diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 6c11e4aff9..1166de8beb 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3 v3.3.1
 	github.com/ProtonMail/go-crypto v1.1.5
 	github.com/cyphar/filepath-securejoin v0.4.1
-	github.com/distribution/distribution/v3 v3.0.0-rc.2
+	github.com/distribution/distribution/v3 v3.0.0-rc.3
 	github.com/fluxcd/cli-utils v0.36.0-flux.12
 	github.com/fluxcd/go-git-providers v0.22.0
 	github.com/fluxcd/helm-controller/api v1.1.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index ebd16486fa..78ffe2abd6 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -120,8 +120,8 @@ github.com/davidmz/go-pageant v1.0.2 h1:bPblRCh5jGU+Uptpz6LgMZGD5hJoOt7otgT454Wv
 github.com/davidmz/go-pageant v1.0.2/go.mod h1:P2EDDnMqIwG5Rrp05dTRITj9z2zpGcD9efWSkTNKLIE=
 github.com/dgryski/go-rendezvous v0.0.0-20200823014737-9f7001d12a5f h1:lO4WD4F/rVNCu3HqELle0jiPLLBs70cWOduZpkS1E78=
 github.com/dgryski/go-rendezvous v0.0.0-20200823014737-9f7001d12a5f/go.mod h1:cuUVRXasLTGF7a8hSLbxyZXjz+1KgoB3wDUb6vlszIc=
-github.com/distribution/distribution/v3 v3.0.0-rc.2 h1:tTrzntanYMbd20SyvdeR83Ya1l/aBwDcA3NCIpmwemc=
-github.com/distribution/distribution/v3 v3.0.0-rc.2/go.mod h1:H2zIRRXS20ylnv2HTuKILAWuANjuA60GB7MLOsQag7Y=
+github.com/distribution/distribution/v3 v3.0.0-rc.3 h1:JRJso9IVLoooKX76oWR+DWCCdZlK5m4nRtDWvzB1ITg=
+github.com/distribution/distribution/v3 v3.0.0-rc.3/go.mod h1:offoOgrnYs+CFwis8nE0hyzYZqRCZj5EFc5kgfszwiE=
 github.com/distribution/reference v0.6.0 h1:0IXCQ5g4/QMHHkarYzh5l+u8T3t73zM5QvfrDyIgxBk=
 github.com/distribution/reference v0.6.0/go.mod h1:BbU0aIcezP1/5jX/8MP0YiH4SdvB5Y4f/wlDRiLyi3E=
 github.com/docker/cli v27.5.0+incompatible h1:aMphQkcGtpHixwwhAXJT1rrK/detk2JIvDaFkLctbGM=