diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index db77246a2..dfcde125f 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -192,4 +192,10 @@ replace github.com/golang/mock v1.5.0 => github.com/golang/mock v1.4.4
 
 replace k8s.io/client-go => k8s.io/client-go v0.0.0-20190620085101-78d2af792bab
 
+// github.com/dgrijalva/jwt-go is no longer maintained but is an indirect
+// dependency of the old etcdv2 backend, and so we need to keep this working
+// until that backend is removed. github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v3 is a drop-in
+// replacement that includes a fix for CVE-2020-26160.
+replace github.com/dgrijalva/jwt-go => github.com/golang-jwt/jwt v3.2.1+incompatible
+
 go 1.17
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index bc61ec030..bec4551f8 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -172,9 +172,6 @@ github.com/davecgh/go-spew v0.0.0-20151105211317-5215b55f46b2/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
-github.com/dgrijalva/jwt-go v0.0.0-20160705203006-01aeca54ebda/go.mod h1:E3ru+11k8xSBh+hMPgOLZmtrrCbhqsmaPHjLKYnJCaQ=
-github.com/dgrijalva/jwt-go v3.2.0+incompatible h1:7qlOGliEKZXTDg6OTjfoBKDXWrumCAMpl/TFQ4/5kLM=
-github.com/dgrijalva/jwt-go v3.2.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:E3ru+11k8xSBh+hMPgOLZmtrrCbhqsmaPHjLKYnJCaQ=
 github.com/dimchansky/utfbom v1.1.0/go.mod h1:rO41eb7gLfo8SF1jd9F8HplJm1Fewwi4mQvIirEdv+8=
 github.com/dimchansky/utfbom v1.1.1 h1:vV6w1AhK4VMnhBno/TPVCoK9U/LP0PkLCS9tbxHdi/U=
 github.com/dimchansky/utfbom v1.1.1/go.mod h1:SxdoEBH5qIqFocHMyGOXVAybYJdr71b1Q/j0mACtrfE=
@@ -226,6 +223,8 @@ github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.1.1/go.mod h1:r8qH/GZQm5c6nD/R0oafs1akxWv10x8SbQlK7a
 github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.2.1/go.mod h1:hp+jE20tsWTFYpLwKvXlhS1hjn+gTNwPg2I6zVXpSg4=
 github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.2.2-0.20190723190241-65acae22fc9d h1:3PaI8p3seN09VjbTYC/QWlUZdZ1qS1zGjy7LH2Wt07I=
 github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.2.2-0.20190723190241-65acae22fc9d/go.mod h1:SlYgWuQ5SjCEi6WLHjHCa1yvBfUnHcTbrrZtXPKa29o=
+github.com/golang-jwt/jwt v3.2.1+incompatible h1:73Z+4BJcrTC+KczS6WvTPvRGOp1WmfEP4Q1lOd9Z/+c=
+github.com/golang-jwt/jwt v3.2.1+incompatible/go.mod h1:8pz2t5EyA70fFQQSrl6XZXzqecmYZeUEB8OUGHkxJ+I=
 github.com/golang/glog v0.0.0-20160126235308-23def4e6c14b h1:VKtxabqXZkF25pY9ekfRL6a582T4P37/31XEstQ5p58=
 github.com/golang/glog v0.0.0-20160126235308-23def4e6c14b/go.mod h1:SBH7ygxi8pfUlaOkMMuAQtPIUF8ecWP5IEl/CR7VP2Q=
 github.com/golang/groupcache v0.0.0-20160516000752-02826c3e7903/go.mod h1:cIg4eruTrX1D+g88fzRXU5OdNfaM+9IcxsU14FzY7Hc=