diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 6534436c2b6f..4b22057b5cf6 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/anchore/go-testutils v0.0.0-20200925183923-d5f45b0d3c04
 	github.com/anchore/go-version v1.2.2-0.20200701162849-18adb9c92b9b
 	github.com/anchore/packageurl-go v0.0.0-20210922164639-b3fa992ebd29
-	github.com/anchore/stereoscope v0.0.0-20220214165125-25ebd49a842b
+	github.com/anchore/stereoscope v0.0.0-20220217141419-c6f02aed9ed2
 	github.com/antihax/optional v1.0.0
 	github.com/bmatcuk/doublestar/v4 v4.0.2
 	github.com/docker/docker v20.10.12+incompatible
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 8839a06e6fb0..593a0a4b4500 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -111,8 +111,8 @@ github.com/anchore/go-version v1.2.2-0.20200701162849-18adb9c92b9b h1:e1bmaoJfZV
 github.com/anchore/go-version v1.2.2-0.20200701162849-18adb9c92b9b/go.mod h1:Bkc+JYWjMCF8OyZ340IMSIi2Ebf3uwByOk6ho4wne1E=
 github.com/anchore/packageurl-go v0.0.0-20210922164639-b3fa992ebd29 h1:K9LfnxwhqvihqU0+MF325FNy7fsKV9EGaUxdfR4gnWk=
 github.com/anchore/packageurl-go v0.0.0-20210922164639-b3fa992ebd29/go.mod h1:Oc1UkGaJwY6ND6vtAqPSlYrptKRJngHwkwB6W7l1uP0=
-github.com/anchore/stereoscope v0.0.0-20220214165125-25ebd49a842b h1:PMMXpTEHVVLErrXQ6mH9ocLAQyvQu/LUhdstrhx7AC4=
-github.com/anchore/stereoscope v0.0.0-20220214165125-25ebd49a842b/go.mod h1:QpDHHV2h1NNfu7klzU75XC8RvSlaPK6HHgi0dy8A6sk=
+github.com/anchore/stereoscope v0.0.0-20220217141419-c6f02aed9ed2 h1:QuvMG+rqqJmtFRL+jqj5pFgjQcJSnEHEbtj1lKowLLQ=
+github.com/anchore/stereoscope v0.0.0-20220217141419-c6f02aed9ed2/go.mod h1:QpDHHV2h1NNfu7klzU75XC8RvSlaPK6HHgi0dy8A6sk=
 github.com/andreyvit/diff v0.0.0-20170406064948-c7f18ee00883/go.mod h1:rCTlJbsFo29Kk6CurOXKm700vrz8f0KW0JNfpkRJY/8=
 github.com/andybalholm/brotli v1.0.1/go.mod h1:loMXtMfwqflxFJPmdbJO0a3KNoPuLBgiu3qAvBg8x/Y=
 github.com/andybalholm/brotli v1.0.4 h1:V7DdXeJtZscaqfNuAdSRuRFzuiKlHSC/Zh3zl9qY3JY=
diff --git a/syft/file/metadata_cataloger_test.go b/syft/file/metadata_cataloger_test.go
index b4aae78fc7e4..9ca27a6d014f 100644
--- a/syft/file/metadata_cataloger_test.go
+++ b/syft/file/metadata_cataloger_test.go
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ func TestFileMetadataCataloger(t *testing.T) {
 				LinkDestination: "file-1.txt",
 				UserID:          1,
 				GroupID:         2,
-				MIMEType:        "text/plain",
+				MIMEType:        "",
 			},
 		},
 		{
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ func TestFileMetadataCataloger(t *testing.T) {
 				LinkDestination: "file-1.txt",
 				UserID:          0,
 				GroupID:         0,
-				MIMEType:        "text/plain",
+				MIMEType:        "",
 			},
 		},
 		{
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ func TestFileMetadataCataloger(t *testing.T) {
 				Type:     "CharacterDevice",
 				UserID:   0,
 				GroupID:  0,
-				MIMEType: "text/plain",
+				MIMEType: "",
 			},
 		},
 		{
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ func TestFileMetadataCataloger(t *testing.T) {
 				Type:     "BlockDevice",
 				UserID:   0,
 				GroupID:  0,
-				MIMEType: "text/plain",
+				MIMEType: "",
 			},
 		},
 		{
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ func TestFileMetadataCataloger(t *testing.T) {
 				Type:     "FIFONode",
 				UserID:   0,
 				GroupID:  0,
-				MIMEType: "text/plain",
+				MIMEType: "",
 			},
 		},
 		{
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ func TestFileMetadataCataloger(t *testing.T) {
 				Type:     "Directory",
 				UserID:   0,
 				GroupID:  0,
-				MIMEType: "text/plain",
+				MIMEType: "",
 			},
 		},
 	}
diff --git a/syft/source/image_squash_resolver_test.go b/syft/source/image_squash_resolver_test.go
index 13b2eb321a51..80329252a3d6 100644
--- a/syft/source/image_squash_resolver_test.go
+++ b/syft/source/image_squash_resolver_test.go
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ func Test_imageSquashResolver_FilesByMIMEType(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			fixtureName:   "image-simple",
 			mimeType:      "text/plain",
-			expectedPaths: strset.New("/somefile-1.txt", "/somefile-2.txt", "/really/nested/file-3.txt", "/really/nested", "/really"),
+			expectedPaths: strset.New("/somefile-1.txt", "/somefile-2.txt", "/really/nested/file-3.txt"),
 		},
 	}