diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 0498b7520f..602435434f 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/nats-io/jwt/v2 v2.4.1 // indirect
 	github.com/nats-io/nats-server/v2 v2.9.18 // indirect
 	github.com/nats-io/nats.go v1.27.1 // indirect
-	github.com/nats-io/nkeys v0.4.4 // indirect
+	github.com/nats-io/nkeys v0.4.6 // indirect
 	github.com/nats-io/nuid v1.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/opencontainers/go-digest v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/opencontainers/image-spec v1.1.0-rc3 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 441c52aee9..df80b3c5d1 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1397,8 +1397,8 @@ github.com/nats-io/nats.go v1.27.1/go.mod h1:XpbWUlOElGwTYbMR7imivs7jJj9GtK7ypv3
 github.com/nats-io/nkeys v0.1.0/go.mod h1:xpnFELMwJABBLVhffcfd1MZx6VsNRFpEugbxziKVo7w=
 github.com/nats-io/nkeys v0.1.3/go.mod h1:xpnFELMwJABBLVhffcfd1MZx6VsNRFpEugbxziKVo7w=
 github.com/nats-io/nkeys v0.3.0/go.mod h1:gvUNGjVcM2IPr5rCsRsC6Wb3Hr2CQAm08dsxtV6A5y4=
-github.com/nats-io/nkeys v0.4.4 h1:xvBJ8d69TznjcQl9t6//Q5xXuVhyYiSos6RPtvQNTwA=
-github.com/nats-io/nkeys v0.4.4/go.mod h1:XUkxdLPTufzlihbamfzQ7mw/VGx6ObUs+0bN5sNvt64=
+github.com/nats-io/nkeys v0.4.6 h1:IzVe95ru2CT6ta874rt9saQRkWfe2nFj1NtvYSLqMzY=
+github.com/nats-io/nkeys v0.4.6/go.mod h1:4DxZNzenSVd1cYQoAa8948QY3QDjrHfcfVADymtkpts=
 github.com/nats-io/nuid v1.0.1 h1:5iA8DT8V7q8WK2EScv2padNa/rTESc1KdnPw4TC2paw=
 github.com/nats-io/nuid v1.0.1/go.mod h1:19wcPz3Ph3q0Jbyiqsd0kePYG7A95tJPxeL+1OSON2c=
 github.com/ncw/swift v1.0.47/go.mod h1:23YIA4yWVnGwv2dQlN4bB7egfYX6YLn0Yo/S6zZO/ZM=