diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 542cde4..5399e4e 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ require (
 	go.etcd.io/bbolt v1.3.11
 	go.uber.org/goleak v1.3.0
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0
-	golang.org/x/sync v0.10.0
-	golang.org/x/time v0.9.0
+	golang.org/x/sync v0.11.0
+	golang.org/x/time v0.10.0
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.70.0
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.4
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ require (
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.32.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/net v0.34.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.29.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.30.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.21.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20250127172529-29210b9bc287 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20250127172529-29210b9bc287 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 1ff427c..6f527e0 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -91,16 +91,16 @@ golang.org/x/net v0.34.0/go.mod h1:di0qlW3YNM5oh6GqDGQr92MyTozJPmybPK4Ev/Gm31k=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20190423024810-112230192c58/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20220722155255-886fb9371eb4/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.1.0/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
-golang.org/x/sync v0.10.0 h1:3NQrjDixjgGwUOCaF8w2+VYHv0Ve/vGYSbdkTa98gmQ=
-golang.org/x/sync v0.10.0/go.mod h1:Czt+wKu1gCyEFDUtn0jG5QVvpJ6rzVqr5aXyt9drQfk=
+golang.org/x/sync v0.11.0 h1:GGz8+XQP4FvTTrjZPzNKTMFtSXH80RAzG+5ghFPgK9w=
+golang.org/x/sync v0.11.0/go.mod h1:Czt+wKu1gCyEFDUtn0jG5QVvpJ6rzVqr5aXyt9drQfk=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190215142949-d0b11bdaac8a/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20201119102817-f84b799fce68/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210615035016-665e8c7367d1/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220520151302-bc2c85ada10a/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220722155257-8c9f86f7a55f/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.5.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.29.0 h1:TPYlXGxvx1MGTn2GiZDhnjPA9wZzZeGKHHmKhHYvgaU=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.29.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.30.0 h1:QjkSwP/36a20jFYWkSue1YwXzLmsV5Gfq7Eiy72C1uc=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.30.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20201126162022-7de9c90e9dd1/go.mod h1:bj7SfCRtBDWHUb9snDiAeCFNEtKQo2Wmx5Cou7ajbmo=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20210927222741-03fcf44c2211/go.mod h1:jbD1KX2456YbFQfuXm/mYQcufACuNUgVhRMnK/tPxf8=
 golang.org/x/term v0.5.0/go.mod h1:jMB1sMXY+tzblOD4FWmEbocvup2/aLOaQEp7JmGp78k=
@@ -111,8 +111,8 @@ golang.org/x/text v0.7.0/go.mod h1:mrYo+phRRbMaCq/xk9113O4dZlRixOauAjOtrjsXDZ8=
 golang.org/x/text v0.8.0/go.mod h1:e1OnstbJyHTd6l/uOt8jFFHp6TRDWZR/bV3emEE/zU8=
 golang.org/x/text v0.21.0 h1:zyQAAkrwaneQ066sspRyJaG9VNi/YJ1NfzcGB3hZ/qo=
 golang.org/x/text v0.21.0/go.mod h1:4IBbMaMmOPCJ8SecivzSH54+73PCFmPWxNTLm+vZkEQ=
-golang.org/x/time v0.9.0 h1:EsRrnYcQiGH+5FfbgvV4AP7qEZstoyrHB0DzarOQ4ZY=
-golang.org/x/time v0.9.0/go.mod h1:3BpzKBy/shNhVucY/MWOyx10tF3SFh9QdLuxbVysPQM=
+golang.org/x/time v0.10.0 h1:3usCWA8tQn0L8+hFJQNgzpWbd89begxN66o1Ojdn5L4=
+golang.org/x/time v0.10.0/go.mod h1:3BpzKBy/shNhVucY/MWOyx10tF3SFh9QdLuxbVysPQM=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20180917221912-90fa682c2a6e/go.mod h1:n7NCudcB/nEzxVGmLbDWY5pfWTLqBcC2KZ6jyYvM4mQ=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20191119224855-298f0cb1881e/go.mod h1:b+2E5dAYhXwXZwtnZ6UAqBI28+e2cm9otk0dWdXHAEo=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.1.12/go.mod h1:hNGJHUnrk76NpqgfD5Aqm5Crs+Hm0VOH/i9J2+nxYbc=
diff --git a/pkg/state/impl/store/encryption/marshaler_test.go b/pkg/state/impl/store/encryption/marshaler_test.go
index 2ebb451..166dd5c 100644
--- a/pkg/state/impl/store/encryption/marshaler_test.go
+++ b/pkg/state/impl/store/encryption/marshaler_test.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ package encryption_test
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"slices"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/siderolabs/gen/ensure"
@@ -137,15 +138,15 @@ func TestMarshaler_CorruptedData(t *testing.T) {
 		data          []byte
 	}{
 		"short data": {
-			data:          data[:13],
+			data:          slices.Clone(data[:13]),
 			expectedError: "encrypted data is too short$",
 		},
 		"corrupted data": {
-			data:          append(append(data[:13], 0x00), data[14:]...),
+			data:          slices.Insert(slices.Clip(data), 13, 0x00),
 			expectedError: "message authentication failed$",
 		},
 		"wrong header": {
-			data:          append([]byte{0x00}, data[1:]...),
+			data:          slices.Insert(slices.Clip(data[1:]), 0, 0x00),
 			expectedError: "unknown data format$",
 		},
 	}