diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index e0eca16e..68726f9c 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ checksum = "7f30e7476521f6f8af1a1c4c0b8cc94f0bee37d91763d0ca2665f299b6cd8aec"
 [[package]]
 name = "burrego"
 version = "0.3.4"
-source = "git+https://github.com/kubewarden/policy-evaluator?tag=v0.12.0#3f8ffc45f370c7c45a61510554cadd52c88e486a"
+source = "git+https://github.com/kubewarden/policy-evaluator?tag=v0.12.1#12f678594e30fc8f69747f272dd9130f9bfe127a"
 dependencies = [
  "base64 0.21.4",
  "chrono",
@@ -3227,8 +3227,8 @@ checksum = "4503fa043bf02cee09a9582e9554b4c6403b2ef55e4612e96561d294419429f8"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "policy-evaluator"
-version = "0.12.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/kubewarden/policy-evaluator?tag=v0.12.0#3f8ffc45f370c7c45a61510554cadd52c88e486a"
+version = "0.12.1"
+source = "git+https://github.com/kubewarden/policy-evaluator?tag=v0.12.1#12f678594e30fc8f69747f272dd9130f9bfe127a"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "base64 0.21.4",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 06b415e9..30b926ff 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ opentelemetry = { version = "0.20", default-features = false, features = [
   "rt-tokio",
 ] }
 procfs = "0.15"
-policy-evaluator = { git = "https://github.com/kubewarden/policy-evaluator", tag = "v0.12.0" }
+policy-evaluator = { git = "https://github.com/kubewarden/policy-evaluator", tag = "v0.12.1" }
 rayon = "1.8"
 serde_json = "1.0"
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }