diff --git a/cmd/nvidia-cdi-hook/create-symlinks/create-symlinks.go b/cmd/nvidia-cdi-hook/create-symlinks/create-symlinks.go
index ea81d5a2c..31553b3f2 100644
--- a/cmd/nvidia-cdi-hook/create-symlinks/create-symlinks.go
+++ b/cmd/nvidia-cdi-hook/create-symlinks/create-symlinks.go
@@ -133,8 +133,6 @@ func (m command) createLink(containerRootDir string, targetPath string, link str
 	}
 
 	return m.createSymlinkInRoot(containerRootDir, targetPath, link)
-
-	return nil
 }
 
 // linkExists checks whether the specified link exists.
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 9dc970eea..541dc3ff0 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/NVIDIA/go-nvlib v0.9.1-0.20251202135446-d0f42ba016dd
 	github.com/NVIDIA/go-nvml v0.13.0-1.0.20260212130905-92cf8c963449
 	github.com/containerd/nri v0.11.0
+	github.com/cyphar/filepath-securejoin v0.6.1
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0
 	github.com/moby/sys/mountinfo v0.7.2
 	github.com/moby/sys/reexec v0.1.0
@@ -29,7 +30,6 @@ require (
 	cyphar.com/go-pathrs v0.2.1 // indirect
 	github.com/containerd/log v0.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/containerd/ttrpc v1.2.7 // indirect
-	github.com/cyphar/filepath-securejoin v0.6.1 // indirect
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.7.0 // indirect
 	github.com/hashicorp/errwrap v1.1.0 // indirect