diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index f6760199e..6f0f880f0 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/mr-tron/base58 v1.2.0
 	github.com/multiformats/go-multicodec v0.9.0
 	github.com/nats-io/nats-server/v2 v2.10.23
-	github.com/nats-io/nats.go v1.37.0
+	github.com/nats-io/nats.go v1.38.0
 	github.com/nuts-foundation/crypto-ecies v0.0.0-20211207143025-5b84f9efce2b
 	github.com/nuts-foundation/go-did v0.15.0
 	github.com/nuts-foundation/go-leia/v4 v4.1.0
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/multiformats/go-multihash v0.0.11 // indirect
 	github.com/munnerz/goautoneg v0.0.0-20191010083416-a7dc8b61c822 // indirect
 	github.com/nats-io/jwt/v2 v2.5.8 // indirect
-	github.com/nats-io/nkeys v0.4.8 // indirect
+	github.com/nats-io/nkeys v0.4.9 // indirect
 	github.com/nats-io/nuid v1.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/ncruces/go-strftime v0.1.9 // indirect
 	github.com/nightlyone/lockfile v1.0.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index fe68ca1e0..d1934cc96 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -359,10 +359,10 @@ github.com/nats-io/jwt/v2 v2.5.8 h1:uvdSzwWiEGWGXf+0Q+70qv6AQdvcvxrv9hPM0RiPamE=
 github.com/nats-io/jwt/v2 v2.5.8/go.mod h1:ZdWS1nZa6WMZfFwwgpEaqBV8EPGVgOTDHN/wTbz0Y5A=
 github.com/nats-io/nats-server/v2 v2.10.23 h1:jvfb9cEi5h8UG6HkZgJGdn9f1UPaX3Dohk0PohEekJI=
 github.com/nats-io/nats-server/v2 v2.10.23/go.mod h1:hMFnpDT2XUXsvHglABlFl/uroQCCOcW6X/0esW6GpBk=
-github.com/nats-io/nats.go v1.37.0 h1:07rauXbVnnJvv1gfIyghFEo6lUcYRY0WXc3x7x0vUxE=
-github.com/nats-io/nats.go v1.37.0/go.mod h1:Ubdu4Nh9exXdSz0RVWRFBbRfrbSxOYd26oF0wkWclB8=
-github.com/nats-io/nkeys v0.4.8 h1:+wee30071y3vCZAYRsnrmIPaOe47A/SkK/UBDPdIV70=
-github.com/nats-io/nkeys v0.4.8/go.mod h1:kqXRgRDPlGy7nGaEDMuYzmiJCIAAWDK0IMBtDmGD0nc=
+github.com/nats-io/nats.go v1.38.0 h1:A7P+g7Wjp4/NWqDOOP/K6hfhr54DvdDQUznt5JFg9XA=
+github.com/nats-io/nats.go v1.38.0/go.mod h1:IGUM++TwokGnXPs82/wCuiHS02/aKrdYUQkU8If6yjw=
+github.com/nats-io/nkeys v0.4.9 h1:qe9Faq2Gxwi6RZnZMXfmGMZkg3afLLOtrU+gDZJ35b0=
+github.com/nats-io/nkeys v0.4.9/go.mod h1:jcMqs+FLG+W5YO36OX6wFIFcmpdAns+w1Wm6D3I/evE=
 github.com/nats-io/nuid v1.0.1 h1:5iA8DT8V7q8WK2EScv2padNa/rTESc1KdnPw4TC2paw=
 github.com/nats-io/nuid v1.0.1/go.mod h1:19wcPz3Ph3q0Jbyiqsd0kePYG7A95tJPxeL+1OSON2c=
 github.com/ncruces/go-strftime v0.1.9 h1:bY0MQC28UADQmHmaF5dgpLmImcShSi2kHU9XLdhx/f4=