diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index ca138870d2..3ebacf43dc 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0
 	github.com/telepresenceio/go-fuseftp/rpc v0.5.0
-	github.com/telepresenceio/telepresence/rpc/v2 v2.21.2
+	github.com/telepresenceio/telepresence/rpc/v2 v2.21.3-test.0
 	github.com/vishvananda/netlink v1.3.0
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20241210194714-1829a127f884
 	golang.org/x/net v0.32.0
diff --git a/pkg/vif/testdata/router/go.mod b/pkg/vif/testdata/router/go.mod
index d691070a0f..de3c8ffe09 100644
--- a/pkg/vif/testdata/router/go.mod
+++ b/pkg/vif/testdata/router/go.mod
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.13.1 // indirect
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.1 // indirect
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 // indirect
-	github.com/telepresenceio/telepresence/rpc/v2 v2.21.2 // indirect
+	github.com/telepresenceio/telepresence/rpc/v2 v2.21.3-test.0 // indirect
 	github.com/vishvananda/netlink v1.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/vishvananda/netns v0.0.5 // indirect
 	github.com/x448/float16 v0.8.4 // indirect