diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 25767acd..bb51abe0 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ module github.com/containernetworking/cni
 go 1.18
 
 require (
+	github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3 v3.2.1
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.13.2
 	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.30.0
 	github.com/vishvananda/netns v0.0.4
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 960e18ea..436f270f 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3 v3.2.1 h1:RN9w6+7QoMeJVGyfmbcgs28Br8cvmnucEXnY0rYXWg0=
+github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3 v3.2.1/go.mod h1:qvl/7zhW3nngYb5+80sSMF+FG2BjYrf8m9wsX0PNOMQ=
 github.com/chzyer/logex v1.1.10/go.mod h1:+Ywpsq7O8HXn0nuIou7OrIPyXbp3wmkHB+jjWRnGsAI=
 github.com/chzyer/readline v0.0.0-20180603132655-2972be24d48e/go.mod h1:nSuG5e5PlCu98SY8svDHJxuZscDgtXS6KTTbou5AhLI=
 github.com/chzyer/test v0.0.0-20180213035817-a1ea475d72b1/go.mod h1:Q3SI9o4m/ZMnBNeIyt5eFwwo7qiLfzFZmjNmxjkiQlU=