diff --git a/verifier_tools/verify/README.md b/verifier_tools/verify/README.md
index 3b2a171..ebc40e4 100644
--- a/verifier_tools/verify/README.md
+++ b/verifier_tools/verify/README.md
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ See the particular section for this tool:
   * Internal libraries for the verifier binary.
 
 ## Build
-This module requires Go 1.24. Install [here](https://go.dev/doc/install), and run `go build cmd/verifier/verifier.go`.
+This module requires Go 1.25+. Install [here](https://go.dev/doc/install), and run `go build cmd/verifier/verifier.go`.
 
 An executable named `verifier` should be produced upon successful build.
 
diff --git a/verifier_tools/verify/go.mod b/verifier_tools/verify/go.mod
index 27ea7a0..56da97d 100644
--- a/verifier_tools/verify/go.mod
+++ b/verifier_tools/verify/go.mod
@@ -4,7 +4,5 @@ go 1.25.0
 
 require (
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.7
-	golang.org/x/mod v0.5.1
+	golang.org/x/mod v0.40.0
 )
-
-require golang.org/x/crypto v0.52.0 // indirect
diff --git a/verifier_tools/verify/go.sum b/verifier_tools/verify/go.sum
index 96113f6..cc0ec51 100644
--- a/verifier_tools/verify/go.sum
+++ b/verifier_tools/verify/go.sum
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.7 h1:81/ik6ipDQS2aGcBfIN5dHDB36BwrStyeAQquSYCV4o=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.7/go.mod h1:n+brtR0CgQNWTVd5ZUFpTBC8YFBDLK/h/bpaJ8/DtOE=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.52.0 h1:RMs7fP2rXdep0CftQlK8Uf+kibLm7qkCcradZWYz988=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.52.0/go.mod h1:1QgfPxDqh0T2M/elOJtp9RvuR95kVjir0e6/BvEmGbc=
-golang.org/x/mod v0.5.1 h1:OJxoQ/rynoF0dcCdI7cLPktw/hR2cueqYfjm43oqK38=
-golang.org/x/mod v0.5.1/go.mod h1:5OXOZSfqPIIbmVBIIKWRFfZjPR0E5r58TLhUjH0a2Ro=
+golang.org/x/mod v0.40.0 h1:hUv+3cXcdRHz08UmSiOob7sadHig73uo5bkXxQ/tvUs=
+golang.org/x/mod v0.40.0/go.mod h1:0/weTWkPWGBikyTWAX3dkjVztMmBA5hM0DH6BElSupE=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191204190536-9bdfabe68543 h1:E7g+9GITq07hpfrRu66IVDexMakfv52eLZ2CXBWiKr4=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191204190536-9bdfabe68543/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=