diff --git a/auth/config_test.go b/auth/config_test.go
index ab9ce538a..39edba220 100644
--- a/auth/config_test.go
+++ b/auth/config_test.go
@@ -19,11 +19,12 @@
 package auth
 
 import (
+	"github.com/nuts-foundation/nuts-node/core/to"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"testing"
 )
 
 func TestDefaultConfig(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, DefaultConfig(), DefaultConfig())
-	assert.NotSame(t, DefaultConfig(), DefaultConfig())
+	assert.NotSame(t, to.Ptr(DefaultConfig()), to.Ptr(DefaultConfig()))
 }
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index cccc117a2..ddd4c9769 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.3
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.1
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
-	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
+	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0
 	github.com/twmb/murmur3 v1.1.8
 	go.etcd.io/bbolt v1.3.11
 	go.uber.org/atomic v1.11.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 5846edfaf..bba7ea371 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -472,8 +472,8 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0/go.mod h1:yNjHg4UonilssWZ8iaSj1OCr/vHnekPRkoO
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.1/go.mod h1:w2LPCIKwWwSfY2zedu0+kehJoqGctiVI29o6fzry7u4=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.2/go.mod h1:w2LPCIKwWwSfY2zedu0+kehJoqGctiVI29o6fzry7u4=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4/go.mod h1:sz/lmYIOXD/1dqDmKjjqLyZ2RngseejIcXlSw2iwfAo=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0 h1:HtqpIVDClZ4nwg75+f6Lvsy/wHu+3BoSGCbBAcpTsTg=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0/go.mod h1:r2ic/lqez/lEtzL7wO/rwa5dbSLXVDPFyf8C91i36aY=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0 h1:Xv5erBjTwe/5IxqUQTdXv5kgmIvbHo3QQyRwhJsOfJA=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0/go.mod h1:r2ic/lqez/lEtzL7wO/rwa5dbSLXVDPFyf8C91i36aY=
 github.com/stvp/tempredis v0.0.0-20181119212430-b82af8480203 h1:QVqDTf3h2WHt08YuiTGPZLls0Wq99X9bWd0Q5ZSBesM=
 github.com/stvp/tempredis v0.0.0-20181119212430-b82af8480203/go.mod h1:oqN97ltKNihBbwlX8dLpwxCl3+HnXKV/R0e+sRLd9C8=
 github.com/templexxx/cpu v0.0.1/go.mod h1:w7Tb+7qgcAlIyX4NhLuDKt78AHA5SzPmq0Wj6HiEnnk=