diff --git a/examples/multirepo/repository/generate_metadata.go b/examples/multirepo/repository/generate_metadata.go
index d6c886ed..bc329ed9 100644
--- a/examples/multirepo/repository/generate_metadata.go
+++ b/examples/multirepo/repository/generate_metadata.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"crypto"
+	"crypto/ed25519"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -28,7 +29,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/sigstore/sigstore/pkg/signature"
 	"github.com/theupdateframework/go-tuf/v2/metadata"
 	"github.com/theupdateframework/go-tuf/v2/metadata/repository"
-	"golang.org/x/crypto/ed25519"
 )
 
 func main() {
diff --git a/examples/repository/basic_repository.go b/examples/repository/basic_repository.go
index e41ebaaa..459d4bb1 100644
--- a/examples/repository/basic_repository.go
+++ b/examples/repository/basic_repository.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"crypto"
 	"crypto/ecdsa"
+	"crypto/ed25519"
 	"crypto/elliptic"
 	"crypto/rand"
 	"crypto/rsa"
@@ -31,7 +32,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/sigstore/sigstore/pkg/signature"
 	"github.com/theupdateframework/go-tuf/v2/metadata"
 	"github.com/theupdateframework/go-tuf/v2/metadata/repository"
-	"golang.org/x/crypto/ed25519"
 )
 
 // A TUF repository example using the low-level TUF Metadata API.
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 46ad31c9..5a09b04a 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.3
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
-	golang.org/x/crypto v0.20.0
 )
 
 require (
@@ -23,6 +22,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 // indirect
 	github.com/titanous/rocacheck v0.0.0-20171023193734-afe73141d399 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/crypto v0.20.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.17.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/term v0.17.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.56.3 // indirect