diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 806c96b7704..fd350853a0d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ To learn more about active deprecations, we recommend checking [GitHub Discussio
 
 ### Other
 
-- TODO ([#XXX](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/issue/XXX))
+- **General**: Drop a transitive dependency on bou.ke/monkey ([#4364](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/issues/4364))
 
 ## v2.10.0
 
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index f2e7aa23a59..b105a6dd135 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/gocql/gocql v1.3.1
 	github.com/golang/mock v1.6.0
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9
+	github.com/google/go-github/v50 v50.1.0
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.3.0
 	github.com/gophercloud/gophercloud v1.2.0
 	github.com/hashicorp/vault/api v1.9.0
@@ -98,6 +99,9 @@ replace (
 	// https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-1996
 	github.com/emicklei/go-restful => github.com/emicklei/go-restful v2.16.0+incompatible
 
+	// we need to drop a transitive dependency on bou.ke/monkey -> https://github.com/kedacore/keda/issues/4364
+	github.com/otiai10/mint => github.com/otiai10/mint v1.4.1
+
 	// https://avd.aquasec.com/nvd/2022/cve-2022-27191/
 	golang.org/x/crypto => golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20220829220503-c86fa9a7ed90
 
@@ -176,7 +180,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.4 // indirect
 	github.com/google/cel-go v0.13.0 // indirect
 	github.com/google/gnostic v0.6.9 // indirect
-	github.com/google/go-github/v50 v50.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/google/go-querystring v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/google/gofuzz v1.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/google/pprof v0.0.0-20230228050547-1710fef4ab10 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index b74733895a3..2ac26aedcf9 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-bou.ke/monkey v1.0.1/go.mod h1:FgHuK96Rv2Nlf+0u1OOVDpCMdsWyOFmeeketDHE7LIg=
 cloud.google.com/go v0.26.0/go.mod h1:aQUYkXzVsufM+DwF1aE+0xfcU+56JwCaLick0ClmMTw=
 cloud.google.com/go v0.34.0/go.mod h1:aQUYkXzVsufM+DwF1aE+0xfcU+56JwCaLick0ClmMTw=
 cloud.google.com/go v0.38.0/go.mod h1:990N+gfupTy94rShfmMCWGDn0LpTmnzTp2qbd1dvSRU=
@@ -628,12 +627,9 @@ github.com/opentracing/opentracing-go v1.1.0/go.mod h1:UkNAQd3GIcIGf0SeVgPpRdFSt
 github.com/otiai10/copy v1.0.2/go.mod h1:c7RpqBkwMom4bYTSkLSym4VSJz/XtncWRAj/J4PEIMY=
 github.com/otiai10/copy v1.7.0 h1:hVoPiN+t+7d2nzzwMiDHPSOogsWAStewq3TwU05+clE=
 github.com/otiai10/copy v1.7.0/go.mod h1:rmRl6QPdJj6EiUqXQ/4Nn2lLXoNQjFCQbbNrxgc/t3U=
-github.com/otiai10/curr v0.0.0-20150429015615-9b4961190c95/go.mod h1:9qAhocn7zKJG+0mI8eUu6xqkFDYS2kb2saOteoSB3cE=
 github.com/otiai10/curr v0.0.0-20190513014714-f5a3d24e5776/go.mod h1:3HNVkVOU7vZeFXocWuvtcS0XSFLcf2XUSDHkq9t1jU4=
 github.com/otiai10/curr v1.0.0/go.mod h1:LskTG5wDwr8Rs+nNQ+1LlxRjAtTZZjtJW4rMXl6j4vs=
-github.com/otiai10/mint v1.2.4/go.mod h1:d+b7n/0R3tdyUYYylALXpWQ/kTN+QobSq/4SRGBkR3M=
-github.com/otiai10/mint v1.3.0/go.mod h1:F5AjcsTsWUqX+Na9fpHb52P8pcRX2CI6A3ctIT91xUo=
-github.com/otiai10/mint v1.3.3/go.mod h1:/yxELlJQ0ufhjUwhshSj+wFjZ78CnZ48/1wtmBH1OTc=
+github.com/otiai10/mint v1.4.1/go.mod h1:gifjb2MYOoULtKLqUAEILUG/9KONW6f7YsJ6vQLTlFI=
 github.com/phayes/freeport v0.0.0-20220201140144-74d24b5ae9f5 h1:Ii+DKncOVM8Cu1Hc+ETb5K+23HdAMvESYE3ZJ5b5cMI=
 github.com/phayes/freeport v0.0.0-20220201140144-74d24b5ae9f5/go.mod h1:iIss55rKnNBTvrwdmkUpLnDpZoAHvWaiq5+iMmen4AE=
 github.com/pierrec/lz4/v4 v4.1.17 h1:kV4Ip+/hUBC+8T6+2EgburRtkE9ef4nbY3f4dFhGjMc=
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index 12d6fcff23a..5b5e474138a 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -1193,7 +1193,6 @@ go.uber.org/zap/zapcore
 go.uber.org/zap/zapgrpc
 # golang.org/x/crypto v0.6.0 => golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20220829220503-c86fa9a7ed90
 ## explicit; go 1.17
-golang.org/x/crypto/blake2b
 golang.org/x/crypto/cast5
 golang.org/x/crypto/cryptobyte
 golang.org/x/crypto/cryptobyte/asn1
@@ -2402,6 +2401,7 @@ sigs.k8s.io/yaml
 # github.com/chzyer/logex => github.com/chzyer/logex v1.2.1
 # github.com/dgrijalva/jwt-go => github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v4 v4.1.0
 # github.com/emicklei/go-restful => github.com/emicklei/go-restful v2.16.0+incompatible
+# github.com/otiai10/mint => github.com/otiai10/mint v1.4.1
 # golang.org/x/crypto => golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20220829220503-c86fa9a7ed90
 # golang.org/x/net => golang.org/x/net v0.7.0
 # golang.org/x/text => golang.org/x/text v0.7.0