diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 41e8f8a6ed63..05f8aebd127e 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/kyverno/kyverno
 
-go 1.22.2
+go 1.22.5
 
 require (
 	github.com/AdaLogics/go-fuzz-headers v0.0.0-20230811130428-ced1acdcaa24
@@ -409,7 +409,4 @@ require (
 	sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd // indirect
 )
 
-replace (
-	github.com/sigstore/cosign/v2 => github.com/kyverno/cosign/v2 v2.0.0-20231109090756-51fd41540436
-	sigs.k8s.io/kubectl-validate => github.com/kyverno/kubectl-validate v0.0.0-20231116142848-59e4e6124b70
-)
+replace sigs.k8s.io/kubectl-validate => github.com/kyverno/kubectl-validate v0.0.0-20231116142848-59e4e6124b70
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 8b44bd870456..1b0bb929110b 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -713,8 +713,6 @@ github.com/kr/text v0.2.0 h1:5Nx0Ya0ZqY2ygV366QzturHI13Jq95ApcVaJBhpS+AY=
 github.com/kr/text v0.2.0/go.mod h1:eLer722TekiGuMkidMxC/pM04lWEeraHUUmBw8l2grE=
 github.com/kylelemons/godebug v1.1.0 h1:RPNrshWIDI6G2gRW9EHilWtl7Z6Sb1BR0xunSBf0SNc=
 github.com/kylelemons/godebug v1.1.0/go.mod h1:9/0rRGxNHcop5bhtWyNeEfOS8JIWk580+fNqagV/RAw=
-github.com/kyverno/cosign/v2 v2.0.0-20231109090756-51fd41540436 h1:PvxtUeaEvHgnVwnksc2LDBjWM7wsyIzZhZzS+RW+BEE=
-github.com/kyverno/cosign/v2 v2.0.0-20231109090756-51fd41540436/go.mod h1:QuAzDDmES0ROCdTPf97GzjidUmn5lpQq84ESET3NAi8=
 github.com/kyverno/go-jmespath v0.4.1-0.20231124160150-95e59c162877 h1:XOLJNGX/q6MVpI8p8MKvk6jGBMvO4CrdwrizMMSsaRU=
 github.com/kyverno/go-jmespath v0.4.1-0.20231124160150-95e59c162877/go.mod h1:yzDHaKovQy16rjN4kFnjF+IdNoN4p1ndw+va6+B8zUU=
 github.com/kyverno/go-jmespath/internal/testify v1.5.2-0.20230630133209-945021c749d9 h1:lL311dF3a2aeNibJj8v+uhFU3XkvRHZmCtAdSPOrQYY=
@@ -923,6 +921,8 @@ github.com/shibumi/go-pathspec v1.3.0/go.mod h1:Xutfslp817l2I1cZvgcfeMQJG5QnU2lh
 github.com/shopspring/decimal v1.2.0/go.mod h1:DKyhrW/HYNuLGql+MJL6WCR6knT2jwCFRcu2hWCYk4o=
 github.com/shopspring/decimal v1.3.1 h1:2Usl1nmF/WZucqkFZhnfFYxxxu8LG21F6nPQBE5gKV8=
 github.com/shopspring/decimal v1.3.1/go.mod h1:DKyhrW/HYNuLGql+MJL6WCR6knT2jwCFRcu2hWCYk4o=
+github.com/sigstore/cosign/v2 v2.2.1 h1:HauwPOMYYaVdQsnvUbF0P+ZsVPrkTB0G7Eq65+z1bQc=
+github.com/sigstore/cosign/v2 v2.2.1/go.mod h1:4l1hELKWoFYzZ/p7+umrK6dhdBoBW0JbQRCIjOZIM9g=
 github.com/sigstore/fulcio v1.4.3 h1:9JcUCZjjVhRF9fmhVuz6i1RyhCc/EGCD7MOl+iqCJLQ=
 github.com/sigstore/fulcio v1.4.3/go.mod h1:BQPWo7cfxmJwgaHlphUHUpFkp5+YxeJes82oo39m5og=
 github.com/sigstore/k8s-manifest-sigstore v0.5.4 h1:XPLs7Dz2OXkRdt4sgAoLxuyNSfkb/n5SwfnYb23YlRk=
diff --git a/pkg/cosign/cosign.go b/pkg/cosign/cosign.go
index 10bc2b4951cd..2fc200a0e343 100644
--- a/pkg/cosign/cosign.go
+++ b/pkg/cosign/cosign.go
@@ -534,7 +534,10 @@ func matchSignatures(signatures []oci.Signature, subject, issuer string, extensi
 
 func matchCertificateData(cert *x509.Certificate, subject, issuer string, extensions map[string]string) error {
 	if subject != "" {
-		s := sigs.CertSubject(cert)
+		s := ""
+		if sans := cryptoutils.GetSubjectAlternateNames(cert); len(sans) > 0 {
+			s = sans[0]
+		}
 		if !wildcard.Match(subject, s) {
 			return fmt.Errorf("subject mismatch: expected %s, received %s", subject, s)
 		}