diff --git a/docs/release-notes/change-log.md b/docs/release-notes/change-log.md
index cc75fa15d..b6c626e44 100644
--- a/docs/release-notes/change-log.md
+++ b/docs/release-notes/change-log.md
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 
 ### Server
 
+- Bumped `dauth`: with continuous authentication, each continuous `Authenticate` response now refreshes the stream's trusted headers, and metering reads them on every event (#980). A stream whose first authentication returned no identity is metered with it from the next continuous call on.
 - Add `Tier1Config.AllowPrunedChain`, forwarded to tier2. It lets
   requests keep running Substreams whose modules (mappers and stores) start before the chain's first streamable block,
   after that block was raised (the chain was pruned). Those modules run from the first streamable block on,
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 90ddb07c6..327796468 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.10
 	github.com/streamingfast/bstream v0.0.2-0.20261008140057-0873d6f53bd2
 	github.com/streamingfast/cli v0.0.4-0.20250815192146-d8a233ec3d0b
-	github.com/streamingfast/dauth v0.0.0-20260304175046-02898e30442d
+	github.com/streamingfast/dauth v0.0.0-20261009160221-75940c11f03e
 	github.com/streamingfast/dbin v0.9.1-0.20231117225723-59790c798e2c
 	github.com/streamingfast/derr v0.0.0-20250814163534-bd7407bd89d7
 	github.com/streamingfast/dgrpc v0.0.0-20260929191947-99e20897ecc7
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 22c8c44a5..7e4dba393 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -657,8 +657,8 @@ github.com/streamingfast/bstream v0.0.2-0.20261008140057-0873d6f53bd2 h1:85QAcwp
 github.com/streamingfast/bstream v0.0.2-0.20261008140057-0873d6f53bd2/go.mod h1:duqjBtD6U7/Y2swB/VCwgzoLODC5L+x6fDmvlgZIAPM=
 github.com/streamingfast/cli v0.0.4-0.20250815192146-d8a233ec3d0b h1:ztYeX3/5rg2tV2EU7edcrcHzMz6wUbdJB+LqCrP5W8s=
 github.com/streamingfast/cli v0.0.4-0.20250815192146-d8a233ec3d0b/go.mod h1:o9R/tjNON01X2mgWL5qirl2MV6xQ4EZI5D504ST3K/M=
-github.com/streamingfast/dauth v0.0.0-20260304175046-02898e30442d h1:NYrpGcWWLNpIYbHwvNo/W8E+oXhsrn/0kUwun0Rwx8w=
-github.com/streamingfast/dauth v0.0.0-20260304175046-02898e30442d/go.mod h1:4g4HFFqtlmdK1FIxnVToetc7unBRAGRSjc4VArvUmbM=
+github.com/streamingfast/dauth v0.0.0-20261009160221-75940c11f03e h1:7/iZMjY9F6PM+s58yKok6mPQHPURRYm4dJcXcw6ooyQ=
+github.com/streamingfast/dauth v0.0.0-20261009160221-75940c11f03e/go.mod h1:0pqoboyvjxRV9Qdrh+bo0EKMo0bbGxDwUTINtrU92Q8=
 github.com/streamingfast/dbin v0.9.1-0.20231117225723-59790c798e2c h1:6WjE2yInE+5jnI7cmCcxOiGZiEs2FQm9Zsg2a9Ivp0Q=
 github.com/streamingfast/dbin v0.9.1-0.20231117225723-59790c798e2c/go.mod h1:dbfiy9ORrL8c6ldSq+L0H9pg8TOqqu/FsghsgUEWK54=
 github.com/streamingfast/derr v0.0.0-20250814163534-bd7407bd89d7 h1:KeyhmbdPhEzot+On1XrHSAOmRoeyIRiM0EkGQAqnVxI=