diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 572f65d3a..c904dbd4f 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.42.0
 	gonum.org/v1/plot v0.14.0
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.79.3
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.11
 	gopkg.in/mcuadros/go-syslog.v2 v2.3.0
 	istio.io/pkg v0.0.0-20231221211216-7635388a563e
 	k8s.io/api v0.35.0
@@ -163,7 +164,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/charmbracelet/x/term v0.2.1 // indirect
 	github.com/cilium/cilium v1.16.17 // indirect
 	github.com/cloudflare/cbpfc v0.0.0-20240920015331-ff978e94500b // indirect
-	github.com/cloudflare/circl v1.6.1 // indirect
+	github.com/cloudflare/circl v1.6.3 // indirect
 	github.com/cncf/xds/go v0.0.0-20251210132809-ee656c7534f5 // indirect
 	github.com/containerd/cgroups/v3 v3.0.5 // indirect
 	github.com/containerd/containerd v1.7.30 // indirect
@@ -433,7 +434,6 @@ require (
 	google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20250715232539-7130f93afb79 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20260209200024-4cfbd4190f57 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20260209200024-4cfbd4190f57 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.11 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/evanphx/json-patch.v4 v4.13.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/inf.v0 v0.9.1 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/warnings.v0 v0.1.2 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 3de93c3cc..691bd1c47 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -894,8 +894,8 @@ github.com/circonus-labs/circonusllhist v0.1.3/go.mod h1:kMXHVDlOchFAehlya5ePtbp
 github.com/client9/misspell v0.3.4/go.mod h1:qj6jICC3Q7zFZvVWo7KLAzC3yx5G7kyvSDkc90ppPyw=
 github.com/cloudflare/cbpfc v0.0.0-20240920015331-ff978e94500b h1:EgR1t4Lnq6uP6QxJQ+oIFtENOHUY3/7gMOE76vL0KcA=
 github.com/cloudflare/cbpfc v0.0.0-20240920015331-ff978e94500b/go.mod h1:X/9cHz8JVzKlvoZyKBgMgrogKZlLf+pWjmm5gSUm5dI=
-github.com/cloudflare/circl v1.6.1 h1:zqIqSPIndyBh1bjLVVDHMPpVKqp8Su/V+6MeDzzQBQ0=
-github.com/cloudflare/circl v1.6.1/go.mod h1:uddAzsPgqdMAYatqJ0lsjX1oECcQLIlRpzZh3pJrofs=
+github.com/cloudflare/circl v1.6.3 h1:9GPOhQGF9MCYUeXyMYlqTR6a5gTrgR/fBLXvUgtVcg8=
+github.com/cloudflare/circl v1.6.3/go.mod h1:2eXP6Qfat4O/Yhh8BznvKnJ+uzEoTQ6jVKJRn81BiS4=
 github.com/cncf/udpa/go v0.0.0-20191209042840-269d4d468f6f/go.mod h1:M8M6+tZqaGXZJjfX53e64911xZQV5JYwmTeXPW+k8Sc=
 github.com/cncf/udpa/go v0.0.0-20200629203442-efcf912fb354/go.mod h1:WmhPx2Nbnhtbo57+VJT5O0JRkEi1Wbu0z5j0R8u5Hbk=
 github.com/cncf/udpa/go v0.0.0-20201120205902-5459f2c99403/go.mod h1:WmhPx2Nbnhtbo57+VJT5O0JRkEi1Wbu0z5j0R8u5Hbk=