diff --git a/client/go.mod b/client/go.mod
index de9d90a8..acbc7e29 100644
--- a/client/go.mod
+++ b/client/go.mod
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ replace github.com/docker/secrets-engine/x => ../x
 
 require (
 	connectrpc.com/connect v1.18.1
-	github.com/docker/secrets-engine/x v0.0.15-do.not.use
+	github.com/docker/secrets-engine/x v0.0.16-do.not.use
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.8
 )
diff --git a/plugin/go.mod b/plugin/go.mod
index d4b48ffc..39b9fc89 100644
--- a/plugin/go.mod
+++ b/plugin/go.mod
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ replace github.com/docker/secrets-engine/x => ../x
 require (
 	connectrpc.com/connect v1.18.1
 	github.com/containerd/nri v0.10.0
-	github.com/docker/secrets-engine/x v0.0.15-do.not.use
+	github.com/docker/secrets-engine/x v0.0.16-do.not.use
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.8
 )
diff --git a/plugins/credentialhelper/go.mod b/plugins/credentialhelper/go.mod
index 077534f2..93e5ee33 100644
--- a/plugins/credentialhelper/go.mod
+++ b/plugins/credentialhelper/go.mod
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ replace github.com/docker/secrets-engine/plugin => ../../plugin
 require (
 	github.com/docker/docker-credential-helpers v0.9.4
 	github.com/docker/secrets-engine/plugin v0.0.21
-	github.com/docker/secrets-engine/x v0.0.15-do.not.use
+	github.com/docker/secrets-engine/x v0.0.16-do.not.use
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1
 )
 
diff --git a/plugins/credentialhelper/go.sum b/plugins/credentialhelper/go.sum
index 5fa6d11d..552f1f8f 100644
--- a/plugins/credentialhelper/go.sum
+++ b/plugins/credentialhelper/go.sum
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.2-0.20180830191138-d8f796af33cc h1:U9qPSI2PIWSS1
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.2-0.20180830191138-d8f796af33cc/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/docker/docker-credential-helpers v0.9.4 h1:76ItO69/AP/V4yT9V4uuuItG0B1N8hvt0T0c0NN/DzI=
 github.com/docker/docker-credential-helpers v0.9.4/go.mod h1:v1S+hepowrQXITkEfw6o4+BMbGot02wiKpzWhGUZK6c=
-github.com/docker/secrets-engine/x v0.0.15-do.not.use h1:pwaGMXpm2lgCY3PHvSRBSDNNnjsjyCKz4/+oJHocVAs=
-github.com/docker/secrets-engine/x v0.0.15-do.not.use/go.mod h1:DU4I+Tk0OmzyjqbuIMYSUxTzKbvWrKXDPU1x1WA913k=
+github.com/docker/secrets-engine/x v0.0.16-do.not.use h1:gB2tlOggCRNVC2dnIEq3OpBRarANJI0gxx9dht++CCw=
+github.com/docker/secrets-engine/x v0.0.16-do.not.use/go.mod h1:DU4I+Tk0OmzyjqbuIMYSUxTzKbvWrKXDPU1x1WA913k=
 github.com/go-logr/logr v1.2.2/go.mod h1:jdQByPbusPIv2/zmleS9BjJVeZ6kBagPoEUsqbVz/1A=
 github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.3 h1:CjnDlHq8ikf6E492q6eKboGOC0T8CDaOvkHCIg8idEI=
 github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.3/go.mod h1:9T104GzyrTigFIr8wt5mBrctHMim0Nb2HLGrmQ40KvY=
diff --git a/plugins/pass/go.mod b/plugins/pass/go.mod
index fb329ec2..c83ecf8b 100644
--- a/plugins/pass/go.mod
+++ b/plugins/pass/go.mod
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ replace github.com/docker/secrets-engine/x => ./../../x
 require (
 	github.com/docker/secrets-engine/plugin v0.0.21
 	github.com/docker/secrets-engine/store v0.0.19
-	github.com/docker/secrets-engine/x v0.0.15-do.not.use
+	github.com/docker/secrets-engine/x v0.0.16-do.not.use
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.10.1
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.38.0
diff --git a/runtime/go.mod b/runtime/go.mod
index c1ee11c8..7c9526c8 100644
--- a/runtime/go.mod
+++ b/runtime/go.mod
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ require (
 	connectrpc.com/connect v1.18.1
 	github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v5 v5.0.3
 	github.com/docker/secrets-engine/plugin v0.0.21
-	github.com/docker/secrets-engine/x v0.0.15-do.not.use
+	github.com/docker/secrets-engine/x v0.0.16-do.not.use
 	github.com/go-chi/chi/v5 v5.2.3
 	github.com/hashicorp/yamux v0.1.2
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1
diff --git a/store/go.mod b/store/go.mod
index 5514f0d4..818407d8 100644
--- a/store/go.mod
+++ b/store/go.mod
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ require (
 	filippo.io/age v1.2.1
 	github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v5 v5.0.3
 	github.com/danieljoos/wincred v1.2.3
-	github.com/docker/secrets-engine/x v0.0.15-do.not.use
+	github.com/docker/secrets-engine/x v0.0.16-do.not.use
 	github.com/godbus/dbus/v5 v5.1.0
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.10.1
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index 43a7ef9b..c00324d9 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ github.com/docker/docker-credential-helpers/credentials
 ## explicit; go 1.25
 # github.com/docker/secrets-engine/store v0.0.19 => ./store
 ## explicit; go 1.25
-# github.com/docker/secrets-engine/x v0.0.15-do.not.use => ./x
+# github.com/docker/secrets-engine/x v0.0.16-do.not.use => ./x
 ## explicit; go 1.25
 # github.com/go-chi/chi/v5 v5.2.3
 ## explicit; go 1.20