diff --git a/changes/20250110110725.bugfix b/changes/20250110110725.bugfix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..15481cf840
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/20250110110725.bugfix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Dependency upgrade: afero-1.12.0
diff --git a/changes/20250110110731.bugfix b/changes/20250110110731.bugfix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..15481cf840
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/20250110110731.bugfix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Dependency upgrade: afero-1.12.0
diff --git a/changes/20250110110757.bugfix b/changes/20250110110757.bugfix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..15481cf840
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/20250110110757.bugfix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Dependency upgrade: afero-1.12.0
diff --git a/changes/20250110110805.bugfix b/changes/20250110110805.bugfix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..15481cf840
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/20250110110805.bugfix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Dependency upgrade: afero-1.12.0
diff --git a/utils/go.mod b/utils/go.mod
index b7f14a337b..156101ea9c 100644
--- a/utils/go.mod
+++ b/utils/go.mod
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/shirou/gopsutil/v4 v4.24.12
 	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.3
 	github.com/spaolacci/murmur3 v1.1.0
-	github.com/spf13/afero v1.11.0
+	github.com/spf13/afero v1.12.0
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
 	github.com/spf13/viper v1.19.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0
diff --git a/utils/go.sum b/utils/go.sum
index da6ea65551..e32467adf8 100644
--- a/utils/go.sum
+++ b/utils/go.sum
@@ -205,8 +205,8 @@ github.com/sourcegraph/conc v0.3.0 h1:OQTbbt6P72L20UqAkXXuLOj79LfEanQ+YQFNpLA9yS
 github.com/sourcegraph/conc v0.3.0/go.mod h1:Sdozi7LEKbFPqYX2/J+iBAM6HpqSLTASQIKqDmF7Mt0=
 github.com/spaolacci/murmur3 v1.1.0 h1:7c1g84S4BPRrfL5Xrdp6fOJ206sU9y293DDHaoy0bLI=
 github.com/spaolacci/murmur3 v1.1.0/go.mod h1:JwIasOWyU6f++ZhiEuf87xNszmSA2myDM2Kzu9HwQUA=
-github.com/spf13/afero v1.11.0 h1:WJQKhtpdm3v2IzqG8VMqrr6Rf3UYpEF239Jy9wNepM8=
-github.com/spf13/afero v1.11.0/go.mod h1:GH9Y3pIexgf1MTIWtNGyogA5MwRIDXGUr+hbWNoBjkY=
+github.com/spf13/afero v1.12.0 h1:UcOPyRBYczmFn6yvphxkn9ZEOY65cpwGKb5mL36mrqs=
+github.com/spf13/afero v1.12.0/go.mod h1:ZTlWwG4/ahT8W7T0WQ5uYmjI9duaLQGy3Q2OAl4sk/4=
 github.com/spf13/cast v1.6.0 h1:GEiTHELF+vaR5dhz3VqZfFSzZjYbgeKDpBxQVS4GYJ0=
 github.com/spf13/cast v1.6.0/go.mod h1:ancEpBxwJDODSW/UG4rDrAqiKolqNNh2DX3mk86cAdo=
 github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 h1:iy+VFUOCP1a+8yFto/drg2CJ5u0yRoB7fZw3DKv/JXA=