diff --git a/samples/deployment/fabric-smart-client/the-simple-testing-network/go.mod b/samples/deployment/fabric-smart-client/the-simple-testing-network/go.mod
index 49945c94e..9d2626013 100644
--- a/samples/deployment/fabric-smart-client/the-simple-testing-network/go.mod
+++ b/samples/deployment/fabric-smart-client/the-simple-testing-network/go.mod
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@ require github.com/hyperledger-labs/fabric-smart-client v0.3.1-0.20240426121454-
 
 require (
 	cloud.google.com/go v0.110.8 // indirect
-	cloud.google.com/go/compute v1.23.1 // indirect
-	cloud.google.com/go/compute/metadata v0.2.3 // indirect
+	cloud.google.com/go/compute/metadata v0.3.0 // indirect
 	cloud.google.com/go/iam v1.1.3 // indirect
 	cloud.google.com/go/storage v1.30.1 // indirect
 	github.com/Azure/go-ansiterm v0.0.0-20230124172434-306776ec8161 // indirect
@@ -108,7 +107,7 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.22.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/mod v0.13.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/net v0.24.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.11.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.27.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.5.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.19.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.14.0 // indirect
diff --git a/samples/deployment/fabric-smart-client/the-simple-testing-network/go.sum b/samples/deployment/fabric-smart-client/the-simple-testing-network/go.sum
index 941d013b9..056529af1 100644
--- a/samples/deployment/fabric-smart-client/the-simple-testing-network/go.sum
+++ b/samples/deployment/fabric-smart-client/the-simple-testing-network/go.sum
@@ -38,10 +38,8 @@ cloud.google.com/go/bigquery v1.4.0/go.mod h1:S8dzgnTigyfTmLBfrtrhyYhwRxG72rYxvf
 cloud.google.com/go/bigquery v1.5.0/go.mod h1:snEHRnqQbz117VIFhE8bmtwIDY80NLUZUMb4Nv6dBIg=
 cloud.google.com/go/bigquery v1.7.0/go.mod h1://okPTzCYNXSlb24MZs83e2Do+h+VXtc4gLoIoXIAPc=
 cloud.google.com/go/bigquery v1.8.0/go.mod h1:J5hqkt3O0uAFnINi6JXValWIb1v0goeZM77hZzJN/fQ=
-cloud.google.com/go/compute v1.23.1 h1:V97tBoDaZHb6leicZ1G6DLK2BAaZLJ/7+9BB/En3hR0=
-cloud.google.com/go/compute v1.23.1/go.mod h1:CqB3xpmPKKt3OJpW2ndFIXnA9A4xAy/F3Xp1ixncW78=
-cloud.google.com/go/compute/metadata v0.2.3 h1:mg4jlk7mCAj6xXp9UJ4fjI9VUI5rubuGBW5aJ7UnBMY=
-cloud.google.com/go/compute/metadata v0.2.3/go.mod h1:VAV5nSsACxMJvgaAuX6Pk2AawlZn8kiOGuCv6gTkwuA=
+cloud.google.com/go/compute/metadata v0.3.0 h1:Tz+eQXMEqDIKRsmY3cHTL6FVaynIjX2QxYC4trgAKZc=
+cloud.google.com/go/compute/metadata v0.3.0/go.mod h1:zFmK7XCadkQkj6TtorcaGlCW1hT1fIilQDwofLpJ20k=
 cloud.google.com/go/datastore v1.0.0/go.mod h1:LXYbyblFSglQ5pkeyhO+Qmw7ukd3C+pD7TKLgZqpHYE=
 cloud.google.com/go/datastore v1.1.0/go.mod h1:umbIZjpQpHh4hmRpGhH4tLFup+FVzqBi1b3c64qFpCk=
 cloud.google.com/go/firestore v1.6.1/go.mod h1:asNXNOzBdyVQmEU+ggO8UPodTkEVFW5Qx+rwHnAz+EY=
@@ -1005,8 +1003,8 @@ golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20210805134026-6f1e6394065a/go.mod h1:KelEdhl1UZF7XfJ
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20210819190943-2bc19b11175f/go.mod h1:KelEdhl1UZF7XfJ4dDtk6s++YSgaE7mD/BuKKDLBl4A=
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20211005180243-6b3c2da341f1/go.mod h1:KelEdhl1UZF7XfJ4dDtk6s++YSgaE7mD/BuKKDLBl4A=
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20211104180415-d3ed0bb246c8/go.mod h1:KelEdhl1UZF7XfJ4dDtk6s++YSgaE7mD/BuKKDLBl4A=
-golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.11.0 h1:vPL4xzxBM4niKCW6g9whtaWVXTJf1U5e4aZxxFx/gbU=
-golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.11.0/go.mod h1:LdF7O/8bLR/qWK9DrpXmbHLTouvRHK0SgJl0GmDBchk=
+golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.27.0 h1:da9Vo7/tDv5RH/7nZDz1eMGS/q1Vv1N/7FCrBhI9I3M=
+golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.27.0/go.mod h1:onh5ek6nERTohokkhCD/y2cV4Do3fxFHFuAejCkRWT8=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20180314180146-1d60e4601c6f/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20181108010431-42b317875d0f/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20181221193216-37e7f081c4d4/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=