diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index ca641b5942..1eafa8d9d2 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/circonus-labs/circonus-gometrics v2.3.1+incompatible // indirect
 	github.com/circonus-labs/circonusllhist v0.1.3 // indirect
-	github.com/cloudflare/circl v1.6.2-0.20250618153321-aa837fd1539d // indirect
+	github.com/cloudflare/circl v1.6.3 // indirect
 	github.com/cloudfoundry-community/go-cfclient v0.0.0-20220930021109-9c4e6c59ccf1 // indirect
 	github.com/cncf/xds/go v0.0.0-20251210132809-ee656c7534f5 // indirect
 	github.com/containerd/continuity v0.4.5 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 194dd8026d..03db4c8bad 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -293,8 +293,8 @@ github.com/circonus-labs/circonus-gometrics v2.3.1+incompatible/go.mod h1:nmEj6D
 github.com/circonus-labs/circonusllhist v0.1.3 h1:TJH+oke8D16535+jHExHj4nQvzlZrj7ug5D7I/orNUA=
 github.com/circonus-labs/circonusllhist v0.1.3/go.mod h1:kMXHVDlOchFAehlya5ePtbp5jckzBHf4XRpQvBOLI+I=
 github.com/client9/misspell v0.3.4/go.mod h1:qj6jICC3Q7zFZvVWo7KLAzC3yx5G7kyvSDkc90ppPyw=
-github.com/cloudflare/circl v1.6.2-0.20250618153321-aa837fd1539d h1:IiIprFGH6SqstblP0Y9NIo3eaUJGkI/YDOFVSL64Uq4=
-github.com/cloudflare/circl v1.6.2-0.20250618153321-aa837fd1539d/go.mod h1:uddAzsPgqdMAYatqJ0lsjX1oECcQLIlRpzZh3pJrofs=
+github.com/cloudflare/circl v1.6.3 h1:9GPOhQGF9MCYUeXyMYlqTR6a5gTrgR/fBLXvUgtVcg8=
+github.com/cloudflare/circl v1.6.3/go.mod h1:2eXP6Qfat4O/Yhh8BznvKnJ+uzEoTQ6jVKJRn81BiS4=
 github.com/cloudfoundry-community/go-cfclient v0.0.0-20220930021109-9c4e6c59ccf1 h1:ef0OsiQjSQggHrLFAMDRiu6DfkVSElA5jfG1/Nkyu6c=
 github.com/cloudfoundry-community/go-cfclient v0.0.0-20220930021109-9c4e6c59ccf1/go.mod h1:sgaEj3tRn0hwe7GPdEUwxrdOqjBzyjyvyOCGf1OQyZY=
 github.com/cncf/udpa/go v0.0.0-20191209042840-269d4d468f6f/go.mod h1:M8M6+tZqaGXZJjfX53e64911xZQV5JYwmTeXPW+k8Sc=
diff --git a/version/VERSION b/version/VERSION
index dfdc75593d..05ea4cf25d 100644
--- a/version/VERSION
+++ b/version/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.0.0-beta1
+3.0.0-beta1