diff --git a/apps/plugins/go.mod b/apps/plugins/go.mod
index 7e9e5f47876..9bed63bcf57 100644
--- a/apps/plugins/go.mod
+++ b/apps/plugins/go.mod
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ require (
 require (
 	cel.dev/expr v0.25.1 // indirect
 	github.com/Machiel/slugify v1.0.1 // indirect
+	github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3 v3.4.0 // indirect
 	github.com/NYTimes/gziphandler v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/ProtonMail/go-crypto v1.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/antlr4-go/antlr/v4 v4.13.1 // indirect
diff --git a/apps/plugins/go.sum b/apps/plugins/go.sum
index c991111f90e..2b66e1203fe 100644
--- a/apps/plugins/go.sum
+++ b/apps/plugins/go.sum
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.5.0/go.mod h1:ukJfTF/6rtPPRCnwkur4qwRxa8vTRFBF0uk2
 github.com/DataDog/datadog-go v3.2.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:LButxg5PwREeZtORoXG3tL4fMGNddJ+vMq1mwgfaqoQ=
 github.com/Machiel/slugify v1.0.1 h1:EfWSlRWstMadsgzmiV7d0yVd2IFlagWH68Q+DcYCm4E=
 github.com/Machiel/slugify v1.0.1/go.mod h1:fTFGn5uWEynW4CUMG7sWkYXOf1UgDxyTM3DbR6Qfg3k=
+github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3 v3.4.0 h1:Zog+i5UMtVoCU8oKka5P7i9q9HgrJeGzI9SA1Xbatp0=
+github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3 v3.4.0/go.mod h1:4V+yj/TJE1HU9XfppCwVMZq3I84lprf4nC11bSS5beM=
 github.com/NYTimes/gziphandler v1.1.1 h1:ZUDjpQae29j0ryrS0u/B8HZfJBtBQHjqw2rQ2cqUQ3I=
 github.com/NYTimes/gziphandler v1.1.1/go.mod h1:n/CVRwUEOgIxrgPvAQhUUr9oeUtvrhMomdKFjzJNB0c=
 github.com/ProtonMail/go-crypto v1.3.0 h1:ILq8+Sf5If5DCpHQp4PbZdS1J7HDFRXz/+xKBiRGFrw=
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index fe3e62e3fde..8fab3badc24 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -32,14 +32,14 @@ require (
 	github.com/armon/go-radix v1.0.0 // @grafana/grafana-app-platform-squad
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.55.7 // @grafana/aws-datasources
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2 v1.40.0 // @grafana/aws-datasources
-	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/credentials v1.18.21 // indirect; @grafana/grafana-operator-experience-squad
+	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/credentials v1.18.21 // @grafana/grafana-operator-experience-squad
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/cloudwatch v1.45.3 // @grafana/aws-datasources
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/cloudwatchlogs v1.51.0 // @grafana/aws-datasources
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/ec2 v1.225.2 // @grafana/aws-datasources
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/oam v1.18.3 // @grafana/aws-datasources
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/resourcegroupstaggingapi v1.26.6 // @grafana/aws-datasources
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/secretsmanager v1.40.1 // @grafana/grafana-operator-experience-squad
-	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/sts v1.39.1 // indirect; @grafana/grafana-operator-experience-squad
+	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/sts v1.39.1 // @grafana/grafana-operator-experience-squad
 	github.com/aws/smithy-go v1.23.2 // @grafana/aws-datasources
 	github.com/beevik/etree v1.4.1 // @grafana/grafana-backend-group
 	github.com/benbjohnson/clock v1.3.5 // @grafana/alerting-backend
diff --git a/pkg/plugins/go.mod b/pkg/plugins/go.mod
index 9bcc74e80f6..b6629fbee29 100644
--- a/pkg/plugins/go.mod
+++ b/pkg/plugins/go.mod
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ go 1.25.5
 
 require (
 	github.com/Machiel/slugify v1.0.1
+	github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3 v3.4.0
 	github.com/ProtonMail/go-crypto v1.3.0
 	github.com/gobwas/glob v0.2.3
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.7.0
diff --git a/pkg/plugins/go.sum b/pkg/plugins/go.sum
index 2bd8adfbad2..87c76f9717c 100644
--- a/pkg/plugins/go.sum
+++ b/pkg/plugins/go.sum
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ github.com/Azure/go-ansiterm v0.0.0-20250102033503-faa5f7b0171c h1:udKWzYgxTojEK
 github.com/Azure/go-ansiterm v0.0.0-20250102033503-faa5f7b0171c/go.mod h1:xomTg63KZ2rFqZQzSB4Vz2SUXa1BpHTVz9L5PTmPC4E=
 github.com/Machiel/slugify v1.0.1 h1:EfWSlRWstMadsgzmiV7d0yVd2IFlagWH68Q+DcYCm4E=
 github.com/Machiel/slugify v1.0.1/go.mod h1:fTFGn5uWEynW4CUMG7sWkYXOf1UgDxyTM3DbR6Qfg3k=
+github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3 v3.4.0 h1:Zog+i5UMtVoCU8oKka5P7i9q9HgrJeGzI9SA1Xbatp0=
+github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3 v3.4.0/go.mod h1:4V+yj/TJE1HU9XfppCwVMZq3I84lprf4nC11bSS5beM=
 github.com/Microsoft/go-winio v0.6.2 h1:F2VQgta7ecxGYO8k3ZZz3RS8fVIXVxONVUPlNERoyfY=
 github.com/Microsoft/go-winio v0.6.2/go.mod h1:yd8OoFMLzJbo9gZq8j5qaps8bJ9aShtEA8Ipt1oGCvU=
 github.com/ProtonMail/go-crypto v1.3.0 h1:ILq8+Sf5If5DCpHQp4PbZdS1J7HDFRXz/+xKBiRGFrw=