diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index b17a240..6c6d255 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ require (
 	go.dedis.ch/fixbuf v1.0.3
 	go.dedis.ch/kyber/v3 v3.0.13
 	go.uber.org/atomic v1.7.0
-	go.uber.org/multierr v1.6.0
+	go.uber.org/multierr v1.8.0
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.17.0
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20210921155107-089bfa567519
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20210220032951-036812b2e83c
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index c2f1919..3065e6d 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1478,8 +1478,9 @@ go.uber.org/goleak v1.1.10/go.mod h1:8a7PlsEVH3e/a/GLqe5IIrQx6GzcnRmZEufDUTk4A7A
 go.uber.org/multierr v1.1.0/go.mod h1:wR5kodmAFQ0UK8QlbwjlSNy0Z68gJhDJUG5sjR94q/0=
 go.uber.org/multierr v1.3.0/go.mod h1:VgVr7evmIr6uPjLBxg28wmKNXyqE9akIJ5XnfpiKl+4=
 go.uber.org/multierr v1.5.0/go.mod h1:FeouvMocqHpRaaGuG9EjoKcStLC43Zu/fmqdUMPcKYU=
-go.uber.org/multierr v1.6.0 h1:y6IPFStTAIT5Ytl7/XYmHvzXQ7S3g/IeZW9hyZ5thw4=
 go.uber.org/multierr v1.6.0/go.mod h1:cdWPpRnG4AhwMwsgIHip0KRBQjJy5kYEpYjJxpXp9iU=
+go.uber.org/multierr v1.8.0 h1:dg6GjLku4EH+249NNmoIciG9N/jURbDG+pFlTkhzIC8=
+go.uber.org/multierr v1.8.0/go.mod h1:7EAYxJLBy9rStEaz58O2t4Uvip6FSURkq8/ppBp95ak=
 go.uber.org/tools v0.0.0-20190618225709-2cfd321de3ee/go.mod h1:vJERXedbb3MVM5f9Ejo0C68/HhF8uaILCdgjnY+goOA=
 go.uber.org/zap v1.9.1/go.mod h1:vwi/ZaCAaUcBkycHslxD9B2zi4UTXhF60s6SWpuDF0Q=
 go.uber.org/zap v1.10.0/go.mod h1:vwi/ZaCAaUcBkycHslxD9B2zi4UTXhF60s6SWpuDF0Q=