diff --git a/test/workload/go.mod b/test/workload/go.mod
index 56064a4..39f89dd 100644
--- a/test/workload/go.mod
+++ b/test/workload/go.mod
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ module workload
 
 go 1.26.4
 
-require github.com/spiffe/go-spiffe/v2 v2.8.0
+require github.com/spiffe/go-spiffe/v2 v2.8.1
 
 require (
 	github.com/Microsoft/go-winio v0.6.2 // indirect
diff --git a/test/workload/go.sum b/test/workload/go.sum
index f135f7e..f3eb2d5 100644
--- a/test/workload/go.sum
+++ b/test/workload/go.sum
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0 h1:NIvaJDMOsjHA8n1jAhLSgzrAzy1Hgr+hNrb57e+94F0=
 github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+yHo=
 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/spiffe/go-spiffe/v2 v2.8.0 h1:vHCTEZYhpXZ9y6JkIouIdHLJobWGUFn2467/WsXHHjA=
-github.com/spiffe/go-spiffe/v2 v2.8.0/go.mod h1:47Q0Q9/AqGha8QLHp+kxpH4Wca7X7EnOtlIJy3mxZ3U=
+github.com/spiffe/go-spiffe/v2 v2.8.1 h1:eXZMLsu+3MLEPJyGJkolqtVrteZfQdUpOWj6LTiDl/E=
+github.com/spiffe/go-spiffe/v2 v2.8.1/go.mod h1:47Q0Q9/AqGha8QLHp+kxpH4Wca7X7EnOtlIJy3mxZ3U=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1 h1:7s2iGBzp5EwR7/aIZr8ao5+dra3wiQyKjjFuvgVKu7U=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1/go.mod h1:wZwfW3scLgRK+23gO65QZefKpKQRnfz6sD981Nm4B6U=
 go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk v1.2.1 h1:jXsnJ4Lmnqd11kwkBV2LgLoFMZKizbCi5fNZ/ipaZ64=