diff --git a/ci/resources/stemcell-version-bump/go.mod b/ci/resources/stemcell-version-bump/go.mod
index 4739fa319..99bc6cc27 100644
--- a/ci/resources/stemcell-version-bump/go.mod
+++ b/ci/resources/stemcell-version-bump/go.mod
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane/envoy v1.36.0 // indirect
 	github.com/envoyproxy/protoc-gen-validate v1.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/felixge/httpsnoop v1.0.4 // indirect
-	github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v4 v4.1.3 // indirect
+	github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v4 v4.1.4 // indirect
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.3 // indirect
 	github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2 // indirect
 	github.com/google/s2a-go v0.1.9 // indirect
diff --git a/ci/resources/stemcell-version-bump/go.sum b/ci/resources/stemcell-version-bump/go.sum
index 14cb4af12..867e952e2 100644
--- a/ci/resources/stemcell-version-bump/go.sum
+++ b/ci/resources/stemcell-version-bump/go.sum
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ github.com/envoyproxy/protoc-gen-validate v1.3.0 h1:TvGH1wof4H33rezVKWSpqKz5NXWg
 github.com/envoyproxy/protoc-gen-validate v1.3.0/go.mod h1:HvYl7zwPa5mffgyeTUHA9zHIH36nmrm7oCbo4YKoSWA=
 github.com/felixge/httpsnoop v1.0.4 h1:NFTV2Zj1bL4mc9sqWACXbQFVBBg2W3GPvqp8/ESS2Wg=
 github.com/felixge/httpsnoop v1.0.4/go.mod h1:m8KPJKqk1gH5J9DgRY2ASl2lWCfGKXixSwevea8zH2U=
-github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v4 v4.1.3 h1:CVLmWDhDVRa6Mi/IgCgaopNosCaHz7zrMeF9MlZRkrs=
-github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v4 v4.1.3/go.mod h1:x4oUasVrzR7071A4TnHLGSPpNOm2a21K9Kf04k1rs08=
+github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v4 v4.1.4 h1:moDMcTHmvE6Groj34emNPLs/qtYXRVcd6S7NHbHz3kA=
+github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v4 v4.1.4/go.mod h1:x4oUasVrzR7071A4TnHLGSPpNOm2a21K9Kf04k1rs08=
 github.com/go-logr/logr v1.2.2/go.mod h1:jdQByPbusPIv2/zmleS9BjJVeZ6kBagPoEUsqbVz/1A=
 github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.3 h1:CjnDlHq8ikf6E492q6eKboGOC0T8CDaOvkHCIg8idEI=
 github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.3/go.mod h1:9T104GzyrTigFIr8wt5mBrctHMim0Nb2HLGrmQ40KvY=
diff --git a/ci/resources/stemcell-version-bump/vendor/github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v4/asymmetric.go b/ci/resources/stemcell-version-bump/vendor/github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v4/asymmetric.go
index f8d5774ef..7784cd458 100644
--- a/ci/resources/stemcell-version-bump/vendor/github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v4/asymmetric.go
+++ b/ci/resources/stemcell-version-bump/vendor/github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v4/asymmetric.go
@@ -414,6 +414,9 @@ func (ctx ecKeyGenerator) genKey() ([]byte, rawHeader, error) {
 
 // Decrypt the given payload and return the content encryption key.
 func (ctx ecDecrypterSigner) decryptKey(headers rawHeader, recipient *recipientInfo, generator keyGenerator) ([]byte, error) {
+	if recipient == nil {
+		return nil, errors.New("go-jose/go-jose: missing recipient")
+	}
 	epk, err := headers.getEPK()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.New("go-jose/go-jose: invalid epk header")
@@ -461,13 +464,18 @@ func (ctx ecDecrypterSigner) decryptKey(headers rawHeader, recipient *recipientI
 		return nil, ErrUnsupportedAlgorithm
 	}
 
+	encryptedKey := recipient.encryptedKey
+	if len(encryptedKey) == 0 {
+		return nil, errors.New("go-jose/go-jose: missing JWE Encrypted Key")
+	}
+
 	key := deriveKey(string(algorithm), keySize)
 	block, err := aes.NewCipher(key)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	return josecipher.KeyUnwrap(block, recipient.encryptedKey)
+	return josecipher.KeyUnwrap(block, encryptedKey)
 }
 
 func (ctx edDecrypterSigner) signPayload(payload []byte, alg SignatureAlgorithm) (Signature, error) {
diff --git a/ci/resources/stemcell-version-bump/vendor/github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v4/cipher/key_wrap.go b/ci/resources/stemcell-version-bump/vendor/github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v4/cipher/key_wrap.go
index b9effbca8..a2f86e3db 100644
--- a/ci/resources/stemcell-version-bump/vendor/github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v4/cipher/key_wrap.go
+++ b/ci/resources/stemcell-version-bump/vendor/github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v4/cipher/key_wrap.go
@@ -66,12 +66,20 @@ func KeyWrap(block cipher.Block, cek []byte) ([]byte, error) {
 }
 
