diff --git a/hack/update-vendor-licenses.sh b/hack/update-vendor-licenses.sh
index d9f7d3e0d6b..99c3411cfae 100755
--- a/hack/update-vendor-licenses.sh
+++ b/hack/update-vendor-licenses.sh
@@ -87,9 +87,12 @@ process_content () {
      # - gopkg.in/square/go-jose.v2
      package_root=$(echo "${package}" |grep -oh '.*\.v[0-9]')
      ;;
-    *)
+    */*)
      package_root=$(echo "${package}" |awk -F/ '{ print $1"/"$2 }')
      ;;
+    *)
+     package_root="${package}"
+     ;;
   esac
 
   # Find files - only root and package level