diff --git a/authority/authority_test.go b/authority/authority_test.go
index 3787dab7..a39dca8e 100644
--- a/authority/authority_test.go
+++ b/authority/authority_test.go
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ func TestAuthorityNew(t *testing.T) {
 			c.Root = []string{"foo"}
 			return &newTest{
 				config: c,
-				err:    errors.New("error reading foo: no such file or directory"),
+				err:    errors.New(`error reading "foo": no such file or directory`),
 			}
 		},
 		"fail bad password": func(t *testing.T) *newTest {
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ func TestAuthorityNew(t *testing.T) {
 			c.IntermediateCert = "wrong"
 			return &newTest{
 				config: c,
-				err:    errors.New("error reading wrong: no such file or directory"),
+				err:    errors.New(`error reading "wrong": no such file or directory`),
 			}
 		},
 	}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 831cfad0..a917f8a3 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
 	github.com/urfave/cli v1.22.15
 	go.step.sm/cli-utils v0.9.0
-	go.step.sm/crypto v0.44.6
+	go.step.sm/crypto v0.44.8
 	go.step.sm/linkedca v0.20.1
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.22.0
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240318143956-a85f2c67cd81
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index e30125e2..5fd9edce 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -504,8 +504,8 @@ go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.24.0 h1:CsKnnL4dUAr/0llH9FKuc698G04IrpWV0MQA/Y
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.24.0/go.mod h1:HPc3Xr/cOApsBI154IU0OI0HJexz+aw5uPdbs3UCjNU=
 go.step.sm/cli-utils v0.9.0 h1:55jYcsQbnArNqepZyAwcato6Zy2MoZDRkWW+jF+aPfQ=
 go.step.sm/cli-utils v0.9.0/go.mod h1:Y/CRoWl1FVR9j+7PnAewufAwKmBOTzR6l9+7EYGAnp8=
-go.step.sm/crypto v0.44.6 h1:vQg8ujce7fNXDO8EWdriSz+ZSJpYnNh22QrFtRjdyoY=
-go.step.sm/crypto v0.44.6/go.mod h1:oKRO4jaf2MaCohJDN+/8ShImkvIgUKfJxxy87gqsnXs=
+go.step.sm/crypto v0.44.8 h1:jDSHL6FdB1UTA0d56ECNx9XtLVkewzeg38Vy3HWB3N8=
+go.step.sm/crypto v0.44.8/go.mod h1:QEmu4T9YewrDuaJnrV1I0zWZ15aJ/mqRUfL5w3R2WgU=
 go.step.sm/linkedca v0.20.1 h1:bHDn1+UG1NgRrERkWbbCiAIvv4lD5NOFaswPDTyO5vU=
 go.step.sm/linkedca v0.20.1/go.mod h1:Vaq4+Umtjh7DLFI1KuIxeo598vfBzgSYZUjgVJ7Syxw=
 go.uber.org/atomic v1.3.2/go.mod h1:gD2HeocX3+yG+ygLZcrzQJaqmWj9AIm7n08wl/qW/PE=