diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index c24c0ce..94aa9ae 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ jobs:
           sudo systemctl stop mono-xsp4.service || true
           sudo systemctl disable mono-xsp4.service || true
 
-      - name: set up go 1.20
+      - name: set up go 1.21
         uses: actions/setup-go@v3
         with:
-          go-version: "1.20"
+          go-version: "1.21"
         id: go
 
       - name: launch mongodb
@@ -62,4 +62,4 @@ jobs:
           go install github.com/mattn/goveralls@latest
           goveralls -service="github" -coverprofile=$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/profile.cov
         env:
-          COVERALLS_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
\ No newline at end of file
+          COVERALLS_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/avatar/avatar.go b/avatar/avatar.go
index 8d0a2ff..ed691fa 100644
--- a/avatar/avatar.go
+++ b/avatar/avatar.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/go-pkgz/rest"
-	"github.com/nullrocks/identicon"
+	"github.com/rrivera/identicon"
 	"golang.org/x/image/draw"
 
 	"github.com/go-pkgz/auth/logger"
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index a7666c9..a2b947b 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/go-pkgz/repeater v1.1.3
 	github.com/go-pkgz/rest v1.18.2
 	github.com/golang-jwt/jwt v3.2.2+incompatible
-	github.com/nullrocks/identicon v0.0.0-20180626043057-7875f45b0022
+	github.com/rrivera/identicon v0.0.0-20240116195454-d5ba35832c0d
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
 	go.etcd.io/bbolt v1.3.8
 	go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver v1.13.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index ce6d640..a41a47f 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -83,8 +83,6 @@ github.com/montanaflynn/stats v0.7.1 h1:etflOAAHORrCC44V+aR6Ftzort912ZU+YLiSTuV8
 github.com/montanaflynn/stats v0.7.1/go.mod h1:etXPPgVO6n31NxCd9KQUMvCM+ve0ruNzt6R8Bnaayow=
 github.com/moul/http2curl v1.0.0 h1:dRMWoAtb+ePxMlLkrCbAqh4TlPHXvoGUSQ323/9Zahs=
 github.com/moul/http2curl v1.0.0/go.mod h1:8UbvGypXm98wA/IqH45anm5Y2Z6ep6O31QGOAZ3H0fQ=
-github.com/nullrocks/identicon v0.0.0-20180626043057-7875f45b0022 h1:Ys0rDzh8s4UMlGaDa1UTA0sfKgvF0hQZzTYX8ktjiDc=
-github.com/nullrocks/identicon v0.0.0-20180626043057-7875f45b0022/go.mod h1:x4NsS+uc7ecH/Cbm9xKQ6XzmJM57rWTkjywjfB2yQ18=
 github.com/nxadm/tail v1.4.4/go.mod h1:kenIhsEOeOJmVchQTgglprH7qJGnHDVpk1VPCcaMI8A=
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.6.0/go.mod h1:lLunBs/Ym6LB5Z9jYTR76FiuTmxDTDusOGeTQH+WWjE=
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.12.1/go.mod h1:zj2OWP4+oCPe1qIXoGWkgMRwljMUYCdkwsT2108oapk=
@@ -93,6 +91,8 @@ github.com/onsi/gomega v1.7.1/go.mod h1:XdKZgCCFLUoM/7CFJVPcG8C1xQ1AJ0vpAezJrB7J
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.10.1/go.mod h1:iN09h71vgCQne3DLsj+A5owkum+a2tYe+TOCB1ybHNo=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
+github.com/rrivera/identicon v0.0.0-20240116195454-d5ba35832c0d h1:l3+2LWCbVxn5itfvXAfH9n4YL9jh8l1g5zcncbIc1cs=
+github.com/rrivera/identicon v0.0.0-20240116195454-d5ba35832c0d/go.mod h1:TbpErkob6SY7cyozRVSGoB3OlO2qOAgVN8O3KAJ4fMI=
 github.com/sclevine/agouti v3.0.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:b4WX9W9L1sfQKXeJf1mUTLZKJ48R1S7H23Ji7oFO5Bw=
 github.com/sergi/go-diff v1.1.0 h1:we8PVUC3FE2uYfodKH/nBHMSetSfHDR6scGdBi+erh0=
 github.com/sergi/go-diff v1.1.0/go.mod h1:STckp+ISIX8hZLjrqAeVduY0gWCT9IjLuqbuNXdaHfM=