diff --git a/example/mrkAwareKmsProvider/go.mod b/example/mrkAwareKmsProvider/go.mod
index 34b3b0b..289a10d 100644
--- a/example/mrkAwareKmsProvider/go.mod
+++ b/example/mrkAwareKmsProvider/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/chainifynet/aws-encryption-sdk-go/example/mrkAwareKmsProvider
 
-go 1.22
+go 1.23.0
 
 toolchain go1.24.1
 
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/ssooidc v1.30.1 // indirect
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/sts v1.34.0 // indirect
 	github.com/aws/smithy-go v1.22.4 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/crypto v0.32.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/crypto v0.40.0 // indirect
 )
 
 replace github.com/chainifynet/aws-encryption-sdk-go => ../..
diff --git a/example/mrkAwareKmsProvider/go.sum b/example/mrkAwareKmsProvider/go.sum
index 0ddf066..d701122 100644
--- a/example/mrkAwareKmsProvider/go.sum
+++ b/example/mrkAwareKmsProvider/go.sum
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ github.com/stretchr/objx v0.5.2 h1:xuMeJ0Sdp5ZMRXx/aWO6RZxdr3beISkG5/G/aIRr3pY=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.5.2/go.mod h1:FRsXN1f5AsAjCGJKqEizvkpNtU+EGNCLh3NxZ/8L+MA=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0 h1:Xv5erBjTwe/5IxqUQTdXv5kgmIvbHo3QQyRwhJsOfJA=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0/go.mod h1:r2ic/lqez/lEtzL7wO/rwa5dbSLXVDPFyf8C91i36aY=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.32.0 h1:euUpcYgM8WcP71gNpTqQCn6rC2t6ULUPiOzfWaXVVfc=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.32.0/go.mod h1:ZnnJkOaASj8g0AjIduWNlq2NRxL0PlBrbKVyZ6V/Ugc=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.40.0 h1:r4x+VvoG5Fm+eJcxMaY8CQM7Lb0l1lsmjGBQ6s8BfKM=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.40.0/go.mod h1:Qr1vMER5WyS2dfPHAlsOj01wgLbsyWtFn/aY+5+ZdxY=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=