diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index dad6399447cf2cee352dc9a870e8bdcbe770f743..1a5a81fd9a5438f9fb129f599533fc2d75de90c8 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module go.step.sm/sshutil
 go 1.21
 
 require (
-	golang.org/x/crypto v0.17.0
+	golang.org/x/crypto v0.18.0
 	golang.org/x/term v0.16.0
 )
 
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index d6f24edf47bddafab30abcdbb1268b0ebf6063f3..49a98f6c6e4692ec322b17da1ace60163b856be3 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-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/crypto v0.18.0 h1:PGVlW0xEltQnzFZ55hkuX5+KLyrMYhHld1YHO4AKcdc=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.18.0/go.mod h1:R0j02AL6hcrfOiy9T4ZYp/rcWeMxM3L6QYxlOuEG1mg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.16.0 h1:xWw16ngr6ZMtmxDyKyIgsE93KNKz5HKmMa3b8ALHidU=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.16.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
 golang.org/x/term v0.16.0 h1:m+B6fahuftsE9qjo0VWp2FW0mB3MTJvR0BaMQrq0pmE=