diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index cd7f8feee75..b4dda9cc4c1 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/anchore/bubbly v0.0.0-20231115134915-def0aba654a9
 	github.com/anchore/clio v0.0.0-20250319180342-2cfe4b0cb716
 	github.com/anchore/fangs v0.0.0-20250319222917-446a1e748ec2
-	github.com/anchore/go-collections v0.0.0-20240216171411-9321230ce537
+	github.com/anchore/go-collections v0.0.0-20251016125210-a3c352120e8c
 	github.com/anchore/go-homedir v0.0.0-20250319154043-c29668562e4d
 	github.com/anchore/go-logger v0.0.0-20250318195838-07ae343dd722
 	github.com/anchore/go-macholibre v0.0.0-20220308212642-53e6d0aaf6fb
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 82fb633fe1c..0b94185963d 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -116,8 +116,8 @@ github.com/anchore/clio v0.0.0-20250319180342-2cfe4b0cb716 h1:2sIdYJlQESEnyk3Y0W
 github.com/anchore/clio v0.0.0-20250319180342-2cfe4b0cb716/go.mod h1:Utb9i4kwiCWvqAIxZaJeMIXFO9uOgQXlvH2BfbfO/zI=
 github.com/anchore/fangs v0.0.0-20250319222917-446a1e748ec2 h1:GC2QaO0YsmjpsZ4rtVKv9DnproIxqqn+qkskpc+i8MA=
 github.com/anchore/fangs v0.0.0-20250319222917-446a1e748ec2/go.mod h1:XUbUECwVKuD3qYRUj+QZIOHjyyXua2gFmVjKA40iHXA=
-github.com/anchore/go-collections v0.0.0-20240216171411-9321230ce537 h1:GjNGuwK5jWjJMyVppBjYS54eOiiSNv4Ba869k4wh72Q=
-github.com/anchore/go-collections v0.0.0-20240216171411-9321230ce537/go.mod h1:1aiktV46ATCkuVg0O573ZrH56BUawTECPETbZyBcqT8=
+github.com/anchore/go-collections v0.0.0-20251016125210-a3c352120e8c h1:eoJXyC0n7DZ4YvySG/ETdYkTar2Due7eH+UmLK6FbrA=
+github.com/anchore/go-collections v0.0.0-20251016125210-a3c352120e8c/go.mod h1:1aiktV46ATCkuVg0O573ZrH56BUawTECPETbZyBcqT8=
 github.com/anchore/go-homedir v0.0.0-20250319154043-c29668562e4d h1:gT69osH9AsdpOfqxbRwtxcNnSZ1zg4aKy2BevO3ZBdc=
 github.com/anchore/go-homedir v0.0.0-20250319154043-c29668562e4d/go.mod h1:PhSnuFYknwPZkOWKB1jXBNToChBA+l0FjwOxtViIc50=
 github.com/anchore/go-logger v0.0.0-20250318195838-07ae343dd722 h1:2SqmFgE7h+Ql4VyBzhjLkRF/3gDrcpUBj8LjvvO6OOM=
diff --git a/syft/get_source_config_test.go b/syft/get_source_config_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d0ad877472
--- /dev/null
+++ b/syft/get_source_config_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+package syft
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/anchore/stereoscope"
+	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/source/sourceproviders"
+)
+
+func TestGetProviders_DefaultImagePullSource(t *testing.T) {
+	userInput := ""
+	cfg := &GetSourceConfig{DefaultImagePullSource: stereoscope.RegistryTag}
+	allSourceProviders := sourceproviders.All(userInput, cfg.SourceProviderConfig)
+
+	providers, err := cfg.getProviders(userInput)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Expected no error for DefaultImagePullSource parameter, got: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if len(providers) != len(allSourceProviders) {
+		t.Errorf("Expected %d providers, got %d", len(allSourceProviders), len(providers))
+	}
+}
+
+func TestGetProviders_Sources(t *testing.T) {
+	userInput := ""
+	cfg := &GetSourceConfig{Sources: []string{stereoscope.RegistryTag}}
+
+	providers, err := cfg.getProviders(userInput)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Expected no error for Sources parameter, got: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if len(providers) != 1 {
+		t.Errorf("Expected 1 providers, got %d", len(providers))
+	}
+}