diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 826e04e5c..b04708923 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.10 // indirect
 	github.com/stretchr/objx v0.5.3 // indirect
 	github.com/subosito/gotenv v1.6.0 // indirect
-	github.com/theupdateframework/go-tuf/v2 v2.4.0 // indirect
+	github.com/theupdateframework/go-tuf/v2 v2.4.1 // indirect
 	github.com/tklauser/go-sysconf v0.3.12 // indirect
 	github.com/tklauser/numcpus v0.6.1 // indirect
 	github.com/transparency-dev/formats v0.0.0-20260119090622-e70c80e9488a // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 4191e2e77..bdb521e5f 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -665,8 +665,8 @@ github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-go v0.35.0 h1:uADsZpTKFAtp8SLK+hMwSaa+X
 github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-go v0.35.0/go.mod h1:oEVBj5zrfJTrgjwONs1SsRbnBtH9OKl+IGl3UMcr2B4=
 github.com/theupdateframework/go-tuf v0.7.0 h1:CqbQFrWo1ae3/I0UCblSbczevCCbS31Qvs5LdxRWqRI=
 github.com/theupdateframework/go-tuf v0.7.0/go.mod h1:uEB7WSY+7ZIugK6R1hiBMBjQftaFzn7ZCDJcp1tCUug=
-github.com/theupdateframework/go-tuf/v2 v2.4.0 h1:3HGxV0lq91/RJ7YycqCKuKBuLfo4rLRut4lh9XqIEP4=
-github.com/theupdateframework/go-tuf/v2 v2.4.0/go.mod h1:9S0Srkf3c13FelsOyt5OyG3ZZDq9OJDA4IILavrt72Y=
+github.com/theupdateframework/go-tuf/v2 v2.4.1 h1:K6ewW064rKZCPkRo1W/CTbTtm/+IB4+coG1iNURAGCw=
+github.com/theupdateframework/go-tuf/v2 v2.4.1/go.mod h1:Nex2enPVYDFCklrnbTzl3OVwD7fgIAj0J5++z/rvCj8=
 github.com/tink-crypto/tink-go-awskms/v2 v2.1.0 h1:N9UxlsOzu5mttdjhxkDLbzwtEecuXmlxZVo/ds7JKJI=
 github.com/tink-crypto/tink-go-awskms/v2 v2.1.0/go.mod h1:PxSp9GlOkKL9rlybW804uspnHuO9nbD98V/fDX4uSis=
 github.com/tink-crypto/tink-go-gcpkms/v2 v2.2.0 h1:3B9i6XBXNTRspfkTC0asN5W0K6GhOSgcujNiECNRNb0=