diff --git a/examples/auth/callout-decentralized/cli/service/go.mod b/examples/auth/callout-decentralized/cli/service/go.mod
index 82509c43..7c989e4c 100644
--- a/examples/auth/callout-decentralized/cli/service/go.mod
+++ b/examples/auth/callout-decentralized/cli/service/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/ConnectEverything/nats-by-example/examples/auth/callout-decentralized/cli/service
 
-go 1.21.0
+go 1.24.0
 
 require (
 	github.com/nats-io/jwt/v2 v2.5.3
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@ require (
 require (
 	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.2 // indirect
 	github.com/nats-io/nuid v1.0.1 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/crypto v0.18.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.16.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/crypto v0.45.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.38.0 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/examples/auth/callout-decentralized/cli/service/go.sum b/examples/auth/callout-decentralized/cli/service/go.sum
index 260a9669..a6e5dfb5 100644
--- a/examples/auth/callout-decentralized/cli/service/go.sum
+++ b/examples/auth/callout-decentralized/cli/service/go.sum
@@ -1,25 +1,14 @@
 github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.2 h1:RlWWUY/Dr4fL8qk9YG7DTZ7PDgME2V4csBXA8L/ixi4=
 github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.2/go.mod h1:ntbaceVETuRiXiv4DpjP66DpAtAGkEQskQzEyD//IeE=
-github.com/nats-io/jwt/v2 v2.5.2 h1:DhGH+nKt+wIkDxM6qnVSKjokq5t59AZV5HRcFW0zJwU=
-github.com/nats-io/jwt/v2 v2.5.2/go.mod h1:24BeQtRwxRV8ruvC4CojXlx/WQ/VjuwlYiH+vu/+ibI=
 github.com/nats-io/jwt/v2 v2.5.3 h1:/9SWvzc6hTfamcgXJ3uYRpgj+QuY2aLNqRiqrKcrpEo=
 github.com/nats-io/jwt/v2 v2.5.3/go.mod h1:iysuPemFcc7p4IoYots3IuELSI4EDe9Y0bQMe+I3Bf4=
 github.com/nats-io/nats.go v1.31.0 h1:/WFBHEc/dOKBF6qf1TZhrdEfTmOZ5JzdJ+Y3m6Y/p7E=
 github.com/nats-io/nats.go v1.31.0/go.mod h1:di3Bm5MLsoB4Bx61CBTsxuarI36WbhAwOm8QrW39+i8=
-github.com/nats-io/nkeys v0.4.5 h1:Zdz2BUlFm4fJlierwvGK+yl20IAKUm7eV6AAZXEhkPk=
-github.com/nats-io/nkeys v0.4.5/go.mod h1:XUkxdLPTufzlihbamfzQ7mw/VGx6ObUs+0bN5sNvt64=
 github.com/nats-io/nkeys v0.4.6 h1:IzVe95ru2CT6ta874rt9saQRkWfe2nFj1NtvYSLqMzY=
 github.com/nats-io/nkeys v0.4.6/go.mod h1:4DxZNzenSVd1cYQoAa8948QY3QDjrHfcfVADymtkpts=
 github.com/nats-io/nuid v1.0.1 h1:5iA8DT8V7q8WK2EScv2padNa/rTESc1KdnPw4TC2paw=
 github.com/nats-io/nuid v1.0.1/go.mod h1:19wcPz3Ph3q0Jbyiqsd0kePYG7A95tJPxeL+1OSON2c=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.14.0 h1:wBqGXzWJW6m1XrIKlAH0Hs1JJ7+9KBwnIO8v66Q9cHc=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.14.0/go.mod h1:MVFd36DqK4CsrnJYDkBA3VC4m2GkXAM0PvzMCn4JQf4=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.15.0 h1:frVn1TEaCEaZcn3Tmd7Y2b5KKPaZ+I32Q2OA3kYp5TA=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.15.0/go.mod h1:4ChreQoLWfG3xLDer1WdlH5NdlQ3+mwnQq1YTKY+72g=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.18.0 h1:PGVlW0xEltQnzFZ55hkuX5+KLyrMYhHld1YHO4AKcdc=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.18.0/go.mod h1:R0j02AL6hcrfOiy9T4ZYp/rcWeMxM3L6QYxlOuEG1mg=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.13.0 h1:Af8nKPmuFypiUBjVoU9V20FiaFXOcuZI21p0ycVYYGE=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.13.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.14.0 h1:Vz7Qs629MkJkGyHxUlRHizWJRG2j8fbQKjELVSNhy7Q=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.14.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.16.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.45.0 h1:jMBrvKuj23MTlT0bQEOBcAE0mjg8mK9RXFhRH6nyF3Q=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.45.0/go.mod h1:XTGrrkGJve7CYK7J8PEww4aY7gM3qMCElcJQ8n8JdX4=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.38.0 h1:3yZWxaJjBmCWXqhN1qh02AkOnCQ1poK6oF+a7xWL6Gc=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.38.0/go.mod h1:OgkHotnGiDImocRcuBABYBEXf8A9a87e/uXjp9XT3ks=