diff --git a/internal/tools/go.mod b/internal/tools/go.mod
index da5e8d865c1c..e35373c0630b 100644
--- a/internal/tools/go.mod
+++ b/internal/tools/go.mod
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/google/addlicense v1.1.1
 	github.com/jcchavezs/porto v0.4.0
 	github.com/jstemmer/go-junit-report v1.0.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/build-tools/checkfile v0.11.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/build-tools/checkfile v0.12.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/build-tools/chloggen v0.11.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/build-tools/crosslink v0.11.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/build-tools/issuegenerator v0.11.0
diff --git a/internal/tools/go.sum b/internal/tools/go.sum
index 00031bc0fcf7..8ebd2bf7fbfe 100644
--- a/internal/tools/go.sum
+++ b/internal/tools/go.sum
@@ -739,8 +739,8 @@ go.opencensus.io v0.22.4/go.mod h1:yxeiOL68Rb0Xd1ddK5vPZ/oVn4vY4Ynel7k9FzqtOIw=
 go.opencensus.io v0.22.5/go.mod h1:5pWMHQbX5EPX2/62yrJeAkowc+lfs/XD7Uxpq3pI6kk=
 go.opentelemetry.io/build-tools v0.11.0 h1:yXTgCJM/vxWZEB8FbgVhKOAFnRlacG2Z3eoTQZ0/gYE=
 go.opentelemetry.io/build-tools v0.11.0/go.mod h1:GFpz8YD/DG5shfY1J2f3uuK88zr61U5rVRGOhKMDE9M=
-go.opentelemetry.io/build-tools/checkfile v0.11.0 h1:Qtp1ZKj9jXwR9zL4/YEzRv7CmTajSPJwoTRrrZ24mpQ=
-go.opentelemetry.io/build-tools/checkfile v0.11.0/go.mod h1:0Ql58QUUwr2jaQJSjFKkAFkT/Eent7eEOKiQ1+R+zvA=
+go.opentelemetry.io/build-tools/checkfile v0.12.0 h1:1g3iBxjPuack0pEvqkTiEcyh0uJvKXkQg8IMJkhiFX0=
+go.opentelemetry.io/build-tools/checkfile v0.12.0/go.mod h1:0Ql58QUUwr2jaQJSjFKkAFkT/Eent7eEOKiQ1+R+zvA=
 go.opentelemetry.io/build-tools/chloggen v0.11.0 h1:PYbfjzw/4pHNfwH0kCAMolvmdorMVGxSSFY8A9097fw=
 go.opentelemetry.io/build-tools/chloggen v0.11.0/go.mod h1:zuYbAo3TkrHo3C7lCrM5dHWSS50BDr0UfRYtyBFv2dQ=
 go.opentelemetry.io/build-tools/crosslink v0.11.0 h1:K0eJY/AT6SiIaoJSrQyiVquGErcJEHsx4oHkhxvpj9k=