diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 6256ae86..a57b18c9 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/dustin/go-humanize v1.0.1
 	github.com/flynn/go-docopt v0.0.0-20140912013429-f6dd2ebbb31e
 	github.com/google/gofuzz v1.2.0
-	github.com/secure-systems-lab/go-securesystemslib v0.4.0
+	github.com/secure-systems-lab/go-securesystemslib v0.5.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.2
 	github.com/syndtr/goleveldb v1.0.1-0.20220721030215-126854af5e6d
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.6.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 90212144..3b813274 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ github.com/onsi/gomega v1.19.0 h1:4ieX6qQjPP/BfC3mpsAtIGGlxTWPeA3Inl/7DtXw1tw=
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.19.0/go.mod h1:LY+I3pBVzYsTBU1AnDwOSxaYi9WoWiqgwooUqq9yPro=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
-github.com/secure-systems-lab/go-securesystemslib v0.4.0 h1:b23VGrQhTA8cN2CbBw7/FulN9fTtqYUdS5+Oxzt+DUE=
-github.com/secure-systems-lab/go-securesystemslib v0.4.0/go.mod h1:FGBZgq2tXWICsxWQW1msNf49F0Pf2Op5Htayx335Qbs=
+github.com/secure-systems-lab/go-securesystemslib v0.5.0 h1:oTiNu0QnulMQgN/hLK124wJD/r2f9ZhIUuKIeBsCBT8=
+github.com/secure-systems-lab/go-securesystemslib v0.5.0/go.mod h1:uoCqUC0Ap7jrBSEanxT+SdACYJTVplRXWLkGMuDjXqk=
 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=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.5.0/go.mod h1:Yh+to48EsGEfYuaHDzXPcE3xhTkx73EhmCGUpEOglKo=