 // KeyUnwrap implements NIST key unwrapping; it unwraps a content encryption key (cek) with the given block cipher.
+//
+// https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7518#section-4.4
+// https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7518#section-4.6
+// https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7518#section-4.8
 func KeyUnwrap(block cipher.Block, ciphertext []byte) ([]byte, error) {
+	n := (len(ciphertext) / 8) - 1
+	if n <= 0 {
+		return nil, errors.New("go-jose/go-jose: JWE Encrypted Key too short")
+	}
+
 	if len(ciphertext)%8 != 0 {
 		return nil, errors.New("go-jose/go-jose: key wrap input must be 8 byte blocks")
 	}
 
-	n := (len(ciphertext) / 8) - 1
 	r := make([][]byte, n)
 
 	for i := range r {
diff --git a/ci/resources/stemcell-version-bump/vendor/github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v4/symmetric.go b/ci/resources/stemcell-version-bump/vendor/github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v4/symmetric.go
index 09efefb26..f2ff29e17 100644
--- a/ci/resources/stemcell-version-bump/vendor/github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v4/symmetric.go
+++ b/ci/resources/stemcell-version-bump/vendor/github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v4/symmetric.go
@@ -366,11 +366,21 @@ func (ctx *symmetricKeyCipher) encryptKey(cek []byte, alg KeyAlgorithm) (recipie
 
 // Decrypt the content encryption key.
 func (ctx *symmetricKeyCipher) decryptKey(headers rawHeader, recipient *recipientInfo, generator keyGenerator) ([]byte, error) {
-	switch headers.getAlgorithm() {
-	case DIRECT:
-		cek := make([]byte, len(ctx.key))
-		copy(cek, ctx.key)
-		return cek, nil
+	if recipient == nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("go-jose/go-jose: missing recipient")
+	}
+
+	alg := headers.getAlgorithm()
+	if alg == DIRECT {
+		return bytes.Clone(ctx.key), nil
+	}
+
+	encryptedKey := recipient.encryptedKey
+	if len(encryptedKey) == 0 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("go-jose/go-jose: missing JWE Encrypted Key")
+	}
+
+	switch alg {
 	case A128GCMKW, A192GCMKW, A256GCMKW:
 		aead := newAESGCM(len(ctx.key))
 
@@ -385,7 +395,7 @@ func (ctx *symmetricKeyCipher) decryptKey(headers rawHeader, recipient *recipien
 
 		parts := &aeadParts{
 			iv:         iv.bytes(),
-			ciphertext: recipient.encryptedKey,
+			ciphertext: encryptedKey,
 			tag:        tag.bytes(),
 		}
 
@@ -401,7 +411,7 @@ func (ctx *symmetricKeyCipher) decryptKey(headers rawHeader, recipient *recipien
 			return nil, err
 		}
 
-		cek, err := josecipher.KeyUnwrap(block, recipient.encryptedKey)
+		cek, err := josecipher.KeyUnwrap(block, encryptedKey)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
@@ -445,7 +455,7 @@ func (ctx *symmetricKeyCipher) decryptKey(headers rawHeader, recipient *recipien
 			return nil, err
 		}
 
-		cek, err := josecipher.KeyUnwrap(block, recipient.encryptedKey)
+		cek, err := josecipher.KeyUnwrap(block, encryptedKey)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
diff --git a/ci/resources/stemcell-version-bump/vendor/modules.txt b/ci/resources/stemcell-version-bump/vendor/modules.txt
index 3479b6e7f..325932002 100644
--- a/ci/resources/stemcell-version-bump/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/ci/resources/stemcell-version-bump/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ github.com/envoyproxy/protoc-gen-validate/validate
 # github.com/felixge/httpsnoop v1.0.4
 ## explicit; go 1.13
 github.com/felixge/httpsnoop
-# github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v4 v4.1.3
+# github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v4 v4.1.4
 ## explicit; go 1.24.0
 github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v4
 github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v4/cipher