diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index d2f05e4125..bac5db9ace 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0
 	github.com/gorilla/handlers v1.5.2
 	github.com/gorilla/mux v1.8.1
-	github.com/gorilla/schema v1.4.0
+	github.com/gorilla/schema v1.4.1
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror v1.1.1
 	github.com/hugelgupf/p9 v0.3.1-0.20230822151754-54f5c5530921
 	github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index d97427434c..5c3959d0b1 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -277,8 +277,8 @@ github.com/gorilla/handlers v1.5.2 h1:cLTUSsNkgcwhgRqvCNmdbRWG0A3N4F+M2nWKdScwyE
 github.com/gorilla/handlers v1.5.2/go.mod h1:dX+xVpaxdSw+q0Qek8SSsl3dfMk3jNddUkMzo0GtH0w=
 github.com/gorilla/mux v1.8.1 h1:TuBL49tXwgrFYWhqrNgrUNEY92u81SPhu7sTdzQEiWY=
 github.com/gorilla/mux v1.8.1/go.mod h1:AKf9I4AEqPTmMytcMc0KkNouC66V3BtZ4qD5fmWSiMQ=
-github.com/gorilla/schema v1.4.0 h1:l2N+lRTJtev9SUhBtj6NmSxd/6+8LhvN0kV+H2Y8R9k=
-github.com/gorilla/schema v1.4.0/go.mod h1:Dg5SSm5PV60mhF2NFaTV1xuYYj8tV8NOPRo4FggUMnM=
+github.com/gorilla/schema v1.4.1 h1:jUg5hUjCSDZpNGLuXQOgIWGdlgrIdYvgQ0wZtdK1M3E=
+github.com/gorilla/schema v1.4.1/go.mod h1:Dg5SSm5PV60mhF2NFaTV1xuYYj8tV8NOPRo4FggUMnM=
 github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway/v2 v2.19.1 h1:/c3QmbOGMGTOumP2iT/rCwB7b0QDGLKzqOmktBjT+Is=
 github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway/v2 v2.19.1/go.mod h1:5SN9VR2LTsRFsrEC6FHgRbTWrTHu6tqPeKxEQv15giM=
 github.com/hashicorp/errwrap v1.0.0/go.mod h1:YH+1FKiLXxHSkmPseP+kNlulaMuP3n2brvKWEqk/Jc4=
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/gorilla/schema/decoder.go b/vendor/github.com/gorilla/schema/decoder.go
index ed856419e2..54c88ecb34 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/gorilla/schema/decoder.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/gorilla/schema/decoder.go
@@ -12,9 +12,13 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 )
 
+const (
+	defaultMaxSize = 16000
+)
+
 // NewDecoder returns a new Decoder.
 func NewDecoder() *Decoder {
-	return &Decoder{cache: newCache()}
+	return &Decoder{cache: newCache(), maxSize: defaultMaxSize}
 }
 
 // Decoder decodes values from a map[string][]string to a struct.
@@ -22,6 +26,7 @@ type Decoder struct {
 	cache             *cache
 	zeroEmpty         bool
 	ignoreUnknownKeys bool
+	maxSize           int
 }
 
 // SetAliasTag changes the tag used to locate custom field aliases.
@@ -54,6 +59,13 @@ func (d *Decoder) IgnoreUnknownKeys(i bool) {
 	d.ignoreUnknownKeys = i
 }
 
+// MaxSize limits the size of slices for URL nested arrays or object arrays.
+// Choose MaxSize carefully; large values may create many zero-value slice elements.
+// Example: "items.100000=apple" would create a slice with 100,000 empty strings.
+func (d *Decoder) MaxSize(size int) {
+	d.maxSize = size
+}
+
 // RegisterConverter registers a converter function for a custom type.
 func (d *Decoder) RegisterConverter(value interface{}, converterFunc Converter) {
 	d.cache.registerConverter(value, converterFunc)
@@ -302,6 +314,10 @@ func (d *Decoder) decode(v reflect.Value, path string, parts []pathPart, values
 	// Slice of structs. Let's go recursive.
 	if len(parts) > 1 {
 		idx := parts[0].index
+		// a defensive check to avoid creating a large slice based on user input index
+		if idx > d.maxSize {
+			return fmt.Errorf("%v index %d is larger than the configured maxSize %d", v.Kind(), idx, d.maxSize)
+		}
 		if v.IsNil() || v.Len() < idx+1 {
 			value := reflect.MakeSlice(t, idx+1, idx+1)
 			if v.Len() < idx+1 {
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index cdfa639dd3..00ee6b8c30 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -684,7 +684,7 @@ github.com/gorilla/handlers
 # github.com/gorilla/mux v1.8.1
 ## explicit; go 1.20
 github.com/gorilla/mux
-# github.com/gorilla/schema v1.4.0
+# github.com/gorilla/schema v1.4.1
 ## explicit; go 1.20
 github.com/gorilla/schema
 # github.com/hashicorp/errwrap v1.1.0