diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 774e1a0..f8a552d 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-retryablehttp v0.7.8
 	github.com/lib/pq v1.12.3
 	github.com/nats-io/nats.go v1.52.0
-	github.com/nats-io/nkeys v0.4.15
+	github.com/nats-io/nkeys v0.4.16
 	github.com/oaswrap/spec v0.5.1
 	github.com/spf13/viper v1.21.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 90be77c..5f2ca6b 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -132,8 +132,8 @@ github.com/munnerz/goautoneg v0.0.0-20191010083416-a7dc8b61c822 h1:C3w9PqII01/Oq
 github.com/munnerz/goautoneg v0.0.0-20191010083416-a7dc8b61c822/go.mod h1:+n7T8mK8HuQTcFwEeznm/DIxMOiR9yIdICNftLE1DvQ=
 github.com/nats-io/nats.go v1.52.0 h1:n3avV4VBsCgsdwh71TppsTwtv+QdPs7ntSKM8qJLGsc=
 github.com/nats-io/nats.go v1.52.0/go.mod h1:26HypzazeOkyO3/mqd1zZd53STJN0EjCYF9Uy2ZOBno=
-github.com/nats-io/nkeys v0.4.15 h1:JACV5jRVO9V856KOapQ7x+EY8Jo3qw1vJt/9Jpwzkk4=
-github.com/nats-io/nkeys v0.4.15/go.mod h1:CpMchTXC9fxA5zrMo4KpySxNjiDVvr8ANOSZdiNfUrs=
+github.com/nats-io/nkeys v0.4.16 h1:rd5oAuLOb8mnAycB0xleuEBNS1pVVnN0fv/FF34Eypg=
+github.com/nats-io/nkeys v0.4.16/go.mod h1:llLgWoI0o4z/Q57q2R1kHfmocyhGV6VG/U18Glg1Afs=
 github.com/nats-io/nuid v1.0.1 h1:5iA8DT8V7q8WK2EScv2padNa/rTESc1KdnPw4TC2paw=
 github.com/nats-io/nuid v1.0.1/go.mod h1:19wcPz3Ph3q0Jbyiqsd0kePYG7A95tJPxeL+1OSON2c=
 github.com/oaswrap/spec v0.5.1 h1:BN9WJNN1jVmLfCHA9QyPNZS4bBtSbYfSoauCGt3vSLI=