diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index d4778ece3f3..0f6ae8c7f8d 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/apparentlymart/go-textseg/v15 v15.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/cenkalti/backoff v2.2.1+incompatible // indirect
 	github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.3.0 // indirect
-	github.com/cloudflare/circl v1.3.7 // indirect
+	github.com/cloudflare/circl v1.6.1 // indirect
 	github.com/cncf/xds/go v0.0.0-20250326154945-ae57f3c0d45f // indirect
 	github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane/envoy v1.32.4 // indirect
 	github.com/envoyproxy/protoc-gen-validate v1.2.1 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index c3842716dd8..b993e9ebe74 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ github.com/census-instrumentation/opencensus-proto v0.2.1/go.mod h1:f6KPmirojxKA
 github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.3.0 h1:UL815xU9SqsFlibzuggzjXhog7bL6oX9BbNZnL2UFvs=
 github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.3.0/go.mod h1:VGX0DQ3Q6kWi7AoAeZDth3/j3BFtOZR5XLFGgcrjCOs=
 github.com/client9/misspell v0.3.4/go.mod h1:qj6jICC3Q7zFZvVWo7KLAzC3yx5G7kyvSDkc90ppPyw=
-github.com/cloudflare/circl v1.3.7 h1:qlCDlTPz2n9fu58M0Nh1J/JzcFpfgkFHHX3O35r5vcU=
-github.com/cloudflare/circl v1.3.7/go.mod h1:sRTcRWXGLrKw6yIGJ+l7amYJFfAXbZG0kBSc8r4zxgA=
+github.com/cloudflare/circl v1.6.1 h1:zqIqSPIndyBh1bjLVVDHMPpVKqp8Su/V+6MeDzzQBQ0=
+github.com/cloudflare/circl v1.6.1/go.mod h1:uddAzsPgqdMAYatqJ0lsjX1oECcQLIlRpzZh3pJrofs=
 github.com/cncf/udpa/go v0.0.0-20191209042840-269d4d468f6f/go.mod h1:M8M6+tZqaGXZJjfX53e64911xZQV5JYwmTeXPW+k8Sc=
 github.com/cncf/xds/go v0.0.0-20250326154945-ae57f3c0d45f h1:C5bqEmzEPLsHm9Mv73lSE9e9bKV23aB1vxOsmZrkl3k=
 github.com/cncf/xds/go v0.0.0-20250326154945-ae57f3c0d45f/go.mod h1:W+zGtBO5Y1IgJhy4+A9GOqVhqLpfZi+vwmdNXUehLA8=