diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 74706ccf70..180cf3e71f 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/atotto/clipboard v0.1.4
 	github.com/blang/semver/v4 v4.0.0
 	github.com/caspr-io/yamlpath v0.0.0-20200722075116-502e8d113a9b
-	github.com/cenkalti/backoff v2.2.1+incompatible
+	github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.3.0
 	github.com/dustin/go-humanize v1.0.1
 	github.com/ergochat/readline v0.1.0
 	github.com/fatih/color v1.16.0
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ require (
 	filippo.io/edwards25519 v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/alessio/shellescape v1.4.2 // indirect
 	github.com/boombuler/barcode v1.0.1 // indirect
-	github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/cloudflare/circl v1.3.7 // indirect
 	github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.4 // indirect
 	github.com/danieljoos/wincred v1.2.1 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 8be91afa92..46dc449a91 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ github.com/boombuler/barcode v1.0.1/go.mod h1:paBWMcWSl3LHKBqUq+rly7CNSldXjb2rDl
 github.com/bwesterb/go-ristretto v1.2.3/go.mod h1:fUIoIZaG73pV5biE2Blr2xEzDoMj7NFEuV9ekS419A0=
 github.com/caspr-io/yamlpath v0.0.0-20200722075116-502e8d113a9b h1:2K3B6Xm7/lnhOugeGB3nIk50bZ9zhuJvXCEfUuL68ik=
 github.com/caspr-io/yamlpath v0.0.0-20200722075116-502e8d113a9b/go.mod h1:4rP9T6iHCuPAIDKdNaZfTuuqSIoQQvFctNWIAUI1rlg=
-github.com/cenkalti/backoff v2.2.1+incompatible h1:tNowT99t7UNflLxfYYSlKYsBpXdEet03Pg2g16Swow4=
-github.com/cenkalti/backoff v2.2.1+incompatible/go.mod h1:90ReRw6GdpyfrHakVjL/QHaoyV4aDUVVkXQJJJ3NXXM=
 github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.3.0 h1:MyRJ/UdXutAwSAT+s3wNd7MfTIcy71VQueUuFK343L8=
 github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.3.0/go.mod h1:Y3VNntkOUPxTVeUxJ/G5vcM//AlwfmyYozVcomhLiZE=
 github.com/cloudflare/circl v1.3.3/go.mod h1:5XYMA4rFBvNIrhs50XuiBJ15vF2pZn4nnUKZrLbUZFA=
diff --git a/internal/updater/download.go b/internal/updater/download.go
index 6d0a2f0098..93fabd5b7f 100644
--- a/internal/updater/download.go
+++ b/internal/updater/download.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/cenkalti/backoff"
+	"github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4"
 	"github.com/gopasspw/gopass/pkg/ctxutil"
 	"github.com/gopasspw/gopass/pkg/debug"
 	"github.com/gopasspw/gopass/pkg/termio"
diff --git a/pkg/tempfile/mount_darwin.go b/pkg/tempfile/mount_darwin.go
index 9b075dc85a..b3dcdb54a9 100644
--- a/pkg/tempfile/mount_darwin.go
+++ b/pkg/tempfile/mount_darwin.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/cenkalti/backoff"
+	"github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4"
 	"github.com/gopasspw/gopass/pkg/debug"
 )