diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 2c8b4f65..0edb4be3 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ module github.com/fairdatasociety/fairOS-dfs
 go 1.21
 
 require (
-	github.com/btcsuite/btcd v0.22.3
 	github.com/c-bata/go-prompt v0.2.6
 	github.com/dustin/go-humanize v1.0.1
 	github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum v1.13.12
@@ -45,6 +44,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/armon/go-radix v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/bits-and-blooms/bitset v1.10.0 // indirect
+	github.com/btcsuite/btcd v0.23.2 // indirect
 	github.com/btcsuite/btcd/btcec/v2 v2.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/btcsuite/btcd/chaincfg/chainhash v1.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/btcsuite/btcutil v1.0.3-0.20201208143702-a53e38424cce // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 73bf230b..64b9892d 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.1/go.mod h1:G2ZrVWU2WbWT9wwq4/hrbKbnv/1ERSJQ0ibhJ6r
 github.com/bits-and-blooms/bitset v1.10.0 h1:ePXTeiPEazB5+opbv5fr8umg2R/1NlzgDsyepwsSr88=
 github.com/bits-and-blooms/bitset v1.10.0/go.mod h1:7hO7Gc7Pp1vODcmWvKMRA9BNmbv6a/7QIWpPxHddWR8=
 github.com/btcsuite/btcd v0.20.1-beta/go.mod h1:wVuoA8VJLEcwgqHBwHmzLRazpKxTv13Px/pDuV7OomQ=
-github.com/btcsuite/btcd v0.22.3 h1:kYNaWFvOw6xvqP0vR20RP1Zq1DVMBxEO8QN5d1/EfNg=
-github.com/btcsuite/btcd v0.22.3/go.mod h1:wqgTSL29+50LRkmOVknEdmt8ZojIzhuWvgu/iptuN7Y=
+github.com/btcsuite/btcd v0.23.2 h1:/YOgUp25sdCnP5ho6Hl3s0E438zlX+Kak7E6TgBgoT0=
+github.com/btcsuite/btcd v0.23.2/go.mod h1:0QJIIN1wwIXF/3G/m87gIwGniDMDQqjVn4SZgnFpsYY=
 github.com/btcsuite/btcd/btcec/v2 v2.2.0 h1:fzn1qaOt32TuLjFlkzYSsBC35Q3KUjT1SwPxiMSCF5k=
 github.com/btcsuite/btcd/btcec/v2 v2.2.0/go.mod h1:U7MHm051Al6XmscBQ0BoNydpOTsFAn707034b5nY8zU=
 github.com/btcsuite/btcd/chaincfg/chainhash v1.0.1 h1:q0rUy8C/TYNBQS1+CGKw68tLOFYSNEs0TFnxxnS9+4U=