diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 80cb5cd..6302055 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/bhojpur/gorocksdb v0.0.0-20191217155057-f0fad39f321c
 	github.com/btcsuite/btcd v0.22.1
 	github.com/btcsuite/btcutil v1.0.3-0.20201208143702-a53e38424cce
-	github.com/creachadair/atomicfile v0.2.5
+	github.com/creachadair/atomicfile v0.2.8
 	github.com/creachadair/taskgroup v0.3.2
 	github.com/creachadair/tomledit v0.0.19
 	github.com/dgraph-io/badger/v3 v3.2103.2
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 21d384b..225a45c 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -226,8 +226,8 @@ github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man v1.0.10/go.mod h1:SmD6nW6nTyfqj6ABTjUi3V3JVMnlJmwc
 github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.0-20190314233015-f79a8a8ca69d/go.mod h1:maD7wRr/U5Z6m/iR4s+kqSMx2CaBsrgA7czyZG/E6dU=
 github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.0/go.mod h1:maD7wRr/U5Z6m/iR4s+kqSMx2CaBsrgA7czyZG/E6dU=
 github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.1/go.mod h1:tgQtvFlXSQOSOSIRvRPT7W67SCa46tRHOmNcaadrF8o=
-github.com/creachadair/atomicfile v0.2.5 h1:wkOlpsjyJOvJ3Hd8juHKdirJnCSIPacvtY21/3nYjAo=
-github.com/creachadair/atomicfile v0.2.5/go.mod h1:BRq8Une6ckFneYXZQ+kO7p1ZZP3I2fzVzf28JxrIkBc=
+github.com/creachadair/atomicfile v0.2.8 h1:koFZzO/Byf4wRJIf1cvLmlXI7QPnR+pLushHhtTdXB8=
+github.com/creachadair/atomicfile v0.2.8/go.mod h1:Tb31RroXn8ESlNsY/FzDFoKSL1mzdHemTDNL9V1Ml4M=
 github.com/creachadair/taskgroup v0.3.2 h1:zlfutDS+5XG40AOxcHDSThxKzns8Tnr9jnr6VqkYlkM=
 github.com/creachadair/taskgroup v0.3.2/go.mod h1:wieWwecHVzsidg2CsUnFinW1faVN4+kq+TDlRJQ0Wbk=
 github.com/creachadair/tomledit v0.0.19 h1:zbpfUtYFYFdpRjwJY9HJlto1iZ4M5YwYB6qqc37F6UM=