diff --git a/pkg/pillar/go.mod b/pkg/pillar/go.mod
index 60b586666f..c08d3e6200 100644
--- a/pkg/pillar/go.mod
+++ b/pkg/pillar/go.mod
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/cshari-zededa/eve-tpm2-tools v0.0.4
 	github.com/docker/docker v25.0.5+incompatible
 	github.com/eriknordmark/ipinfo v0.0.0-20230728132417-2d8f4da903d7
-	github.com/eshard/uevent v1.0.1
+	github.com/eshard/uevent v1.0.2-0.20220110110621-d8d2be286cec
 	github.com/facebook/time v0.0.0-20240605113323-bdee26e8523f
 	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.6.0
 	github.com/go-chi/chi/v5 v5.0.10
diff --git a/pkg/pillar/go.sum b/pkg/pillar/go.sum
index 35d049fe4f..d2c5184479 100644
--- a/pkg/pillar/go.sum
+++ b/pkg/pillar/go.sum
@@ -991,6 +991,8 @@ github.com/eriknordmark/ipinfo v0.0.0-20230728132417-2d8f4da903d7 h1:25R+h8+75+z
 github.com/eriknordmark/ipinfo v0.0.0-20230728132417-2d8f4da903d7/go.mod h1:m5kR+NOoKCuA5r6T+9f7q7VfPjPhHskhmxRAebb7avM=
 github.com/eshard/uevent v1.0.1 h1:AaqwtzDItdrb+rZ9EEAJJnkR36kTgeWplR44wc2ptfI=
 github.com/eshard/uevent v1.0.1/go.mod h1:fgPg/9WMh1CvD0dIh08gjDdrgLueDUJH7aPzM0932CY=
+github.com/eshard/uevent v1.0.2-0.20220110110621-d8d2be286cec h1:6yjNScIckOkANX2IF3j67YJL93cgfan72CJcwkyRsPA=
+github.com/eshard/uevent v1.0.2-0.20220110110621-d8d2be286cec/go.mod h1:fgPg/9WMh1CvD0dIh08gjDdrgLueDUJH7aPzM0932CY=
 github.com/evanphx/json-patch v4.12.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:50XU6AFN0ol/bzJsmQLiYLvXMP4fmwYFNcr97nuDLSk=
 github.com/facebook/time v0.0.0-20240605113323-bdee26e8523f h1:qEpaI5a4QYn7voX3z4pa4Fkyuk7PQ7CUHpargUHZkYE=
 github.com/facebook/time v0.0.0-20240605113323-bdee26e8523f/go.mod h1:2UFAomOuD2vAK1x68czUtCVjAqmyWCEnAXOlmGqf+G0=
diff --git a/pkg/pillar/vendor/github.com/eshard/uevent/reader.go b/pkg/pillar/vendor/github.com/eshard/uevent/reader.go
index 0d67e104cc..febff6c015 100644
--- a/pkg/pillar/vendor/github.com/eshard/uevent/reader.go
+++ b/pkg/pillar/vendor/github.com/eshard/uevent/reader.go
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ func (r *Reader) Read(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
 	if r.closed {
 		return 0, io.EOF
 	}
+
+	if n == -1 {
+		n = 0
+	}
+
 	return
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/pillar/vendor/modules.txt b/pkg/pillar/vendor/modules.txt
index 1cdfc7dc5c..5e58fbcb14 100644
--- a/pkg/pillar/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/pkg/pillar/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ github.com/emicklei/go-restful/v3/log
 # github.com/eriknordmark/ipinfo v0.0.0-20230728132417-2d8f4da903d7
 ## explicit
 github.com/eriknordmark/ipinfo
-# github.com/eshard/uevent v1.0.1
+# github.com/eshard/uevent v1.0.2-0.20220110110621-d8d2be286cec
 ## explicit
 github.com/eshard/uevent
 # github.com/facebook/time v0.0.0-20240605113323-bdee26e8523f