack v0.38.2
 	github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.3.0
 	github.com/docker/docker v28.5.1+incompatible
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index dce3d0ac..f85d6a62 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -151,8 +151,8 @@ github.com/breml/errchkjson v0.4.1 h1:keFSS8D7A2T0haP9kzZTi7o26r7kE3vymjZNeNDRDw
 github.com/breml/errchkjson v0.4.1/go.mod h1:a23OvR6Qvcl7DG/Z4o0el6BRAjKnaReoPQFciAl9U3s=
 github.com/buildpacks/imgutil v0.0.0-20250626173435-7c19c278f3d2 h1:31i47pC9YE898vRkFDlubgX9UwxSy8cX/YSXtfPcRLA=
 github.com/buildpacks/imgutil v0.0.0-20250626173435-7c19c278f3d2/go.mod h1:UH4th60x/wM1DdH7+eSgzbp0kgsJMhVgngWzXoF21cs=
-github.com/buildpacks/lifecycle v0.20.16 h1:k5cA4QLDQyOaa9xUxSxUSrW2v8MPfuB/qYecBU3H8PE=
-github.com/buildpacks/lifecycle v0.20.16/go.mod h1:iUcoDIUNTnyA2u5oGFMeNoIdJKWb2XHT2wa93cCaz00=
+github.com/buildpacks/lifecycle v0.20.18 h1:k9NSvRXuo38tlVntHUTawjhQLewDLuT0zGm9O1GiFAA=
+github.com/buildpacks/lifecycle v0.20.18/go.mod h1:nmBOhUhHfzsyftMhrBFDggBMqkxnm2SOPnuLUYIX8o0=
 github.com/buildpacks/pack v0.38.2 h1:erS8Ymq9TFAOh05TcQjAqqnD7LbmHZKR10k/ncdy8CI=
 github.com/buildpacks/pack v0.38.2/go.mod h1:MmoDsyW/AQ2y3TA9TUM9chj4hoH126TqsMFcmjCrA9M=
 github.com/butuzov/ireturn v0.4.0 h1:+s76bF/PfeKEdbG8b54aCocxXmi0wvYdOVsWxVO7n8E=
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index 56f22b5e..1cf2a507 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -281,8 +281,8 @@ github.com/buildpacks/imgutil/layout
 github.com/buildpacks/imgutil/layout/sparse
 github.com/buildpacks/imgutil/local
 github.com/buildpacks/imgutil/remote
-# github.com/buildpacks/lifecycle v0.20.16
-## explicit; go 1.24.6
+# github.com/buildpacks/lifecycle v0.20.18
+## explicit; go 1.25.3
 github.com/buildpacks/lifecycle/api
 github.com/buildpacks/lifecycle/archive
 github.com/buildpacks/lifecycle/auth