diff --git a/example/sarama/go.mod b/example/sarama/go.mod
index ce485582d..b1857c283 100644
--- a/example/sarama/go.mod
+++ b/example/sarama/go.mod
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ go 1.22
 
 require (
 	github.com/IBM/sarama v1.43.3
-	github.com/instana/go-sensor v1.65.0
+	github.com/instana/go-sensor v1.66.0
 	github.com/instana/go-sensor/instrumentation/instasarama v1.17.0
 	github.com/opentracing/opentracing-go v1.2.0
 )
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/looplab/fsm v1.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/pierrec/lz4/v4 v4.1.21 // indirect
 	github.com/rcrowley/go-metrics v0.0.0-20201227073835-cf1acfcdf475 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/crypto v0.26.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/crypto v0.31.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/net v0.28.0 // indirect
 )
 
diff --git a/example/sarama/go.sum b/example/sarama/go.sum
index 874fbf54e..ccbecf235 100644
--- a/example/sarama/go.sum
+++ b/example/sarama/go.sum
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20210921155107-089bfa567519/go.mod h1:GvvjBRRGRdwPK5y
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.6.0/go.mod h1:OFC/31mSvZgRz0V1QTNCzfAI1aIRzbiufJtkMIlEp58=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.26.0 h1:RrRspgV4mU+YwB4FYnuBoKsUapNIL5cohGAmSH3azsw=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.26.0/go.mod h1:GY7jblb9wI+FOo5y8/S2oY4zWP07AkOJ4+jxCqdqn54=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.31.0 h1:ihbySMvVjLAeSH1IbfcRTkD/iNscyz8rGzjF/E5hV6U=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.31.0/go.mod h1:kDsLvtWBEx7MV9tJOj9bnXsPbxwJQ6csT/x4KIN4Ssk=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.6.0-dev.0.20220419223038-86c51ed26bb4/go.mod h1:jJ57K6gSWd91VN4djpZkiMVwK6gcyfeH4XE8wZrZaV4=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190620200207-3b0461eec859/go.mod h1:z5CRVTTTmAJ677TzLLGU+0bjPO0LkuOLi4/5GtJWs/s=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20200114155413-6afb5195e5aa/go.mod h1:z5CRVTTTmAJ677TzLLGU+0bjPO0LkuOLi4/5GtJWs/s=