diff --git a/tools/go.mod b/tools/go.mod
index b65c38fff..46a26b73a 100644
--- a/tools/go.mod
+++ b/tools/go.mod
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/chrismellard/docker-credential-acr-env v0.0.0-20220327082430-c57b701bfc08 // indirect
 	github.com/chzyer/readline v1.5.0 // indirect
 	github.com/ckaznocha/intrange v0.3.0 // 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/containerd/stargz-snapshotter/estargz v0.14.3 // indirect
 	github.com/coreos/go-semver v0.3.1 // indirect
diff --git a/tools/go.sum b/tools/go.sum
index 069877a45..3745ef058 100644
--- a/tools/go.sum
+++ b/tools/go.sum
@@ -1085,8 +1085,8 @@ github.com/clbanning/mxj v1.8.4/go.mod h1:BVjHeAH+rl9rs6f+QIpeRl0tfu10SXn1pUSa5P
 github.com/clbanning/x2j v0.0.0-20191024224557-825249438eec/go.mod h1:jMjuTZXRI4dUb/I5gc9Hdhagfvm9+RyrPryS/auMzxE=
 github.com/client9/misspell v0.3.4 h1:ta993UF76GwbvJcIo3Y68y/M3WxlpEHPWIGDkJYwzJI=
 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=