diff --git a/tools/go.mod b/tools/go.mod
index 5c9abdb07..de1d46019 100644
--- a/tools/go.mod
+++ b/tools/go.mod
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/charithe/durationcheck v0.0.10 // indirect
 	github.com/chavacava/garif v0.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/ckaznocha/intrange v0.3.0 // indirect
-	github.com/cloudflare/circl v1.3.7 // indirect
+	github.com/cloudflare/circl v1.6.1 // indirect
 	github.com/curioswitch/go-reassign v0.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/daixiang0/gci v0.13.5 // indirect
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
diff --git a/tools/go.sum b/tools/go.sum
index aa5f736e2..560b969fb 100644
--- a/tools/go.sum
+++ b/tools/go.sum
@@ -143,8 +143,8 @@ github.com/ckaznocha/intrange v0.3.0 h1:VqnxtK32pxgkhJgYQEeOArVidIPg+ahLP7WBOXZd
 github.com/ckaznocha/intrange v0.3.0/go.mod h1:+I/o2d2A1FBHgGELbGxzIcyd3/9l9DuwjM8FsbSS3Lo=
 github.com/client9/misspell v0.3.4 h1:ta993UF76GwbvJcIo3Y68y/M3WxlpEHPWIGDkJYwzJI=
 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/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.6/go.mod h1:oOW0eioCTA6cOiMLiUPZOpcVxMig6NIQQ7OS05n1F4g=
 github.com/curioswitch/go-reassign v0.3.0 h1:dh3kpQHuADL3cobV/sSGETA8DOv457dwl+fbBAhrQPs=