diff --git a/.github/workflows/retest_periodic.yml b/.github/workflows/retest_periodic.yml
index ae15f50e59843..c05d1991186cb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/retest_periodic.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/retest_periodic.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ jobs:
     - name: Setup Go environment
       uses: actions/setup-go@v6
       with:
-        go-version-file: go.mod
+        go-version-file: tools/retest/go.mod
+        cache-dependency-path: tools/retest/go.sum
 
     - name: Retest
       env:
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 68c830878e785..c057bfb725ba5 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/google/gnostic-models v0.7.1
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.7.0
 	github.com/google/go-containerregistry v0.20.7
-	github.com/google/go-github/v60 v60.0.0
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0
 	github.com/googleapis/gax-go/v2 v2.18.0
 	github.com/gorilla/schema v1.4.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index fb44d6f230347..ceb157d7dfe05 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -798,8 +798,6 @@ github.com/google/go-cmp v0.7.0/go.mod h1:pXiqmnSA92OHEEa9HXL2W4E7lf9JzCmGVUdgjX
 github.com/google/go-containerregistry v0.20.7 h1:24VGNpS0IwrOZ2ms2P1QE3Xa5X9p4phx0aUgzYzHW6I=
 github.com/google/go-containerregistry v0.20.7/go.mod h1:Lx5LCZQjLH1QBaMPeGwsME9biPeo1lPx6lbGj/UmzgM=
 github.com/google/go-github/v32 v32.1.0/go.mod h1:rIEpZD9CTDQwDK9GDrtMTycQNA4JU3qBsCizh3q2WCI=
-github.com/google/go-github/v60 v60.0.0 h1:oLG98PsLauFvvu4D/YPxq374jhSxFYdzQGNCyONLfn8=
-github.com/google/go-github/v60 v60.0.0/go.mod h1:ByhX2dP9XT9o/ll2yXAu2VD8l5eNVg8hD4Cr0S/LmQk=
 github.com/google/go-github/v73 v73.0.0 h1:aR+Utnh+Y4mMkS+2qLQwcQ/cF9mOTpdwnzlaw//rG24=
 github.com/google/go-github/v73 v73.0.0/go.mod h1:fa6w8+/V+edSU0muqdhCVY7Beh1M8F1IlQPZIANKIYw=
 github.com/google/go-querystring v1.0.0/go.mod h1:odCYkC5MyYFN7vkCjXpyrEuKhc/BUO6wN/zVPAxq5ck=
diff --git a/tools/retest/go.mod b/tools/retest/go.mod
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..e58c5dd40ed12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/retest/go.mod
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+module github.com/stackrox/rox/tools/retest
+
+go 1.25.0
+
+require (
+	github.com/google/go-github/v60 v60.0.0
+	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1
+)
+
+require (
+	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
+	github.com/google/go-querystring v1.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
+	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
+)
diff --git a/tools/retest/go.sum b/tools/retest/go.sum
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..8ec80d7a0a352
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/retest/go.sum
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
+github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
+github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.2/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/gNBxE=
+github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0 h1:ofyhxvXcZhMsU5ulbFiLKl/XBFqE1GSq7atu8tAmTRI=
+github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeNGIjoY=
+github.com/google/go-github/v60 v60.0.0 h1:oLG98PsLauFvvu4D/YPxq374jhSxFYdzQGNCyONLfn8=
+github.com/google/go-github/v60 v60.0.0/go.mod h1:ByhX2dP9XT9o/ll2yXAu2VD8l5eNVg8hD4Cr0S/LmQk=
+github.com/google/go-querystring v1.1.0 h1:AnCroh3fv4ZBgVIf1Iwtovgjaw/GiKJo8M8yD/fhyJ8=
+github.com/google/go-querystring v1.1.0/go.mod h1:Kcdr2DB4koayq7X8pmAG4sNG59So17icRSOU623lUBU=
+github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
+github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1 h1:7s2iGBzp5EwR7/aIZr8ao5+dra3wiQyKjjFuvgVKu7U=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1/go.mod h1:wZwfW3scLgRK+23gO65QZefKpKQRnfz6sD981Nm4B6U=
+golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191204190536-9bdfabe68543/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
+gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405 h1:yhCVgyC4o1eVCa2tZl7eS0r+SDo693bJlVdllGtEeKM=
+gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=