diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 5218b79d..481783d4 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 module github.com/nats-io/nats-server/v2
 
 require (
+	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.3.1 // indirect
 	github.com/nats-io/jwt v0.2.6
-	github.com/nats-io/nats.go v1.8.0
+	github.com/nats-io/nats.go v1.8.1
 	github.com/nats-io/nkeys v0.0.2
 	github.com/nats-io/nuid v1.0.1
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190530122614-20be4c3c3ed5
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 9f8f381e..cbbcaf42 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
+github.com/golang/protobuf v1.3.1 h1:YF8+flBXS5eO826T4nzqPrxfhQThhXl0YzfuUPu4SBg=
+github.com/golang/protobuf v1.3.1/go.mod h1:6lQm79b+lXiMfvg/cZm0SGofjICqVBUtrP5yJMmIC1U=
 github.com/nats-io/jwt v0.2.6 h1:eAyoYvGgGLXR2EpnsBUvi/FcFrBqN6YKFVbOoEfPN4k=
 github.com/nats-io/jwt v0.2.6/go.mod h1:mQxQ0uHQ9FhEVPIcTSKwx2lqZEpXWWcCgA7R6NrWvvY=
-github.com/nats-io/nats.go v1.8.0 h1:PXePcr71qzI9MMvQFfV0OBuNItkRQyyZowPfXzvdmVI=
-github.com/nats-io/nats.go v1.8.0/go.mod h1:BrFz9vVn0fU3AcH9Vn4Kd7W0NpJ651tD5omQ3M8LwxM=
+github.com/nats-io/nats.go v1.8.1 h1:6lF/f1/NN6kzUDBz6pyvQDEXO39jqXcWRLu/tKjtOUQ=
+github.com/nats-io/nats.go v1.8.1/go.mod h1:BrFz9vVn0fU3AcH9Vn4Kd7W0NpJ651tD5omQ3M8LwxM=
 github.com/nats-io/nkeys v0.0.2 h1:+qM7QpgXnvDDixitZtQUBDY9w/s9mu1ghS+JIbsrx6M=
 github.com/nats-io/nkeys v0.0.2/go.mod h1:dab7URMsZm6Z/jp9Z5UGa87Uutgc2mVpXLC4B7TDb/4=
 github.com/nats-io/nuid v1.0.1 h1:5iA8DT8V7q8WK2EScv2padNa/rTESc1KdnPw4TC2paw=