diff --git a/modules/tools/00_mod.mk b/modules/tools/00_mod.mk
index 14565a50..a24f9c82 100644
--- a/modules/tools/00_mod.mk
+++ b/modules/tools/00_mod.mk
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ tools += controller-gen=v0.17.3
 # https://pkg.go.dev/golang.org/x/tools/cmd/goimports?tab=versions
 tools += goimports=v0.31.0
 # https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/google/go-licenses/v2?tab=versions
-tools += go-licenses=v2.0.0-alpha.1
+tools += go-licenses=9c778fc0cb52740485f53cc439b1f3c9578a1830
 # https://pkg.go.dev/gotest.tools/gotestsum?tab=versions
 tools += gotestsum=v1.12.1
 # https://pkg.go.dev/sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kustomize/v4?tab=versions
@@ -325,7 +325,9 @@ go_dependencies :=
 go_dependencies += ginkgo=github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2/ginkgo
 go_dependencies += controller-gen=sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools/cmd/controller-gen
 go_dependencies += goimports=golang.org/x/tools/cmd/goimports
-go_dependencies += go-licenses=github.com/google/go-licenses/v2
+# switch back to github.com/google/go-licenses once
+# https://github.com/google/go-licenses/pull/327 is merged.
+go_dependencies += go-licenses=github.com/inteon/go-licenses/v2
 go_dependencies += gotestsum=gotest.tools/gotestsum
 go_dependencies += kustomize=sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kustomize/v4
 go_dependencies += gojq=github.com/itchyny/gojq/cmd/gojq