diff --git a/hack/go.mod b/hack/go.mod
index c84f00f5b..4cf6136f8 100644
--- a/hack/go.mod
+++ b/hack/go.mod
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/chavacava/garif v0.1.0 // 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/cncf/xds/go v0.0.0-20240905190251-b4127c9b8d78 // indirect
 	github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.3 // indirect
 	github.com/curioswitch/go-reassign v0.2.0 // indirect
diff --git a/hack/go.sum b/hack/go.sum
index b23009878..8041d420b 100644
--- a/hack/go.sum
+++ b/hack/go.sum
@@ -300,8 +300,8 @@ 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 v1.3.3/go.mod h1:5XYMA4rFBvNIrhs50XuiBJ15vF2pZn4nnUKZrLbUZFA=
-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/xds/go v0.0.0-20240905190251-b4127c9b8d78 h1:QVw89YDxXxEe+l8gU8ETbOasdwEV+avkR75ZzsVV9WI=
 github.com/cncf/xds/go v0.0.0-20240905190251-b4127c9b8d78/go.mod h1:W+zGtBO5Y1IgJhy4+A9GOqVhqLpfZi+vwmdNXUehLA8=