diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index fffc479b6a..bcc130c901 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/nginxinc/nginx-prometheus-exporter v0.11.0
 	github.com/nginxinc/nginx-service-mesh v1.7.0
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.15.1
-	github.com/spiffe/go-spiffe/v2 v2.1.5
+	github.com/spiffe/go-spiffe/v2 v2.1.6
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20230105000112-eab7a2c85304
 	k8s.io/api v0.27.2
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index c99fa576a5..46690ecbf2 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -316,8 +316,8 @@ github.com/spf13/cobra v1.7.0 h1:hyqWnYt1ZQShIddO5kBpj3vu05/++x6tJ6dg8EC572I=
 github.com/spf13/cobra v1.7.0/go.mod h1:uLxZILRyS/50WlhOIKD7W6V5bgeIt+4sICxh6uRMrb0=
 github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 h1:iy+VFUOCP1a+8yFto/drg2CJ5u0yRoB7fZw3DKv/JXA=
 github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5/go.mod h1:McXfInJRrz4CZXVZOBLb0bTZqETkiAhM9Iw0y3An2Bg=
-github.com/spiffe/go-spiffe/v2 v2.1.5 h1:nFzp6pllCxpso6A2CaokdjhmH3uHWMNL9DGYXeZrShs=
-github.com/spiffe/go-spiffe/v2 v2.1.5/go.mod h1:eVDqm9xFvyqao6C+eQensb9ZPkyNEeaUbqbBpOhBnNk=
+github.com/spiffe/go-spiffe/v2 v2.1.6 h1:4SdizuQieFyL9eNU+SPiCArH4kynzaKOOj0VvM8R7Xo=
+github.com/spiffe/go-spiffe/v2 v2.1.6/go.mod h1:eVDqm9xFvyqao6C+eQensb9ZPkyNEeaUbqbBpOhBnNk=
 github.com/stoewer/go-strcase v1.2.0/go.mod h1:IBiWB2sKIp3wVVQ3Y035++gc+knqhUQag1KpM8ahLw8=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.4.0/go.mod h1:YvHI0jy2hoMjB+UWwv71VJQ9isScKT/TqJzVSSt89Yw=