diff --git a/hack/tools/go.mod b/hack/tools/go.mod
index d52f3aeac..192719916 100644
--- a/hack/tools/go.mod
+++ b/hack/tools/go.mod
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/ProtonMail/go-crypto v1.1.3 // indirect
 	github.com/bitfield/gotestdox v0.2.1 // indirect
 	github.com/blang/semver/v4 v4.0.0 // indirect
-	github.com/cloudflare/circl v1.3.7 // indirect
+	github.com/cloudflare/circl v1.6.1 // indirect
 	github.com/cyphar/filepath-securejoin v0.2.5 // indirect
 	github.com/dnephin/pflag v1.0.7 // indirect
 	github.com/emirpasic/gods v1.18.1 // indirect
diff --git a/hack/tools/go.sum b/hack/tools/go.sum
index d2a896497..35f1a58a6 100644
--- a/hack/tools/go.sum
+++ b/hack/tools/go.sum
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ github.com/bitfield/gotestdox v0.2.1 h1:Zj8IMLAO5/oiAKoMmtN96eyFiPZraJRTH2p0zDgt
 github.com/bitfield/gotestdox v0.2.1/go.mod h1:D+gwtS0urjBrzguAkTM2wodsTQYFHdpx8eqRJ3N+9pY=
 github.com/blang/semver/v4 v4.0.0 h1:1PFHFE6yCCTv8C1TeyNNarDzntLi7wMI5i/pzqYIsAM=
 github.com/blang/semver/v4 v4.0.0/go.mod h1:IbckMUScFkM3pff0VJDNKRiT6TG/YpiHIM2yvyW5YoQ=
-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/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.6/go.mod h1:oOW0eioCTA6cOiMLiUPZOpcVxMig6NIQQ7OS05n1F4g=
 github.com/cyphar/filepath-securejoin v0.2.5 h1:6iR5tXJ/e6tJZzzdMc1km3Sa7RRIVBKAK32O2s7AYfo=
 github.com/cyphar/filepath-securejoin v0.2.5/go.mod h1:aPGpWjXOXUn2NCNjFvBE6aRxGGx79pTxQpKOJNYHHl4=