diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index dad0bc390..0b18c3a9a 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/mandelsoft/filepath v0.0.0-20240223090642-3e2777258aa3
 	github.com/mandelsoft/goutils v0.0.0-20241005173814-114fa825bbdc
 	github.com/mandelsoft/logging v0.0.0-20240618075559-fdca28a87b0a
-	github.com/mandelsoft/spiff v1.7.0-beta-7
+	github.com/mandelsoft/spiff v1.7.0-beta-8
 	github.com/mandelsoft/vfs v0.4.4
 	github.com/marstr/guid v1.1.0
 	github.com/mikefarah/yq/v4 v4.48.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 4607165a8..efcc50f1a 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1651,8 +1651,8 @@ github.com/mandelsoft/goutils v0.0.0-20241005173814-114fa825bbdc h1:706IHCvAg6Dj
 github.com/mandelsoft/goutils v0.0.0-20241005173814-114fa825bbdc/go.mod h1:9TJgkwSY43RWHiIAAz7fL8SEIHf0L13Pk4w8fDIt+i4=
 github.com/mandelsoft/logging v0.0.0-20240618075559-fdca28a87b0a h1:MAvh0gbP2uwKmf7wWCkYCzrYa6vPjBvYeGhoUlVHwtI=
 github.com/mandelsoft/logging v0.0.0-20240618075559-fdca28a87b0a/go.mod h1:uO460C1lIB3IOOgrbXhAlz3AKsOv4T2K6ALBn3PwuSg=
-github.com/mandelsoft/spiff v1.7.0-beta-7 h1:ow8hgn7A80RlgsN2wjVpwl/7HSObzw3ph3m4vay7KZs=
-github.com/mandelsoft/spiff v1.7.0-beta-7/go.mod h1:HXurS33cKPLXXAI3SYll+Z6QotB1yzFFDyOFZ4QODcA=
+github.com/mandelsoft/spiff v1.7.0-beta-8 h1:qfQOhorydo9aeRRNtywaDwSPqzvaNEIAXfgXV9ebTEU=
+github.com/mandelsoft/spiff v1.7.0-beta-8/go.mod h1:d+cV/H1YZSAJw9yAZ/8jT+0EX9Txvs5+2KXKjqI6ZwQ=
 github.com/mandelsoft/vfs v0.4.4 h1:hq+nI7NWzLLWR3Ii/w4agup4KpWjLpw6dAGtmvWr1Vw=
 github.com/mandelsoft/vfs v0.4.4/go.mod h1:3ODt1ze/dCdOJCbhHX8ARAw7l422fDZUhbt0wqplBRs=
 github.com/manuelarte/embeddedstructfieldcheck v0.3.0 h1:VhGqK8gANDvFYDxQkjPbv7/gDJtsGU9k6qj/hC2hgso=