diff --git a/internal/tools/go.mod b/internal/tools/go.mod
index 9d23a0c97..28e3d336e 100644
--- a/internal/tools/go.mod
+++ b/internal/tools/go.mod
@@ -1,16 +1,17 @@
 module github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/internal/tools
 
 go 1.22.0
+
 toolchain go1.23.4
 
 require (
 	github.com/client9/misspell v0.3.4
-	go.opentelemetry.io/build-tools/chloggen v0.19.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/build-tools/chloggen v0.18.0
 )
 
 require (
 	github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 // indirect
-	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.9.1 // indirect
-	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.6 // indirect
+	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.1 // indirect
+	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/internal/tools/go.sum b/internal/tools/go.sum
index 5ce9e5e4d..6a286d283 100644
--- a/internal/tools/go.sum
+++ b/internal/tools/go.sum
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 github.com/client9/misspell v0.3.4 h1:ta993UF76GwbvJcIo3Y68y/M3WxlpEHPWIGDkJYwzJI=
 github.com/client9/misspell v0.3.4/go.mod h1:qj6jICC3Q7zFZvVWo7KLAzC3yx5G7kyvSDkc90ppPyw=
-github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.6/go.mod h1:oOW0eioCTA6cOiMLiUPZOpcVxMig6NIQQ7OS05n1F4g=
+github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.4/go.mod h1:tgQtvFlXSQOSOSIRvRPT7W67SCa46tRHOmNcaadrF8o=
 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/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 h1:wN+x4NVGpMsO7ErUn/mUI3vEoE6Jt13X2s0bqwp9tc8=
@@ -8,14 +8,14 @@ github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0/go.mod h1:vpF70FUmC8bwa3OWnCshd2FqLf
 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/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.1.0/go.mod h1:+Rmxgy9KzJVeS9/2gXHxylqXiyQDYRxCVz55jmeOWTM=
-github.com/spf13/cobra v1.9.1 h1:CXSaggrXdbHK9CF+8ywj8Amf7PBRmPCOJugH954Nnlo=
-github.com/spf13/cobra v1.9.1/go.mod h1:nDyEzZ8ogv936Cinf6g1RU9MRY64Ir93oCnqb9wxYW0=
-github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.6 h1:jFzHGLGAlb3ruxLB8MhbI6A8+AQX/2eW4qeyNZXNp2o=
-github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.6/go.mod h1:McXfInJRrz4CZXVZOBLb0bTZqETkiAhM9Iw0y3An2Bg=
+github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.1 h1:e5/vxKd/rZsfSJMUX1agtjeTDf+qv1/JdBF8gg5k9ZM=
+github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.1/go.mod h1:wHxEcudfqmLYa8iTfL+OuZPbBZkmvliBWKIezN3kD9Y=
+github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 h1:iy+VFUOCP1a+8yFto/drg2CJ5u0yRoB7fZw3DKv/JXA=
+github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5/go.mod h1:McXfInJRrz4CZXVZOBLb0bTZqETkiAhM9Iw0y3An2Bg=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0 h1:Xv5erBjTwe/5IxqUQTdXv5kgmIvbHo3QQyRwhJsOfJA=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0/go.mod h1:r2ic/lqez/lEtzL7wO/rwa5dbSLXVDPFyf8C91i36aY=
-go.opentelemetry.io/build-tools/chloggen v0.19.0 h1:B3yWuOFa4THsVEL/t4Jawy4LB2oZuaWD1+ANmBGBFyM=
-go.opentelemetry.io/build-tools/chloggen v0.19.0/go.mod h1:wJ8tJY5bURruxByT9gaaaGxjr1FoK8bUl/FiE+yQTfE=
+go.opentelemetry.io/build-tools/chloggen v0.18.0 h1:W9mHty4EJjbz742bFS0eT85aHLz85Mqpqd59tVqN3Ls=
+go.opentelemetry.io/build-tools/chloggen v0.18.0/go.mod h1:Wk92v9Wsv36sXYi7hOg3ndeeLKmKBu0/kgB7wcaeqJg=
 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=