diff --git a/Makefile-libs.Inc b/Makefile-libs.Inc
index 03c0ad332ee..c0695c850e8 100644
--- a/Makefile-libs.Inc
+++ b/Makefile-libs.Inc
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ else
 		else
 				platform := macos
 		endif
-		CGO_LDFLAGS := $(CGO_LDFLAGS) -Wl,-rpath,@loader_path
 		ULIMIT := ulimit -n 9999;
 	else
 		ifeq ($(GOARCH),arm64)
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index e87c9c88468..7c22897c44c 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/spacemeshos/go-scale v1.2.0
 	github.com/spacemeshos/merkle-tree v0.2.3
 	github.com/spacemeshos/poet v0.10.4
-	github.com/spacemeshos/post v0.12.7
+	github.com/spacemeshos/post v0.12.8-0.20240703104816-d2601e291e53
 	github.com/spf13/afero v1.11.0
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.1
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index a866f21e3ca..ba0fc597c6c 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -614,8 +614,8 @@ github.com/spacemeshos/merkle-tree v0.2.3 h1:zGEgOR9nxAzJr0EWjD39QFngwFEOxfxMloE
 github.com/spacemeshos/merkle-tree v0.2.3/go.mod h1:VomOcQ5pCBXz7goiWMP5hReyqOfDXGSKbrH2GB9Htww=
 github.com/spacemeshos/poet v0.10.4 h1:MHGG1dhMVwy5DdlsmwdRLDQTTqlPA21lSQB2PVd8MSk=
 github.com/spacemeshos/poet v0.10.4/go.mod h1:hz21GMyHb9h29CqNhVeKxCD5dxZdQK27nAqLpT46gjE=
-github.com/spacemeshos/post v0.12.7 h1:0pLD19TWM6EktFhnd+7QW8ifvdVH952EKliGUN49gFk=
-github.com/spacemeshos/post v0.12.7/go.mod h1:WzfVgaa1wxgrsytC4EVKkG8rwoUxjyoyQL0ZSxs56Y0=
+github.com/spacemeshos/post v0.12.8-0.20240703104816-d2601e291e53 h1:gLBzT4+ySBgfdINBbK+QLi7XgVHtQHnCCl9CkxDa1cw=
+github.com/spacemeshos/post v0.12.8-0.20240703104816-d2601e291e53/go.mod h1:WzfVgaa1wxgrsytC4EVKkG8rwoUxjyoyQL0ZSxs56Y0=
 github.com/spacemeshos/sha256-simd v0.1.0 h1:G7Mfu5RYdQiuE+wu4ZyJ7I0TI74uqLhFnKblEnSpjYI=
 github.com/spacemeshos/sha256-simd v0.1.0/go.mod h1:O8CClVIilId7RtuCMV2+YzMj6qjVn75JsxOxaE8vcfM=
 github.com/spaolacci/murmur3 v1.1.0 h1:7c1g84S4BPRrfL5Xrdp6fOJ206sU9y293DDHaoy0bLI=