diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index a99c0ee19..55cfa66b5 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
 	github.com/sabhiram/go-gitignore v0.0.0-20210923224102-525f6e181f06
 	github.com/sclevine/spec v1.4.0
-	github.com/secure-systems-lab/go-securesystemslib v0.8.0
+	github.com/secure-systems-lab/go-securesystemslib v0.9.0
 	github.com/sigstore/cosign/v2 v2.2.4
 	github.com/sigstore/sigstore v1.8.3
 	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.3
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 4becb5446..8144d672d 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1053,8 +1053,8 @@ github.com/sassoftware/relic/v7 v7.6.2/go.mod h1:kjmP0IBVkJZ6gXeAu35/KCEfca//+PK
 github.com/sclevine/spec v1.4.0 h1:z/Q9idDcay5m5irkZ28M7PtQM4aOISzOpj4bUPkDee8=
 github.com/sclevine/spec v1.4.0/go.mod h1:LvpgJaFyvQzRvc1kaDs0bulYwzC70PbiYjC4QnFHkOM=
 github.com/sean-/seed v0.0.0-20170313163322-e2103e2c3529/go.mod h1:DxrIzT+xaE7yg65j358z/aeFdxmN0P9QXhEzd20vsDc=
-github.com/secure-systems-lab/go-securesystemslib v0.8.0 h1:mr5An6X45Kb2nddcFlbmfHkLguCE9laoZCUzEEpIZXA=
-github.com/secure-systems-lab/go-securesystemslib v0.8.0/go.mod h1:UH2VZVuJfCYR8WgMlCU1uFsOUU+KeyrTWcSS73NBOzU=
+github.com/secure-systems-lab/go-securesystemslib v0.9.0 h1:rf1HIbL64nUpEIZnjLZ3mcNEL9NBPB0iuVjyxvq3LZc=
+github.com/secure-systems-lab/go-securesystemslib v0.9.0/go.mod h1:DVHKMcZ+V4/woA/peqr+L0joiRXbPpQ042GgJckkFgw=
 github.com/segmentio/ksuid v1.0.4 h1:sBo2BdShXjmcugAMwjugoGUdUV0pcxY5mW4xKRn3v4c=
 github.com/segmentio/ksuid v1.0.4/go.mod h1:/XUiZBD3kVx5SmUOl55voK5yeAbBNNIed+2O73XgrPE=
 github.com/sergi/go-diff v1.0.0/go.mod h1:0CfEIISq7TuYL3j771MWULgwwjU+GofnZX9QAmXWZgo=