diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 9e618a04b..2499c3ace 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.10.2
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.10
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1
-	github.com/tailscale/hujson v0.0.0-20260718110524-10d7940d4c87
+	github.com/tailscale/hujson v0.0.0-20260722022634-78b5b162ee49
 	github.com/tidwall/gjson v1.19.0
 	github.com/tonistiigi/fsutil v0.0.0-20260717003753-6d9dc2ebad62
 	github.com/u-root/u-root v0.16.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 29abbb202..3e242e9c6 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -654,8 +654,8 @@ github.com/tailscale/golang-x-crypto v0.0.0-20250404221719-a5573b049869 h1:SRL6i
 github.com/tailscale/golang-x-crypto v0.0.0-20250404221719-a5573b049869/go.mod h1:ikbF+YT089eInTp9f2vmvy4+ZVnW5hzX1q2WknxSprQ=
 github.com/tailscale/goupnp v1.0.1-0.20210804011211-c64d0f06ea05 h1:4chzWmimtJPxRs2O36yuGRW3f9SYV+bMTTvMBI0EKio=
 github.com/tailscale/goupnp v1.0.1-0.20210804011211-c64d0f06ea05/go.mod h1:PdCqy9JzfWMJf1H5UJW2ip33/d4YkoKN0r67yKH1mG8=
-github.com/tailscale/hujson v0.0.0-20260718110524-10d7940d4c87 h1:kJWZO66xayJEt6jfKHjai8Dtb9iSJWOk09ecczsbeig=
-github.com/tailscale/hujson v0.0.0-20260718110524-10d7940d4c87/go.mod h1:EbW0wDK/qEUYI0A5bqq0C2kF8JTQwWONmGDBbzsxxHo=
+github.com/tailscale/hujson v0.0.0-20260722022634-78b5b162ee49 h1:AbkXu4q5AXDq3fgngGouwblB+nri6tlgOfNWWIcrSs8=
+github.com/tailscale/hujson v0.0.0-20260722022634-78b5b162ee49/go.mod h1:8/zr1Tv0+cKpVtGCEB/7YfRXr2TszsMxMXLaT8YuBgU=
 github.com/tailscale/netlink v1.1.1-0.20240822203006-4d49adab4de7 h1:uFsXVBE9Qr4ZoF094vE6iYTLDl0qCiKzYXlL6UeWObU=
 github.com/tailscale/netlink v1.1.1-0.20240822203006-4d49adab4de7/go.mod h1:NzVQi3Mleb+qzq8VmcWpSkcSYxXIg0DkI6XDzpVkhJ0=
 github.com/tailscale/peercred v0.0.0-20250107143737-35a0c7bd7edc h1:24heQPtnFR+yfntqhI3oAu9i27nEojcQ4NuBQOo5ZFA=