diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 2d93d856..87a9c9a7 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -14,13 +14,13 @@ require (
 	github.com/gorilla/handlers v1.5.2
 	github.com/gorilla/mux v1.8.1
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror v1.1.1
+	github.com/in-toto/go-witness v0.1.18-0.20231214175634-5b5647c42b3c
 	github.com/kelseyhightower/envconfig v1.4.0
 	github.com/lib/pq v1.10.9
 	github.com/minio/minio-go v6.0.14+incompatible
 	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.3
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
-	github.com/testifysec/go-witness v0.1.16
 	github.com/vektah/gqlparser/v2 v2.5.10
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.5.0
 )
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.2.4 // indirect
 	github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2 // indirect
 	github.com/go-openapi/inflect v0.19.0 // indirect
-	github.com/go-test/deep v1.0.8 // indirect
+	github.com/go-test/deep v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/golang/groupcache v0.0.0-20210331224755-41bb18bfe9da // indirect
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9 // indirect
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.3.0 // indirect
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ require (
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/sosodev/duration v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 // indirect
-	github.com/vmihailenco/msgpack/v5 v5.0.0-beta.9 // indirect
-	github.com/vmihailenco/tagparser v0.1.2 // indirect
+	github.com/vmihailenco/msgpack/v5 v5.3.5 // indirect
+	github.com/vmihailenco/tagparser/v2 v2.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/zclconf/go-cty v1.12.1 // indirect
 	go.opencensus.io v0.24.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.16.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 7bbf2c4a..e93ce65f 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ github.com/go-openapi/inflect v0.19.0 h1:9jCH9scKIbHeV9m12SmPilScz6krDxKRasNNSNP
 github.com/go-openapi/inflect v0.19.0/go.mod h1:lHpZVlpIQqLyKwJ4N+YSc9hchQy/i12fJykb83CRBH4=
 github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql v1.7.1 h1:lUIinVbN1DY0xBg0eMOzmmtGoHwWBbvnWubQUrtU8EI=
 github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql v1.7.1/go.mod h1:OXbVy3sEdcQ2Doequ6Z5BW6fXNQTmx+9S1MCJN5yJMI=
-github.com/go-test/deep v1.0.8 h1:TDsG77qcSprGbC6vTN8OuXp5g+J+b5Pcguhf7Zt61VM=
-github.com/go-test/deep v1.0.8/go.mod h1:5C2ZWiW0ErCdrYzpqxLbTX7MG14M9iiw8DgHncVwcsE=
+github.com/go-test/deep v1.1.0 h1:WOcxcdHcvdgThNXjw0t76K42FXTU7HpNQWHpA2HHNlg=
+github.com/go-test/deep v1.1.0/go.mod h1:5C2ZWiW0ErCdrYzpqxLbTX7MG14M9iiw8DgHncVwcsE=
 github.com/golang/glog v0.0.0-20160126235308-23def4e6c14b/go.mod h1:SBH7ygxi8pfUlaOkMMuAQtPIUF8ecWP5IEl/CR7VP2Q=
 github.com/golang/groupcache v0.0.0-20200121045136-8c9f03a8e57e/go.mod h1:cIg4eruTrX1D+g88fzRXU5OdNfaM+9IcxsU14FzY7Hc=
 github.com/golang/groupcache v0.0.0-20210331224755-41bb18bfe9da h1:oI5xCqsCo564l8iNU+DwB5epxmsaqB+rhGL0m5jtYqE=
@@ -99,11 +99,12 @@ github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru/v2 v2.0.3 h1:kmRrRLlInXvng0SmLxmQpQkpbYAvcXm7NPD
 github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru/v2 v2.0.3/go.mod h1:QeFd9opnmA6QUJc5vARoKUSoFhyfM2/ZepoAG6RGpeM=
 github.com/hashicorp/hcl/v2 v2.13.0 h1:0Apadu1w6M11dyGFxWnmhhcMjkbAiKCv7G1r/2QgCNc=
 github.com/hashicorp/hcl/v2 v2.13.0/go.mod h1:e4z5nxYlWNPdDSNYX+ph14EvWYMFm3eP0zIUqPc2jr0=
+github.com/in-toto/go-witness v0.1.18-0.20231214175634-5b5647c42b3c h1:BrnFYv8TI/uFBkB+WkY5npqveeNFG/fVf1k4Hd9LMl8=
+github.com/in-toto/go-witness v0.1.18-0.20231214175634-5b5647c42b3c/go.mod h1:uiBFKD3cykEKWZzzc5Vshy3YeKAwlafIm9/7NGx+Xck=
