diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 26abbafcc4..046906dc17 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ require (
 
 require (
 	github.com/efficientgo/core v1.0.0-rc.0
+	github.com/minio/sha256-simd v1.0.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.10.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/bridge/opentracing v1.10.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.9.0
@@ -200,7 +201,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.13 // indirect
 	github.com/matttproud/golang_protobuf_extensions v1.0.2-0.20181231171920-c182affec369 // indirect
 	github.com/minio/md5-simd v1.1.2 // indirect
-	github.com/minio/sha256-simd v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure v1.5.0 // indirect
 	github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180306012644-bacd9c7ef1dd // indirect
diff --git a/internal/cortex/chunk/schema_util.go b/internal/cortex/chunk/schema_util.go
index e18a8e8000..a2c52369bd 100644
--- a/internal/cortex/chunk/schema_util.go
+++ b/internal/cortex/chunk/schema_util.go
@@ -4,17 +4,16 @@
 package chunk
 
 import (
-	"crypto/sha256"
 	"encoding/base64"
 	"encoding/binary"
 	"encoding/hex"
 	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 
-	"fmt"
-
+	"github.com/minio/sha256-simd"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/prometheus/common/model"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/model/labels"
diff --git a/pkg/block/metadata/hash.go b/pkg/block/metadata/hash.go
index 424d8868f5..0daf1bf799 100644
--- a/pkg/block/metadata/hash.go
+++ b/pkg/block/metadata/hash.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 package metadata
 
 import (
-	"crypto/sha256"
 	"encoding/hex"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
@@ -12,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 
 	"github.com/go-kit/log"
+	"github.com/minio/sha256-simd"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 
 	"github.com/thanos-io/thanos/pkg/runutil"
diff --git a/pkg/reloader/reloader.go b/pkg/reloader/reloader.go
index 2941aaad42..fe062e456a 100644
--- a/pkg/reloader/reloader.go
+++ b/pkg/reloader/reloader.go
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"compress/gzip"
 	"context"
-	"crypto/sha256"
 	"hash"
 	"io"
 	"net/http"
@@ -72,6 +71,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify"
 	"github.com/go-kit/log"
 	"github.com/go-kit/log/level"
+	"github.com/minio/sha256-simd"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/promauto"