diff --git a/plugins/runner/go.mod b/plugins/runner/go.mod
index 5ba9193e3..785a83047 100644
--- a/plugins/runner/go.mod
+++ b/plugins/runner/go.mod
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/deepmap/oapi-codegen/v2 v2.2.0
 	github.com/docker/docker v26.1.4+incompatible
 	github.com/docker/go-connections v0.5.0
+	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror v1.1.1
 	github.com/openclarity/vmclarity/core v0.7.2
 	github.com/openclarity/vmclarity/plugins/sdk-go v0.7.2
@@ -54,7 +55,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/golang/groupcache v0.0.0-20210331224755-41bb18bfe9da // indirect
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0 // indirect
 	github.com/google/go-containerregistry v0.19.2 // indirect
-	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0 // indirect
 	github.com/hashicorp/errwrap v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/invopop/yaml v0.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/josharian/intern v1.0.0 // indirect