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 h1:wN+x4NVGpMsO7ErUn/mUI3vEoE6Jt13X2s0bqwp9tc8=
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0/go.mod h1:vpF70FUmC8bwa3OWnCshd2FqLfsEA9PFc4w1p2J65bw=
 github.com/kelseyhightower/envconfig v1.4.0 h1:Im6hONhd3pLkfDFsbRgu68RDNkGF1r3dvMUtDTo2cv8=
 github.com/kelseyhightower/envconfig v1.4.0/go.mod h1:cccZRl6mQpaq41TPp5QxidR+Sa3axMbJDNb//FQX6Gg=
-github.com/kr/pretty v0.1.0/go.mod h1:dAy3ld7l9f0ibDNOQOHHMYYIIbhfbHSm3C4ZsoJORNo=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.2.1/go.mod h1:ipq/a2n7PKx3OHsz4KJII5eveXtPO4qwEXGdVfWzfnI=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.0 h1:WgNl7dwNpEZ6jJ9k1snq4pZsg7DOEN8hP9Xw0Tsjwk0=
 github.com/kr/pty v1.1.1/go.mod h1:pFQYn66WHrOpPYNljwOMqo10TkYh1fy3cYio2l3bCsQ=
@@ -147,14 +148,12 @@ 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 v1.8.4 h1:CcVxjf3Q8PM0mHUKJCdn+eZZtm5yQwehR5yeSVQQcUk=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4/go.mod h1:sz/lmYIOXD/1dqDmKjjqLyZ2RngseejIcXlSw2iwfAo=
-github.com/testifysec/go-witness v0.1.16 h1:E2lQ5Vsq7vVurDJFvjA1wuLC7slnErx77WGEFUB4DFw=
-github.com/testifysec/go-witness v0.1.16/go.mod h1:ljKDAQFb949IQMmch/B7kb1pYz1tJ10sSNjqM+HNijQ=
 github.com/vektah/gqlparser/v2 v2.5.10 h1:6zSM4azXC9u4Nxy5YmdmGu4uKamfwsdKTwp5zsEealU=
 github.com/vektah/gqlparser/v2 v2.5.10/go.mod h1:1rCcfwB2ekJofmluGWXMSEnPMZgbxzwj6FaZ/4OT8Cc=
-github.com/vmihailenco/msgpack/v5 v5.0.0-beta.9 h1:iBRIniTnWOo0kqkg3k3XR8Vn6OCkVlIuZNo0UoBrKx4=
-github.com/vmihailenco/msgpack/v5 v5.0.0-beta.9/go.mod h1:HVxBVPUK/+fZMonk4bi1islLa8V3cfnBug0+4dykPzo=
-github.com/vmihailenco/tagparser v0.1.2 h1:gnjoVuB/kljJ5wICEEOpx98oXMWPLj22G67Vbd1qPqc=
-github.com/vmihailenco/tagparser v0.1.2/go.mod h1:OeAg3pn3UbLjkWt+rN9oFYB6u/cQgqMEUPoW2WPyhdI=
+github.com/vmihailenco/msgpack/v5 v5.3.5 h1:5gO0H1iULLWGhs2H5tbAHIZTV8/cYafcFOr9znI5mJU=
+github.com/vmihailenco/msgpack/v5 v5.3.5/go.mod h1:7xyJ9e+0+9SaZT0Wt1RGleJXzli6Q/V5KbhBonMG9jc=
+github.com/vmihailenco/tagparser/v2 v2.0.0 h1:y09buUbR+b5aycVFQs/g70pqKVZNBmxwAhO7/IwNM9g=
+github.com/vmihailenco/tagparser/v2 v2.0.0/go.mod h1:Wri+At7QHww0WTrCBeu4J6bNtoV6mEfg5OIWRZA9qds=
 github.com/zclconf/go-cty v1.12.1 h1:PcupnljUm9EIvbgSHQnHhUr3fO6oFmkOrvs2BAFNXXY=
 github.com/zclconf/go-cty v1.12.1/go.mod h1:s9IfD1LK5ccNMSWCVFCE2rJfHiZgi7JijgeWIMfhLvA=
 go.opencensus.io v0.24.0 h1:y73uSU6J157QMP2kn2r30vwW1A2W2WFwSCGnAVxeaD0=
@@ -230,7 +229,6 @@ google.golang.org/protobuf v1.23.0/go.mod h1:EGpADcykh3NcUnDUJcl1+ZksZNG86OlYog2
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.23.1-0.20200526195155-81db48ad09cc/go.mod h1:EGpADcykh3NcUnDUJcl1+ZksZNG86OlYog2l/sGQquU=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.25.0/go.mod h1:9JNX74DMeImyA3h4bdi1ymwjUzf21/xIlbajtzgsN7c=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
-gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20180628173108-788fd7840127/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20201130134442-10cb98267c6c h1:Hei/4ADfdWqJk1ZMxUNpqntNwaWcugrBjAiHlqqRiVk=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20201130134442-10cb98267c6c/go.mod h1:JHkPIbrfpd72SG/EVd6muEfDQjcINNoR0C8j2r3qZ4Q=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 h1:D8xgwECY7CYvx+Y2n4sBz93Jn9JRvxdiyyo8CTfuKaY=
diff --git a/internal/metadatastorage/attestationcollection/parserstorer.go b/internal/metadatastorage/attestationcollection/parserstorer.go
index e2802dd2..eaab6f5c 100644
--- a/internal/metadatastorage/attestationcollection/parserstorer.go
+++ b/internal/metadatastorage/attestationcollection/parserstorer.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/in-toto/archivista/ent"
 	"github.com/in-toto/archivista/internal/metadatastorage"
-	"github.com/testifysec/go-witness/attestation"
+	"github.com/in-toto/go-witness/attestation"
 )
 
