diff --git a/packages/cel-evaluator/go.mod b/packages/cel-evaluator/go.mod
index 074f65d..6c7ef5f 100644
--- a/packages/cel-evaluator/go.mod
+++ b/packages/cel-evaluator/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module github.com/openfoundry/cel-evaluator
 go 1.25.0
 
 require (
-	github.com/google/cel-go v0.27.0
+	github.com/google/cel-go v0.29.0
 	github.com/santhosh-tekuri/jsonschema/v6 v6.0.3
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.83.1
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.12
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ require (
 require (
 	cel.dev/expr v0.25.2 // indirect
 	github.com/antlr4-go/antlr/v4 v4.13.1 // indirect
+	go.yaml.in/yaml/v3 v3.0.4 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240823005443-9b4947da3948 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/net v0.56.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.46.0 // indirect
diff --git a/packages/cel-evaluator/go.sum b/packages/cel-evaluator/go.sum
index 9ebe01f..f5ee37c 100644
--- a/packages/cel-evaluator/go.sum
+++ b/packages/cel-evaluator/go.sum
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2 h1:hSWxHoqTgW2S2qGc0LTAI563KZ5YKYRhT3MFKZMbjag=
 github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2/go.mod h1:mMo/vtBO5dYbehREoey6XUKy/eSumjCCveDpRre4VKE=
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.4 h1:i7eJL8qZTpSEXOPTxNKhASYpMn+8e5Q6AdndVa1dWek=
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.4/go.mod h1:lnTiLA8Wa4RWRcIUkrtSVa5nRhsEGBg48fD6rSs7xps=
-github.com/google/cel-go v0.27.0 h1:e7ih85+4qVrBuqQWTW4FKSqZYokVuc3HnhH5keboFTo=
-github.com/google/cel-go v0.27.0/go.mod h1:tTJ11FWqnhw5KKpnWpvW9CJC3Y9GK4EIS0WXnBbebzw=
+github.com/google/cel-go v0.29.0 h1:fEG+Ja3YRwNOqnQxTyJwoByAUAvTuxUGiro/jhrm4F4=
+github.com/google/cel-go v0.29.0/go.mod h1:X0bD6iVNR8pkROSOoHVdgTkzmRcosof7WQqCD6wcMc8=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.7.0 h1:wk8382ETsv4JYUZwIsn6YpYiWiBsYLSJiTsyBybVuN8=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.7.0/go.mod h1:pXiqmnSA92OHEEa9HXL2W4E7lf9JzCmGVUdgjX3N/iU=
 github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0 h1:NIvaJDMOsjHA8n1jAhLSgzrAzy1Hgr+hNrb57e+94F0=
@@ -52,3 +52,5 @@ google.golang.org/grpc v1.83.1 h1:HIO0+BEtBP6soyqvqC8sNUjZ7bTs+0hFQuFF+RAy++Y=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.83.1/go.mod h1:kDyl6SKsiHKt0uylY5gtn5cEjkrIOhQOGDgIc4JGwzQ=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.12 h1:pJOKDDOyeXErUroCihFAd5LQuwXBSpVnKGrj5o/fwxc=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.12/go.mod h1:HTf+CrKn2C3g5S8VImy6tdcUvCska2kB7j23XfzDpco=
+gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405 h1:yhCVgyC4o1eVCa2tZl7eS0r+SDo693bJlVdllGtEeKM=
+gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=