diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 89e6ef87b..f44e6c2ae 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.6.0
 	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.3
 	github.com/google/go-containerregistry v0.16.1
-	github.com/gorilla/mux v1.8.0
+	github.com/gorilla/mux v1.8.1
 	github.com/notaryproject/notation-core-go v1.0.1
 	github.com/notaryproject/notation-go v1.0.0
 	github.com/open-policy-agent/cert-controller v0.8.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index f3c7b32c0..2967a34e0 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -532,8 +532,8 @@ github.com/googleapis/gax-go/v2 v2.11.0 h1:9V9PWXEsWnPpQhu/PeQIkS4eGzMlTLGgt80cU
 github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go-testing v0.0.0-20200911160855-bcd43fbb19e8/go.mod h1:dvDLG8qkwmyD9a/MJJN3XJcT3xFxOKAvTZGvuZmac9g=
 github.com/gopherjs/gopherjs v0.0.0-20181017120253-0766667cb4d1/go.mod h1:wJfORRmW1u3UXTncJ5qlYoELFm8eSnnEO6hX4iZ3EWY=
 github.com/gopherjs/gopherjs v0.0.0-20200217142428-fce0ec30dd00/go.mod h1:wJfORRmW1u3UXTncJ5qlYoELFm8eSnnEO6hX4iZ3EWY=
-github.com/gorilla/mux v1.8.0 h1:i40aqfkR1h2SlN9hojwV5ZA91wcXFOvkdNIeFDP5koI=
-github.com/gorilla/mux v1.8.0/go.mod h1:DVbg23sWSpFRCP0SfiEN6jmj59UnW/n46BH5rLB71So=
+github.com/gorilla/mux v1.8.1 h1:TuBL49tXwgrFYWhqrNgrUNEY92u81SPhu7sTdzQEiWY=
+github.com/gorilla/mux v1.8.1/go.mod h1:AKf9I4AEqPTmMytcMc0KkNouC66V3BtZ4qD5fmWSiMQ=
 github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.4.0/go.mod h1:E7qHFY5m1UJ88s3WnNqhKjPHQ0heANvMoAMk2YaljkQ=
 github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.4.2/go.mod h1:YR8l580nyteQvAITg2hZ9XVh4b55+EU/adAjf1fMHhE=
 github.com/grpc-ecosystem/go-grpc-middleware v1.0.0/go.mod h1:FiyG127CGDf3tlThmgyCl78X/SZQqEOJBCDaAfeWzPs=