diff --git a/.github/workflows/checks.yml b/.github/workflows/checks.yml
index 99e14de..2167fad 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/checks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/checks.yml
@@ -14,17 +14,17 @@ permissions:
 
 env:
   # run static analysis only with the latest Go version
-  LATEST_GO_VERSION: "1.20"
+  LATEST_GO_VERSION: "1.22"
 
 jobs:
   check:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Set up Go ${{ matrix.go }}
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v3
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
           go-version: ${{ env.LATEST_GO_VERSION }}
           check-latest: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/echo.yml b/.github/workflows/echo.yml
index 68a7f9c..32e14b7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/echo.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/echo.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ permissions:
 
 env:
   # run coverage and benchmarks only with the latest Go version
-  LATEST_GO_VERSION: "1.20"
+  LATEST_GO_VERSION: "1.22"
 
 jobs:
   test:
@@ -25,15 +25,15 @@ jobs:
         # Echo tests with last four major releases (unless there are pressing vulnerabilities)
         # As we depend on `golang.org/x/` libraries which only support last 2 Go releases we could have situations when
         # we derive from last four major releases promise.
-        go: ["1.18", "1.19", "1.20"]
+        go: ["1.19", "1.20", "1.21", "1.22"]
     name: ${{ matrix.os }} @ Go ${{ matrix.go }}
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Set up Go ${{ matrix.go }}
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v3
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
           go-version: ${{ matrix.go }}
 
@@ -53,18 +53,18 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Code (Previous)
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           ref: ${{ github.base_ref }}
           path: previous
 
       - name: Checkout Code (New)
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           path: new
 
       - name: Set up Go ${{ matrix.go }}
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v3
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
           go-version: ${{ env.LATEST_GO_VERSION }}
 
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 5dca018..5ae9daf 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,26 +1,26 @@
 module github.com/labstack/echo-jwt/v4
 
-go 1.17
+go 1.18
 
 require (
-	github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v5 v5.0.0
-	github.com/labstack/echo/v4 v4.10.2
-	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.1
+	github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v5 v5.2.0
+	github.com/labstack/echo/v4 v4.11.4
+	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
 )
 
 require (
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/golang-jwt/jwt v3.2.2+incompatible // indirect
-	github.com/labstack/gommon v0.4.0 // indirect
+	github.com/labstack/gommon v0.4.2 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13 // indirect
-	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.18 // indirect
+	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/valyala/bytebufferpool v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/valyala/fasttemplate v1.2.2 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/crypto v0.9.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/net v0.10.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.8.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/text v0.9.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/time v0.3.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/crypto v0.19.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/net v0.21.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.17.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/text v0.14.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/time v0.5.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 5daac04..098ba23 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,88 +1,39 @@
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 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
diff --git a/jwt_test.go b/jwt_test.go
index 8213aa7..ecd26ad 100644
--- a/jwt_test.go
+++ b/jwt_test.go
@@ -853,6 +853,7 @@ func TestDataRacesOnParallelExecution(t *testing.T) {
 	e.Use(mw)
 
 	for _, tc := range testCases {
+		tc := tc
 		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Parallel()