diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 8cdb611a0a..a3cfb48cb3 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/neo4j/neo4j-go-driver/v4 v4.4.7
 	github.com/secure-systems-lab/go-securesystemslib v0.7.0
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.7.0
-	go.uber.org/zap v1.25.0
+	go.uber.org/zap v1.26.0
 	google.golang.org/api v0.141.0
 )
 
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 5229f3e575..2cd4b62901 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -128,7 +128,6 @@ github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/ssooidc v1.15.1 h1:hd0SKLMdOL/Sl6Z0np1PX9Le
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/sts v1.21.1 h1:pAOJj+80tC8sPVgSDHzMYD6KLWsaLQ1kZw31PTeORbs=
 github.com/aws/smithy-go v1.14.0 h1:+X90sB94fizKjDmwb4vyl2cTTPXTE5E2G/1mjByb0io=
 github.com/benbjohnson/clock v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J11/hYXuz8f4ySSvYwY0FKfm+ezbsZBKZxNJlLklBHA=
-github.com/benbjohnson/clock v1.3.0 h1:ip6w0uFQkncKQ979AypyG0ER7mqUSBdKLOgAle/AT8A=
 github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.1 h1:VlbKKnNfV8bJzeqoa4cOKqO6bYr3WgKZxO8Z16+hsOM=
 github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.1/go.mod h1:G2ZrVWU2WbWT9wwq4/hrbKbnv/1ERSJQ0ibhJ6rlkpw=
 github.com/bombsimon/logrusr/v2 v2.0.1 h1:1VgxVNQMCvjirZIYaT9JYn6sAVGVEcNtRE0y4mvaOAM=
@@ -640,8 +639,8 @@ go.uber.org/multierr v1.6.0/go.mod h1:cdWPpRnG4AhwMwsgIHip0KRBQjJy5kYEpYjJxpXp9i
 go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0 h1:blXXJkSxSSfBVBlC76pxqeO+LN3aDfLQo+309xJstO0=
 go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0/go.mod h1:20+QtiLqy0Nd6FdQB9TLXag12DsQkrbs3htMFfDN80Y=
 go.uber.org/zap v1.18.1/go.mod h1:xg/QME4nWcxGxrpdeYfq7UvYrLh66cuVKdrbD1XF/NI=
-go.uber.org/zap v1.25.0 h1:4Hvk6GtkucQ790dqmj7l1eEnRdKm3k3ZUrUMS2d5+5c=
-go.uber.org/zap v1.25.0/go.mod h1:JIAUzQIH94IC4fOJQm7gMmBJP5k7wQfdcnYdPoEXJYk=
+go.uber.org/zap v1.26.0 h1:sI7k6L95XOKS281NhVKOFCUNIvv9e0w4BF8N3u+tCRo=
+go.uber.org/zap v1.26.0/go.mod h1:dtElttAiwGvoJ/vj4IwHBS/gXsEu/pZ50mUIRWuG0so=
 gocloud.dev v0.33.0 h1:ET5z49jm1+eUhY5BkuGk2d7czfgGeXKd4vtg1Jcg9OQ=
 gocloud.dev v0.33.0/go.mod h1:z6W8qorjrfM09H8t1MDk8KLPj3Xi26aFBzDKAHWIgLU=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2/go.mod h1:djNgcEr1/C05ACkg1iLfiJU5Ep61QUkGW8qpdssI0+w=