 const (
diff --git a/internal/metadatastorage/sqlstore/store.go b/internal/metadatastorage/sqlstore/store.go
index ab7d2bb6..49336fc2 100644
--- a/internal/metadatastorage/sqlstore/store.go
+++ b/internal/metadatastorage/sqlstore/store.go
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@ import (
 	"github.com/in-toto/archivista/ent"
 	"github.com/in-toto/archivista/internal/metadatastorage"
 	"github.com/in-toto/archivista/internal/metadatastorage/parserregistry"
+	"github.com/in-toto/go-witness/cryptoutil"
+	"github.com/in-toto/go-witness/dsse"
+	"github.com/in-toto/go-witness/intoto"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
-	"github.com/testifysec/go-witness/cryptoutil"
-	"github.com/testifysec/go-witness/dsse"
-	"github.com/testifysec/go-witness/intoto"
 )
 
 // mysql has a limit of 65536 parameters in a single query. each subject has ~2 parameters [statment id and name],
diff --git a/pkg/api/download.go b/pkg/api/download.go
index 2645dc53..f6f86149 100644
--- a/pkg/api/download.go
+++ b/pkg/api/download.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
 
-	"github.com/testifysec/go-witness/dsse"
+	"github.com/in-toto/go-witness/dsse"
 )
 
 func Download(ctx context.Context, baseUrl string, gitoid string) (dsse.Envelope, error) {
diff --git a/pkg/api/store.go b/pkg/api/store.go
index 5dbcf667..937b8819 100644
--- a/pkg/api/store.go
+++ b/pkg/api/store.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
 
-	"github.com/testifysec/go-witness/dsse"
+	"github.com/in-toto/go-witness/dsse"
 )
 
 type StoreResponse struct {