diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 68b66fd9b..fbdee42b4 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ require (
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.2
 	go.dedis.ch/fixbuf v1.0.3
 	go.dedis.ch/protobuf v1.0.11
-	golang.org/x/crypto v0.7.0
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.6.0
+	golang.org/x/crypto v0.17.0
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.15.0
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 523cbc9a5..e9c0b0257 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -27,12 +27,12 @@ go.dedis.ch/protobuf v1.0.7/go.mod h1:pv5ysfkDX/EawiPqcW3ikOxsL5t+BqnV6xHSmE79KI
 go.dedis.ch/protobuf v1.0.11 h1:FTYVIEzY/bfl37lu3pR4lIj+F9Vp1jE8oh91VmxKgLo=
 go.dedis.ch/protobuf v1.0.11/go.mod h1:97QR256dnkimeNdfmURz0wAMNVbd1VmLXhG1CrTYrJ4=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190123085648-057139ce5d2b/go.mod h1:6SG95UA2DQfeDnfUPMdvaQW0Q7yPrPDi9nlGo2tz2b4=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.7.0 h1:AvwMYaRytfdeVt3u6mLaxYtErKYjxA2OXjJ1HHq6t3A=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.7.0/go.mod h1:pYwdfH91IfpZVANVyUOhSIPZaFoJGxTFbZhFTx+dXZU=
+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/sys v0.0.0-20190124100055-b90733256f2e/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20201101102859-da207088b7d1/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.6.0 h1:MVltZSvRTcU2ljQOhs94SXPftV6DCNnZViHeQps87pQ=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.6.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.15.0 h1:h48lPFYpsTvQJZF4EKyI4aLHaev3CxivZmv7yZig9pc=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.15.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405 h1:yhCVgyC4o1eVCa2tZl7eS0r+SDo693bJlVdllGtEeKM=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=