diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index fae46dd9e..c6eb20cf2 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -279,4 +279,4 @@ require (
 
 replace golang.org/x/time => github.com/crowdsecurity/time v0.13.0-crowdsec.20250912
 
-replace github.com/corazawaf/coraza/v3 => github.com/crowdsecurity/coraza/v3 v3.7.0-crowdsec.20260723
+replace github.com/corazawaf/coraza/v3 => github.com/crowdsecurity/coraza/v3 v3.7.0-crowdsec.20260730
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 1744da0ef..dfc295ad4 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -128,8 +128,8 @@ github.com/creack/pty v1.1.7/go.mod h1:lj5s0c3V2DBrqTV7llrYr5NG6My20zk30Fl46Y7Do
 github.com/creack/pty v1.1.17/go.mod h1:MOBLtS5ELjhRRrroQr9kyvTxUAFNvYEK993ew/Vr4O4=
 github.com/creack/pty v1.1.24 h1:bJrF4RRfyJnbTJqzRLHzcGaZK1NeM5kTC9jGgovnR1s=
 github.com/creack/pty v1.1.24/go.mod h1:08sCNb52WyoAwi2QDyzUCTgcvVFhUzewun7wtTfvcwE=
-github.com/crowdsecurity/coraza/v3 v3.7.0-crowdsec.20260723 h1:lkgSQYhJnJFRmiCrE4vUSbdQZw/lIRqtCOv/jkBUcOM=
-github.com/crowdsecurity/coraza/v3 v3.7.0-crowdsec.20260723/go.mod h1:i+MkCB5Vb0Gl+273BjKHptdkahHrEIPoR3Cgcj21N/U=
+github.com/crowdsecurity/coraza/v3 v3.7.0-crowdsec.20260730 h1:mbgglC8hhUlOjjh23E1vymYAHLthA84VXsHCTaJRwFY=
+github.com/crowdsecurity/coraza/v3 v3.7.0-crowdsec.20260730/go.mod h1:i+MkCB5Vb0Gl+273BjKHptdkahHrEIPoR3Cgcj21N/U=
 github.com/crowdsecurity/dlog v0.0.2 h1:nj/7jLKO0o8tYn79O+g51ASeGLr5oOVahSoJ6Umq51g=
 github.com/crowdsecurity/dlog v0.0.2/go.mod h1:zpv7r+7KXwgVUZnUNjyP22zc/D7LKjyoY02weH2RBbk=
 github.com/crowdsecurity/go-cs-lib v0.0.25 h1:Ov6VPW9yV+OPsbAIQk1iTkEWhwkpaG0v3lrBzeqjzj4=
diff --git a/pkg/exprhelpers/helpers.go b/pkg/exprhelpers/helpers.go
index ce07bd656..2ed795258 100644
--- a/pkg/exprhelpers/helpers.go
+++ b/pkg/exprhelpers/helpers.go
@@ -204,6 +204,12 @@ func FileInit(directory string, filename string, fileType string) error {
 		return nil
 	}
 
+	if fileType == "modsec" {
+		// modsec files are referenced in rules just to have cscli download them
+		// They are loaded directly by coraza
+		return nil
+	}
+
 	ok, err := existsInFileMaps(filename, fileType)
 	if ok {
 		log.Debugf("ignored file %s%s because already loaded", directory, filename)