diff --git a/plugins/skipper/go.mod b/plugins/skipper/go.mod
index 24a557ac9..a5a5b612e 100644
--- a/plugins/skipper/go.mod
+++ b/plugins/skipper/go.mod
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ require (
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.26.0 // indirect
 	go4.org/netipx v0.0.0-20230303233057-f1b76eb4bb35 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/crypto v0.16.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/crypto v0.17.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20231127185646-65229373498e // indirect
 	golang.org/x/mod v0.14.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/net v0.19.0 // indirect
diff --git a/plugins/skipper/go.sum b/plugins/skipper/go.sum
index 6c2c52495..a33e1969f 100644
--- a/plugins/skipper/go.sum
+++ b/plugins/skipper/go.sum
@@ -450,8 +450,8 @@ golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2/go.mod h1:djNgcEr1/C05ACk
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190923035154-9ee001bba392/go.mod h1:/lpIB1dKB+9EgE3H3cr1v9wB50oz8l4C4h62xy7jSTY=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20191011191535-87dc89f01550/go.mod h1:yigFU9vqHzYiE8UmvKecakEJjdnWj3jj499lnFckfCI=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20200622213623-75b288015ac9/go.mod h1:LzIPMQfyMNhhGPhUkYOs5KpL4U8rLKemX1yGLhDgUto=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.16.0 h1:mMMrFzRSCF0GvB7Ne27XVtVAaXLrPmgPC7/v0tkwHaY=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.16.0/go.mod h1:gCAAfMLgwOJRpTjQ2zCCt2OcSfYMTeZVSRtQlPC7Nq4=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.17.0 h1:r8bRNjWL3GshPW3gkd+RpvzWrZAwPS49OmTGZ/uhM4k=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.17.0/go.mod h1:gCAAfMLgwOJRpTjQ2zCCt2OcSfYMTeZVSRtQlPC7Nq4=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20190121172915-509febef88a4/go.mod h1:CJ0aWSM057203Lf6IL+f9T1iT9GByDxfZKAQTCR3kQA=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20231127185646-65229373498e h1:Gvh4YaCaXNs6dKTlfgismwWZKyjVZXwOPfIyUaqU3No=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20231127185646-65229373498e/go.mod h1:iRJReGqOEeBhDZGkGbynYwcHlctCvnjTYIamk7uXpHI=