diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index d0c6bf730..770a7c0cb 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/absmach/callhome v0.18.2
 	github.com/absmach/certs v0.18.5
 	github.com/absmach/supermq v0.18.6-0.20260210121246-e3a3e052d283
-	github.com/authzed/authzed-go v1.7.0
+	github.com/authzed/authzed-go v1.8.0
 	github.com/authzed/grpcutil v0.0.0-20250221190651-1985b19b35b8
 	github.com/caarlos0/env/v11 v11.4.0
 	github.com/eclipse/paho.mqtt.golang v1.5.1
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ require (
 )
 
 require (
-	buf.build/gen/go/bufbuild/protovalidate/protocolbuffers/go v1.36.10-20250912141014-52f32327d4b0.1 // indirect
+	buf.build/gen/go/bufbuild/protovalidate/protocolbuffers/go v1.36.11-20251209175733-2a1774d88802.1 // indirect
 	cloud.google.com/go/compute/metadata v0.9.0 // indirect
 	dario.cat/mergo v1.0.2 // indirect
 	filippo.io/edwards25519 v1.1.0 // indirect
@@ -117,7 +117,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.19.2 // indirect
 	github.com/rabbitmq/amqp091-go v1.10.0 // indirect
 	github.com/sagikazarmark/locafero v0.12.0 // indirect
-	github.com/samber/lo v1.52.0 // indirect
 	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.3 // indirect
 	github.com/spf13/afero v1.15.0 // indirect
 	github.com/spf13/cast v1.10.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 80510c87d..c48153ae0 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 al.essio.dev/pkg/shellescape v1.5.1/go.mod h1:6sIqp7X2P6mThCQ7twERpZTuigpr6KbZWtls1U8I890=
-buf.build/gen/go/bufbuild/protovalidate/protocolbuffers/go v1.36.10-20250912141014-52f32327d4b0.1 h1:31on4W/yPcV4nZHL4+UCiCvLPsMqe/vJcNg8Rci0scc=
-buf.build/gen/go/bufbuild/protovalidate/protocolbuffers/go v1.36.10-20250912141014-52f32327d4b0.1/go.mod h1:fUl8CEN/6ZAMk6bP8ahBJPUJw7rbp+j4x+wCcYi2IG4=
+buf.build/gen/go/bufbuild/protovalidate/protocolbuffers/go v1.36.11-20251209175733-2a1774d88802.1 h1:j9yeqTWEFrtimt8Nng2MIeRrpoCvQzM9/g25XTvqUGg=
+buf.build/gen/go/bufbuild/protovalidate/protocolbuffers/go v1.36.11-20251209175733-2a1774d88802.1/go.mod h1:tvtbpgaVXZX4g6Pn+AnzFycuRK3MOz5HJfEGeEllXYM=
 cloud.google.com/go v0.26.0/go.mod h1:aQUYkXzVsufM+DwF1aE+0xfcU+56JwCaLick0ClmMTw=
 cloud.google.com/go v0.34.0/go.mod h1:aQUYkXzVsufM+DwF1aE+0xfcU+56JwCaLick0ClmMTw=
 cloud.google.com/go/compute/metadata v0.9.0 h1:pDUj4QMoPejqq20dK0Pg2N4yG9zIkYGdBtwLoEkH9Zs=
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ github.com/alecthomas/template v0.0.0-20190718012654-fb15b899a751/go.mod h1:LOuy
 github.com/alecthomas/units v0.0.0-20151022065526-2efee857e7cf/go.mod h1:ybxpYRFXyAe+OPACYpWeL0wqObRcbAqCMya13uyzqw0=
 github.com/alecthomas/units v0.0.0-20190717042225-c3de453c63f4/go.mod h1:ybxpYRFXyAe+OPACYpWeL0wqObRcbAqCMya13uyzqw0=
 github.com/alecthomas/units v0.0.0-20190924025748-f65c72e2690d/go.mod h1:rBZYJk541a8SKzHPHnH3zbiI+7dagKZ0cgpgrD7Fyho=
-github.com/authzed/authzed-go v1.7.0 h1:mgBC1dZLRan+t6oKvrf0RMfpZx5ggXCH16OkodtAbVw=
-github.com/authzed/authzed-go v1.7.0/go.mod h1:2PVaUUQavKGsjK22dFdovY5djkeHAiByiySRwbWR8tU=
+github.com/authzed/authzed-go v1.8.0 h1:cRka8J8QXGl+nyNrhsiPSFJUluIG1tuTXnG8ad2LZ1Y=
+github.com/authzed/authzed-go v1.8.0/go.mod h1:WC3x/SuVvclBlDYMg9V7e5c/J/KGGwG+cSw2WQBbodk=
 github.com/authzed/grpcutil v0.0.0-20250221190651-1985b19b35b8 h1:y17oq4U8n+k1OcIGGDsjYdIdp4QywGcE7ZphIvtfEbo=
 github.com/authzed/grpcutil v0.0.0-20250221190651-1985b19b35b8/go.mod h1:Pf1ZSi41EePvx1GC1DeEJw5dn35iUcxZHqpHuG1Rpic=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.34.0/go.mod h1:5zCpMtNQVjRREroY7sYe8lOMRSxkhG6MZveU8YkpAk0=
@@ -439,8 +439,6 @@ github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.0.1/go.mod h1:+Rmxgy9KzJVeS9/2gXHxylqXiyQD
 github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.1.0/go.mod h1:+Rmxgy9KzJVeS9/2gXHxylqXiyQDYRxCVz55jmeOWTM=
 github.com/sagikazarmark/locafero v0.12.0 h1:/NQhBAkUb4+fH1jivKHWusDYFjMOOKU88eegjfxfHb4=
 github.com/sagikazarmark/locafero v0.12.0/go.mod h1:sZh36u/YSZ918v0Io+U9ogLYQJ9tLLBmM4eneO6WwsI=
-github.com/samber/lo v1.52.0 h1:Rvi+3BFHES3A8meP33VPAxiBZX/Aws5RxrschYGjomw=
-github.com/samber/lo v1.52.0/go.mod h1:4+MXEGsJzbKGaUEQFKBq2xtfuznW9oz/WrgyzMzRoM0=
 github.com/satori/go.uuid v1.2.0/go.mod h1:dA0hQrYB0VpLJoorglMZABFdXlWrHn1NEOzdhQKdks0=
 github.com/segmentio/asm v1.2.1 h1:DTNbBqs57ioxAD4PrArqftgypG4/qNpXoJx8TVXxPR0=
 github.com/segmentio/asm v1.2.1/go.mod h1:BqMnlJP91P8d+4ibuonYZw9mfnzI9HfxselHZr5aAcs=