diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index dea13540e5..d5986a018c 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module github.com/couchbase/sync_gateway
 go 1.23
 
 require (
-	dario.cat/mergo v1.0.0
+	dario.cat/mergo v1.0.1
 	github.com/KimMachineGun/automemlimit v0.6.1
 	github.com/coreos/go-oidc/v3 v3.11.0
 	github.com/couchbase/cbgt v1.3.9
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240808152545-0cdaa3abc0fa
 	golang.org/x/net v0.28.0
 	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.22.0
-	golang.org/x/sync v0.8.0
 	gopkg.in/natefinch/lumberjack.v2 v2.2.1
 )
 
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 8ef0de26a7..d4ee58aa2f 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 cloud.google.com/go v0.26.0/go.mod h1:aQUYkXzVsufM+DwF1aE+0xfcU+56JwCaLick0ClmMTw=
-dario.cat/mergo v1.0.0 h1:AGCNq9Evsj31mOgNPcLyXc+4PNABt905YmuqPYYpBWk=
-dario.cat/mergo v1.0.0/go.mod h1:uNxQE+84aUszobStD9th8a29P2fMDhsBdgRYvZOxGmk=
+dario.cat/mergo v1.0.1 h1:Ra4+bf83h2ztPIQYNP99R6m+Y7KfnARDfID+a+vLl4s=
+dario.cat/mergo v1.0.1/go.mod h1:uNxQE+84aUszobStD9th8a29P2fMDhsBdgRYvZOxGmk=
 github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore v1.6.1 h1:SEy2xmstIphdPwNBUi7uhvjyjhVKISfwjfOJmuy7kg4=
 github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore v1.6.1/go.mod h1:bjGvMhVMb+EEm3VRNQawDMUyMMjo+S5ewNjflkep/0Q=
 github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/internal v1.3.0 h1:sXr+ck84g/ZlZUOZiNELInmMgOsuGwdjjVkEIde0OtY=
@@ -299,8 +299,6 @@ golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20190423024810-112230192c58/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJ
 golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20190911185100-cd5d95a43a6e/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20201020160332-67f06af15bc9/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20220722155255-886fb9371eb4/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
-golang.org/x/sync v0.8.0 h1:3NFvSEYkUoMifnESzZl15y791HH1qU2xm6eCJU5ZPXQ=
-golang.org/x/sync v0.8.0/go.mod h1:Czt+wKu1gCyEFDUtn0jG5QVvpJ6rzVqr5aXyt9drQfk=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20180810173357-98c5dad5d1a0/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20180830151530-49385e6e1522/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190215142949-d0b11bdaac8a/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=