diff --git a/example/go.mod b/example/go.mod
index 5de15d5902b..e234c569d44 100644
--- a/example/go.mod
+++ b/example/go.mod
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/spf13/viper v1.18.2 // indirect
 	github.com/subosito/gotenv v1.6.0 // indirect
 	github.com/theupdateframework/go-tuf v0.7.0 // indirect
-	github.com/theupdateframework/go-tuf/v2 v2.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/theupdateframework/go-tuf/v2 v2.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/titanous/rocacheck v0.0.0-20171023193734-afe73141d399 // indirect
 	github.com/transparency-dev/merkle v0.0.2 // indirect
 	go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver v1.14.0 // indirect
diff --git a/example/go.sum b/example/go.sum
index facdd200c25..a7ec2d5a899 100644
--- a/example/go.sum
+++ b/example/go.sum
@@ -324,8 +324,8 @@ github.com/subosito/gotenv v1.6.0 h1:9NlTDc1FTs4qu0DDq7AEtTPNw6SVm7uBMsUCUjABIf8
 github.com/subosito/gotenv v1.6.0/go.mod h1:Dk4QP5c2W3ibzajGcXpNraDfq2IrhjMIvMSWPKKo0FU=
 github.com/theupdateframework/go-tuf v0.7.0 h1:CqbQFrWo1ae3/I0UCblSbczevCCbS31Qvs5LdxRWqRI=
 github.com/theupdateframework/go-tuf v0.7.0/go.mod h1:uEB7WSY+7ZIugK6R1hiBMBjQftaFzn7ZCDJcp1tCUug=
-github.com/theupdateframework/go-tuf/v2 v2.0.0 h1:rD8d9RotYBprZVgC+9oyTZ5MmawepnTSTqoDuxjWgbs=
-github.com/theupdateframework/go-tuf/v2 v2.0.0/go.mod h1:baB22nBHeHBCeuGZcIlctNq4P61PcOdyARlplg5xmLA=
+github.com/theupdateframework/go-tuf/v2 v2.0.1 h1:11p9tXpq10KQEujxjcIjDSivMKCMLguls7erXHZnxJQ=
+github.com/theupdateframework/go-tuf/v2 v2.0.1/go.mod h1:baB22nBHeHBCeuGZcIlctNq4P61PcOdyARlplg5xmLA=
 github.com/titanous/rocacheck v0.0.0-20171023193734-afe73141d399 h1:e/5i7d4oYZ+C1wj2THlRK+oAhjeS/TRQwMfkIuet3w0=
 github.com/titanous/rocacheck v0.0.0-20171023193734-afe73141d399/go.mod h1:LdwHTNJT99C5fTAzDz0ud328OgXz+gierycbcIx2fRs=
 github.com/transparency-dev/merkle v0.0.2 h1:Q9nBoQcZcgPamMkGn7ghV8XiTZ/kRxn1yCG81+twTK4=