diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 8448ead12e..25aa8abceb 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ go 1.25.0
 
 require (
 	github.com/agnivade/levenshtein v1.2.1
-	github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime-go/v43 v43.0.2
+	github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime-go/v44 v44.0.0
 	github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.3.0
 	github.com/dgraph-io/badger/v4 v4.9.1
 	github.com/fortytw2/leaktest v1.3.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index f129f72ca6..a1f2f14e92 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ github.com/arbovm/levenshtein v0.0.0-20160628152529-48b4e1c0c4d0 h1:jfIu9sQUG6Ig
 github.com/arbovm/levenshtein v0.0.0-20160628152529-48b4e1c0c4d0/go.mod h1:t2tdKJDJF9BV14lnkjHmOQgcvEKgtqs5a1N3LNdJhGE=
 github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.1 h1:VlbKKnNfV8bJzeqoa4cOKqO6bYr3WgKZxO8Z16+hsOM=
 github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.1/go.mod h1:G2ZrVWU2WbWT9wwq4/hrbKbnv/1ERSJQ0ibhJ6rlkpw=
-github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime-go/v43 v43.0.2 h1:EZJlEpDanv6j/Y5Mcl2ndMjgK5Tw2QVDTJCzmLWNozg=
-github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime-go/v43 v43.0.2/go.mod h1:EhGDFKNmDpLc6l4Cq+U2y8zu3NM6Uiek+He4yebZFHs=
+github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime-go/v44 v44.0.0 h1:WRZXnLPIer/TWs5aYPaMlmVcOlzmR6Ur6wjLRIQOhTQ=
+github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime-go/v44 v44.0.0/go.mod h1:GP93piU+39CoFVCQ5xfHrPOUtL0APlMnkbblJ2d3YY0=
 github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v5 v5.0.3 h1:ZN+IMa753KfX5hd8vVaMixjnqRZ3y8CuJKRKj1xcsSM=
 github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v5 v5.0.3/go.mod h1:rkhZdG3JZukswDf7f0cwqPNk4K0sa+F97BxZthm/crw=
 github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.3.0 h1:UL815xU9SqsFlibzuggzjXhog7bL6oX9BbNZnL2UFvs=
diff --git a/internal/wasm/sdk/internal/wasm/bindings.go b/internal/wasm/sdk/internal/wasm/bindings.go
index 9b61cb52a5..86630cb8bc 100644
--- a/internal/wasm/sdk/internal/wasm/bindings.go
+++ b/internal/wasm/sdk/internal/wasm/bindings.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"time"
 
-	wasmtime "github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime-go/v43"
+	wasmtime "github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime-go/v44"
 
 	"github.com/open-policy-agent/opa/v1/ast"
 	"github.com/open-policy-agent/opa/v1/metrics"
diff --git a/internal/wasm/sdk/internal/wasm/pool.go b/internal/wasm/sdk/internal/wasm/pool.go
index 8834a32b97..ecd2ff20d5 100644
--- a/internal/wasm/sdk/internal/wasm/pool.go
+++ b/internal/wasm/sdk/internal/wasm/pool.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"sync"
 
-	wasmtime "github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime-go/v43"
+	wasmtime "github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime-go/v44"
 
 	"github.com/open-policy-agent/opa/internal/wasm/sdk/opa/errors"
 	"github.com/open-policy-agent/opa/internal/wasm/util"
diff --git a/internal/wasm/sdk/internal/wasm/vm.go b/internal/wasm/sdk/internal/wasm/vm.go
index 2218974911..bf3ff698b7 100644
--- a/internal/wasm/sdk/internal/wasm/vm.go
+++ b/internal/wasm/sdk/internal/wasm/vm.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
-	wasmtime "github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime-go/v43"
+	wasmtime "github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime-go/v44"
 
 	sdk_errors "github.com/open-policy-agent/opa/internal/wasm/sdk/opa/errors"
 	"github.com/open-policy-agent/opa/internal/wasm/util"