diff --git a/tools/go.mod b/tools/go.mod
index cfd2cc13d..09f066da8 100644
--- a/tools/go.mod
+++ b/tools/go.mod
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/chrismellard/docker-credential-acr-env v0.0.0-20230304212654-82a0ddb27589 // indirect
 	github.com/clbanning/mxj/v2 v2.7.0 // indirect
 	github.com/cli/safeexec v1.0.1 // indirect
-	github.com/cloudflare/circl v1.3.7 // indirect
+	github.com/cloudflare/circl v1.6.1 // indirect
 	github.com/containerd/log v0.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/containerd/stargz-snapshotter/estargz v0.15.1 // indirect
 	github.com/containerd/typeurl/v2 v2.1.1 // indirect
diff --git a/tools/go.sum b/tools/go.sum
index 82945446e..64641979b 100644
--- a/tools/go.sum
+++ b/tools/go.sum
@@ -238,8 +238,8 @@ github.com/clbanning/mxj/v2 v2.7.0/go.mod h1:hNiWqW14h+kc+MdF9C6/YoRfjEJoR3ou6tn
 github.com/cli/safeexec v1.0.1 h1:e/C79PbXF4yYTN/wauC4tviMxEV13BwljGj0N9j+N00=
 github.com/cli/safeexec v1.0.1/go.mod h1:Z/D4tTN8Vs5gXYHDCbaM1S/anmEDnJb1iW0+EJ5zx3Q=
 github.com/client9/misspell v0.3.4/go.mod h1:qj6jICC3Q7zFZvVWo7KLAzC3yx5G7kyvSDkc90ppPyw=
-github.com/cloudflare/circl v1.3.7 h1:qlCDlTPz2n9fu58M0Nh1J/JzcFpfgkFHHX3O35r5vcU=
-github.com/cloudflare/circl v1.3.7/go.mod h1:sRTcRWXGLrKw6yIGJ+l7amYJFfAXbZG0kBSc8r4zxgA=
+github.com/cloudflare/circl v1.6.1 h1:zqIqSPIndyBh1bjLVVDHMPpVKqp8Su/V+6MeDzzQBQ0=
+github.com/cloudflare/circl v1.6.1/go.mod h1:uddAzsPgqdMAYatqJ0lsjX1oECcQLIlRpzZh3pJrofs=
 github.com/cncf/udpa/go v0.0.0-20191209042840-269d4d468f6f/go.mod h1:M8M6+tZqaGXZJjfX53e64911xZQV5JYwmTeXPW+k8Sc=
 github.com/cncf/udpa/go v0.0.0-20200629203442-efcf912fb354/go.mod h1:WmhPx2Nbnhtbo57+VJT5O0JRkEi1Wbu0z5j0R8u5Hbk=
 github.com/cncf/udpa/go v0.0.0-20201120205902-5459f2c99403/go.mod h1:WmhPx2Nbnhtbo57+VJT5O0JRkEi1Wbu0z5j0R8u5Hbk=