diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 23463e9af..15c58410a 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 v1.8.11
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.1
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index c636a77e9..08a0d1db3 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=