diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 04c00e5d..0c97dd50 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/xmidt-org/webpa-common/v2 v2.2.2
 	github.com/xmidt-org/wrp-go/v3 v3.1.6
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/github.com/gorilla/mux/otelmux v0.40.0
-	go.uber.org/zap v1.25.0
+	go.uber.org/zap v1.26.0
 )
 
 require (
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/SermoDigital/jose v0.9.2-0.20161205224733-f6df55f235c2 // indirect
 	github.com/VividCortex/gohistogram v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/armon/go-metrics v0.4.1 // indirect
-	github.com/benbjohnson/clock v1.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/billhathaway/consistentHash v0.0.0-20140718022140-addea16d2229 // indirect
 	github.com/c9s/goprocinfo v0.0.0-20210130143923-c95fcf8c64a8 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index afdb3429..e6d90ba4 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1882,8 +1882,9 @@ go.uber.org/zap v1.21.0/go.mod h1:wjWOCqI0f2ZZrJF/UufIOkiC8ii6tm1iqIsLo76RfJw=
 go.uber.org/zap v1.22.0/go.mod h1:H4siCOZOrAolnUPJEkfaSjDqyP+BDS0DdDWzwcgt3+U=
 go.uber.org/zap v1.23.0/go.mod h1:D+nX8jyLsMHMYrln8A0rJjFt/T/9/bGgIhAqxv5URuY=
 go.uber.org/zap v1.24.0/go.mod h1:2kMP+WWQ8aoFoedH3T2sq6iJ2yDWpHbP0f6MQbS9Gkg=
-go.uber.org/zap v1.25.0 h1:4Hvk6GtkucQ790dqmj7l1eEnRdKm3k3ZUrUMS2d5+5c=
 go.uber.org/zap v1.25.0/go.mod h1:JIAUzQIH94IC4fOJQm7gMmBJP5k7wQfdcnYdPoEXJYk=
+go.uber.org/zap v1.26.0 h1:sI7k6L95XOKS281NhVKOFCUNIvv9e0w4BF8N3u+tCRo=
+go.uber.org/zap v1.26.0/go.mod h1:dtElttAiwGvoJ/vj4IwHBS/gXsEu/pZ50mUIRWuG0so=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20180904163835-0709b304e793/go.mod h1:6SG95UA2DQfeDnfUPMdvaQW0Q7yPrPDi9nlGo2tz2b4=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20181029021203-45a5f77698d3/go.mod h1:6SG95UA2DQfeDnfUPMdvaQW0Q7yPrPDi9nlGo2tz2b4=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2/go.mod h1:djNgcEr1/C05ACkg1iLfiJU5Ep61QUkGW8qpdssI0+w=