diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index eb0dc89eb..e09c8407d 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.20.5
 	github.com/rs/cors v1.11.1
 	github.com/sassoftware/relic v7.2.1+incompatible
-	github.com/secure-systems-lab/go-securesystemslib v0.8.0
+	github.com/secure-systems-lab/go-securesystemslib v0.9.0
 	github.com/sigstore/sigstore v1.8.10
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.1
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 09c1e3c36..f4b0fd8a2 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -380,8 +380,8 @@ github.com/sassoftware/relic v7.2.1+incompatible h1:Pwyh1F3I0r4clFJXkSI8bOyJINGq
 github.com/sassoftware/relic v7.2.1+incompatible/go.mod h1:CWfAxv73/iLZ17rbyhIEq3K9hs5w6FpNMdUT//qR+zk=
 github.com/sassoftware/relic/v7 v7.6.2 h1:rS44Lbv9G9eXsukknS4mSjIAuuX+lMq/FnStgmZlUv4=
 github.com/sassoftware/relic/v7 v7.6.2/go.mod h1:kjmP0IBVkJZ6gXeAu35/KCEfca//+PKM6vTAsyDPY+k=
-github.com/secure-systems-lab/go-securesystemslib v0.8.0 h1:mr5An6X45Kb2nddcFlbmfHkLguCE9laoZCUzEEpIZXA=
-github.com/secure-systems-lab/go-securesystemslib v0.8.0/go.mod h1:UH2VZVuJfCYR8WgMlCU1uFsOUU+KeyrTWcSS73NBOzU=
+github.com/secure-systems-lab/go-securesystemslib v0.9.0 h1:rf1HIbL64nUpEIZnjLZ3mcNEL9NBPB0iuVjyxvq3LZc=
+github.com/secure-systems-lab/go-securesystemslib v0.9.0/go.mod h1:DVHKMcZ+V4/woA/peqr+L0joiRXbPpQ042GgJckkFgw=
 github.com/shibumi/go-pathspec v1.3.0 h1:QUyMZhFo0Md5B8zV8x2tesohbb5kfbpTi9rBnKh5dkI=
 github.com/shibumi/go-pathspec v1.3.0/go.mod h1:Xutfslp817l2I1cZvgcfeMQJG5QnU2lh5tVaaMCl3jE=
 github.com/sigstore/protobuf-specs v0.3.2 h1:nCVARCN+fHjlNCk3ThNXwrZRqIommIeNKWwQvORuRQo=
@@ -421,8 +421,9 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.1/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0/go.mod h1:yNjHg4UonilssWZ8iaSj1OCr/vHnekPRkoO+kdMU+MU=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.1/go.mod h1:w2LPCIKwWwSfY2zedu0+kehJoqGctiVI29o6fzry7u4=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4/go.mod h1:sz/lmYIOXD/1dqDmKjjqLyZ2RngseejIcXlSw2iwfAo=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0 h1:HtqpIVDClZ4nwg75+f6Lvsy/wHu+3BoSGCbBAcpTsTg=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0/go.mod h1:r2ic/lqez/lEtzL7wO/rwa5dbSLXVDPFyf8C91i36aY=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0 h1:Xv5erBjTwe/5IxqUQTdXv5kgmIvbHo3QQyRwhJsOfJA=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0/go.mod h1:r2ic/lqez/lEtzL7wO/rwa5dbSLXVDPFyf8C91i36aY=
 github.com/subosito/gotenv v1.6.0 h1:9NlTDc1FTs4qu0DDq7AEtTPNw6SVm7uBMsUCUjABIf8=
 github.com/subosito/gotenv v1.6.0/go.mod h1:Dk4QP5c2W3ibzajGcXpNraDfq2IrhjMIvMSWPKKo0FU=
 github.com/theupdateframework/go-tuf v0.7.0 h1:CqbQFrWo1ae3/I0UCblSbczevCCbS31Qvs5LdxRWqRI=