diff --git a/packages/core/package.json b/packages/core/package.json
index 78fc955ae3..75036e8629 100644
--- a/packages/core/package.json
+++ b/packages/core/package.json
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
     "@sd-jwt/sd-jwt-vc": "^0.7.0",
     "@sd-jwt/types": "^0.7.0",
     "@sd-jwt/utils": "^0.7.0",
-    "@sphereon/pex": "^3.3.2",
+    "@sphereon/pex": "^4.0.1",
     "@sphereon/pex-models": "^2.2.4",
     "@sphereon/ssi-types": "^0.23.0",
     "@stablelib/ed25519": "^1.0.2",
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 1f5fe8ac39..1587b90c91 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -448,8 +448,8 @@ importers:
         specifier: ^0.7.0
         version: 0.7.1
       '@sphereon/pex':
-        specifier: ^3.3.2
-        version: 3.3.3
+        specifier: ^4.0.1
+        version: 4.0.1
       '@sphereon/pex-models':
         specifier: ^2.2.4
         version: 2.2.4
@@ -2411,6 +2411,10 @@ packages:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-CXwdEcMTUh2z/5AriBn3OuShEG06l2tgiIr7qDJthnkez8DQ3sZo2vr4NEQWKKAL+DeAWAI4FryQGO4KuK7yfg==}
     engines: {node: '>=18'}
 
+  '@sphereon/pex@4.0.1':
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-3XnX/YJpxR8ueMO+qZLcn14dYFE4OHqi3i1qMLwPo/7jFFLrTb70uDG1++D+MqS7YTwYQbMtJA9KzzWcKTEg4w==}
+    engines: {node: '>=18'}
+
   '@sphereon/ssi-types@0.22.0':
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-YPJAZlKmzNALXK8ohP3ETxj1oVzL4+M9ljj3fD5xrbacvYax1JPCVKc8BWSubGcQckKHPbgbpcS7LYEeghyT9Q==}
 
@@ -9840,6 +9844,21 @@ snapshots:
       string.prototype.matchall: 4.0.11
       uint8arrays: 3.1.1
 
+  '@sphereon/pex@4.0.1':
+    dependencies:
+      '@astronautlabs/jsonpath': 1.1.2
+      '@sd-jwt/decode': 0.6.1
+      '@sd-jwt/present': 0.6.1
+      '@sd-jwt/types': 0.6.1
+      '@sphereon/pex-models': 2.2.4
+      '@sphereon/ssi-types': 0.22.0
+      ajv: 8.17.1
+      ajv-formats: 2.1.1(ajv@8.17.1)
+      jwt-decode: 3.1.2
+      nanoid: 3.3.7
+      string.prototype.matchall: 4.0.11
+      uint8arrays: 3.1.1
+
   '@sphereon/ssi-types@0.22.0':
     dependencies:
       '@sd-jwt/decode': 0.6.1