diff --git a/example/go.mod b/example/go.mod
index 46c7a828f81..2d94d7f722f 100644
--- a/example/go.mod
+++ b/example/go.mod
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ require (
 require (
 	github.com/asaskevich/govalidator v0.0.0-20230301143203-a9d515a09cc2 // indirect
 	github.com/blang/semver v3.5.1+incompatible // indirect
-	github.com/cloudflare/circl v1.3.7 // indirect
+	github.com/cloudflare/circl v1.6.1 // indirect
 	github.com/cyberphone/json-canonicalization v0.0.0-20220623050100-57a0ce2678a7 // indirect
 	github.com/digitorus/pkcs7 v0.0.0-20230818184609-3a137a874352 // indirect
 	github.com/digitorus/timestamp v0.0.0-20231217203849-220c5c2851b7 // indirect
diff --git a/example/go.sum b/example/go.sum
index 7c5743a699b..679dca7a3fc 100644
--- a/example/go.sum
+++ b/example/go.sum
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v3 v3.2.2/go.mod h1:cIeZDE3IrqwwJl6VUwCN6trj1oXrTS4r
 github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.2.0 h1:DC2CZ1Ep5Y4k3ZQ899DldepgrayRUGE6BBZ/cd9Cj44=
 github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.2.0/go.mod h1:VGX0DQ3Q6kWi7AoAeZDth3/j3BFtOZR5XLFGgcrjCOs=
 github.com/cloudflare/circl v1.3.3/go.mod h1:5XYMA4rFBvNIrhs50XuiBJ15vF2pZn4nnUKZrLbUZFA=
-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/codahale/rfc6979 v0.0.0-20141003034818-6a90f24967eb h1:EDmT6Q9Zs+SbUoc7Ik9EfrFqcylYqgPZ9ANSbTAntnE=
 github.com/codahale/rfc6979 v0.0.0-20141003034818-6a90f24967eb/go.mod h1:ZjrT6AXHbDs86ZSdt/osfBi5qfexBrKUdONk989Wnk4=
 github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.4/go.mod h1:tgQtvFlXSQOSOSIRvRPT7W67SCa46tRHOmNcaadrF8o=