diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index c5cd6c689..d2f29dd70 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.12.2
 	github.com/rs/cors v1.8.2
 	github.com/sassoftware/relic v0.0.0-20210427151427-dfb082b79b74
-	github.com/secure-systems-lab/go-securesystemslib v0.3.1
+	github.com/secure-systems-lab/go-securesystemslib v0.4.0
 	github.com/sigstore/sigstore v1.2.1-0.20220526001230-8dc4fa90a468
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.4.0
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index aeee9c2bc..6e3249e0f 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1409,8 +1409,9 @@ github.com/satori/go.uuid v1.2.0/go.mod h1:dA0hQrYB0VpLJoorglMZABFdXlWrHn1NEOzdh
 github.com/sclevine/spec v1.4.0/go.mod h1:LvpgJaFyvQzRvc1kaDs0bulYwzC70PbiYjC4QnFHkOM=
 github.com/sean-/seed v0.0.0-20170313163322-e2103e2c3529/go.mod h1:DxrIzT+xaE7yg65j358z/aeFdxmN0P9QXhEzd20vsDc=
 github.com/secure-systems-lab/go-securesystemslib v0.3.0/go.mod h1:o8hhjkbNl2gOamKUA/eNW3xUrntHT9L4W89W1nfj43U=
-github.com/secure-systems-lab/go-securesystemslib v0.3.1 h1:LJuyMziazadwmQRRu1M7GMUo5S1oH1+YxU9FjuSFU8k=
 github.com/secure-systems-lab/go-securesystemslib v0.3.1/go.mod h1:o8hhjkbNl2gOamKUA/eNW3xUrntHT9L4W89W1nfj43U=
+github.com/secure-systems-lab/go-securesystemslib v0.4.0 h1:b23VGrQhTA8cN2CbBw7/FulN9fTtqYUdS5+Oxzt+DUE=
+github.com/secure-systems-lab/go-securesystemslib v0.4.0/go.mod h1:FGBZgq2tXWICsxWQW1msNf49F0Pf2Op5Htayx335Qbs=
 github.com/securego/gosec/v2 v2.9.1/go.mod h1:oDcDLcatOJxkCGaCaq8lua1jTnYf6Sou4wdiJ1n4iHc=
 github.com/segmentio/ksuid v1.0.4/go.mod h1:/XUiZBD3kVx5SmUOl55voK5yeAbBNNIed+2O73XgrPE=
 github.com/sergi/go-diff v1.0.0/go.mod h1:0CfEIISq7TuYL3j771MWULgwwjU+GofnZX9QAmXWZgo=