diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index e9bda9f..0fae397 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ toolchain go1.23.2
 
 require (
 	go.etcd.io/bbolt v1.3.11
-	go.sia.tech/core v0.8.1-0.20241217152409-7950a7ca324b
+	go.sia.tech/core v0.9.0
 	go.sia.tech/mux v1.3.0
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.31.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index bf2c74b..69cb58d 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.1 h1:w7B6lhMri9wdJUVmEZPGGhZzrYTPvgJArz7wNPgYKs
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.1/go.mod h1:w2LPCIKwWwSfY2zedu0+kehJoqGctiVI29o6fzry7u4=
 go.etcd.io/bbolt v1.3.11 h1:yGEzV1wPz2yVCLsD8ZAiGHhHVlczyC9d1rP43/VCRJ0=
 go.etcd.io/bbolt v1.3.11/go.mod h1:dksAq7YMXoljX0xu6VF5DMZGbhYYoLUalEiSySYAS4I=
-go.sia.tech/core v0.8.1-0.20241217152409-7950a7ca324b h1:VRkb6OOX1KawLQwuqOEHLcjha8gxVX0tAyu2Dyoq8Ek=
-go.sia.tech/core v0.8.1-0.20241217152409-7950a7ca324b/go.mod h1:Wj1qzvpMM2rqEQjwWJEbCBbe9VWX/mSJUu2Y2ABl1QA=
+go.sia.tech/core v0.9.0 h1:qV7V8nkNaPvBEhkbwgrETTkb7JCMcAnKUQt9nUumP4k=
+go.sia.tech/core v0.9.0/go.mod h1:3NAvYHuzAZg9vP6pyIMOxjTkgHBQ3vx9cXTqRF6oEa4=
 go.sia.tech/mux v1.3.0 h1:hgR34IEkqvfBKUJkAzGi31OADeW2y7D6Bmy/Jcbop9c=
 go.sia.tech/mux v1.3.0/go.mod h1:I46++RD4beqA3cW9Xm9SwXbezwPqLvHhVs9HLpDtt58=
 go.uber.org/goleak v1.3.0 h1:2K3zAYmnTNqV73imy9J1T3WC+gmCePx2hEGkimedGto=
diff --git a/knope.toml b/knope.toml
index 7f5f214..fbbd57f 100644
--- a/knope.toml
+++ b/knope.toml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ command = "git switch -c release"
 
 [[workflows.steps]]
 type = "PrepareRelease"
+ignore_conventional_commits = true
 
 [[workflows.steps]]
 type = "Command"