diff --git a/kernel/go.mod b/kernel/go.mod
index 8534c3d349..bf9483d2c4 100644
--- a/kernel/go.mod
+++ b/kernel/go.mod
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/vmihailenco/msgpack/v5 v5.4.1
 	github.com/xrash/smetrics v0.0.0-20240521201337-686a1a2994c1
 	github.com/xuri/excelize/v2 v2.8.1
-	golang.org/x/image v0.17.0
+	golang.org/x/image v0.18.0
 	golang.org/x/mobile v0.0.0-20240520174638-fa72addaaa1b
 	golang.org/x/mod v0.18.0
 	golang.org/x/text v0.16.0
diff --git a/kernel/go.sum b/kernel/go.sum
index 2bd2a9cff9..a551268ed9 100644
--- a/kernel/go.sum
+++ b/kernel/go.sum
@@ -446,8 +446,8 @@ golang.org/x/crypto v0.24.0/go.mod h1:Z1PMYSOR5nyMcyAVAIQSKCDwalqy85Aqn1x3Ws4L5D
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240613232115-7f521ea00fb8 h1:yixxcjnhBmY0nkL253HFVIm0JsFHwrHdT3Yh6szTnfY=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240613232115-7f521ea00fb8/go.mod h1:jj3sYF3dwk5D+ghuXyeI3r5MFf+NT2An6/9dOA95KSI=
 golang.org/x/image v0.0.0-20210628002857-a66eb6448b8d/go.mod h1:023OzeP/+EPmXeapQh35lcL3II3LrY8Ic+EFFKVhULM=
-golang.org/x/image v0.17.0 h1:nTRVVdajgB8zCMZVsViyzhnMKPwYeroEERRC64JuLco=
-golang.org/x/image v0.17.0/go.mod h1:4yyo5vMFQjVjUcVk4jEQcU9MGy/rulF5WvUILseCM2E=
+golang.org/x/image v0.18.0 h1:jGzIakQa/ZXI1I0Fxvaa9W7yP25TqT6cHIHn+6CqvSQ=
+golang.org/x/image v0.18.0/go.mod h1:4yyo5vMFQjVjUcVk4jEQcU9MGy/rulF5WvUILseCM2E=
 golang.org/x/mobile v0.0.0-20240520174638-fa72addaaa1b h1:WX7nnnLfCEXg+FmdYZPai2XuP3VqCP1HZVMST0n9DF0=
 golang.org/x/mobile v0.0.0-20240520174638-fa72addaaa1b/go.mod h1:EiXZlVfUTaAyySFVJb9rsODuiO+WXu8HrUuySb7nYFw=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.6.0-dev.0.20220419223038-86c51ed26bb4/go.mod h1:jJ57K6gSWd91VN4djpZkiMVwK6gcyfeH4XE8wZrZaV4=