diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 942a4dd0..8fd8af22 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.3
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0
-	github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero v1.17.0-rc.2
+	github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero v1.17.0
 	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.30.0
 	google.golang.org/api v0.241.0
 	k8s.io/api v0.33.3
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 2732f7fc..f9aa2a4d 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -335,8 +335,8 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0/go.mod h1:yNjHg4UonilssWZ8iaSj1OCr/vHnekPRkoO
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.1/go.mod h1:w2LPCIKwWwSfY2zedu0+kehJoqGctiVI29o6fzry7u4=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0 h1:Xv5erBjTwe/5IxqUQTdXv5kgmIvbHo3QQyRwhJsOfJA=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0/go.mod h1:r2ic/lqez/lEtzL7wO/rwa5dbSLXVDPFyf8C91i36aY=
-github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero v1.17.0-rc.2 h1:BMQl+YpEjSrqiw7tg2XP8CaWI4uoEoIh6ujZv8toefg=
-github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero v1.17.0-rc.2/go.mod h1:BJRFKei89hSqrazQKiwv5YhhX871X1W1qPyo5OP09zw=
+github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero v1.17.0 h1:b+KLlBG+v1YKogP81nAFix2pgJBTmUrnVlXg+OfB5ao=
+github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero v1.17.0/go.mod h1:BJRFKei89hSqrazQKiwv5YhhX871X1W1qPyo5OP09zw=
 github.com/x448/float16 v0.8.4 h1:qLwI1I70+NjRFUR3zs1JPUCgaCXSh3SW62uAKT1mSBM=
 github.com/x448/float16 v0.8.4/go.mod h1:14CWIYCyZA/cWjXOioeEpHeN/83MdbZDRQHoFcYsOfg=
 github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.1.25/go.mod h1:3hX8gzYuyVAZsxl0MRgGTJEmQBFcNTphYh9decYSb74=