diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 2bf8c1d14352..39934ad6514e 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/bradfitz/gomemcache v0.0.0-20230905024940-24af94b03874 // @grafana/grafana-backend-group
 	github.com/bwmarrin/snowflake v0.3.0 // @grafana/grafana-app-platform-squad
 	github.com/centrifugal/centrifuge v0.35.0 // @grafana/grafana-app-platform-squad
-	github.com/crewjam/saml v0.4.14 // @grafana/identity-access-team
 	github.com/dgraph-io/badger/v4 v4.7.0 // @grafana/grafana-search-and-storage
 	github.com/dlmiddlecote/sqlstats v1.0.2 // @grafana/grafana-backend-group
 	github.com/dolthub/go-mysql-server v0.19.1-0.20250410182021-5632d67cd46e // @grafana/grafana-datasources-core-services
@@ -109,6 +108,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/grafana/otel-profiling-go v0.5.1 // @grafana/grafana-backend-group
 	github.com/grafana/pyroscope-go/godeltaprof v0.1.9 // @grafana/observability-traces-and-profiling
 	github.com/grafana/pyroscope/api v1.2.1-0.20250415190842-3ff7247547ae // @grafana/observability-traces-and-profiling
+	github.com/grafana/saml v0.4.15-0.20251017092131-c91c4e045805 // @grafana/identity-access-team
 	github.com/grafana/tempo v1.5.1-0.20251027222923-cbe5f845dc7b // @grafana/observability-traces-and-profiling
 	github.com/grpc-ecosystem/go-grpc-middleware v1.4.0 // @grafana/grafana-search-and-storage
 	github.com/grpc-ecosystem/go-grpc-middleware/providers/prometheus v1.1.0 // @grafana/plugins-platform-backend
@@ -630,9 +630,6 @@ require (
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.6.0 // indirect
 )
 
-// Use fork of crewjam/saml with fixes for some issues until changes get merged into upstream
-replace github.com/crewjam/saml => github.com/grafana/saml v0.4.15-0.20240917091248-ae3bbdad8a56
-
 // Use our fork of the upstream alertmanagers.
 // This is required in order to get notification delivery errors from the receivers API.
 replace github.com/prometheus/alertmanager => github.com/grafana/prometheus-alertmanager v0.25.1-0.20250821192752-903ba9e90238
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index cf2fc1a1fac7..bd6f49e68305 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -4023,8 +4023,8 @@ github.com/grafana/pyroscope/api v1.2.1-0.20250415190842-3ff7247547ae h1:35W3Wjp
 github.com/grafana/pyroscope/api v1.2.1-0.20250415190842-3ff7247547ae/go.mod h1:6CJ1uXmLZ13ufpO9xE4pST+DyaBt0uszzrV0YnoaVLQ=
 github.com/grafana/regexp v0.0.0-20240518133315-a468a5bfb3bc h1:GN2Lv3MGO7AS6PrRoT6yV5+wkrOpcszoIsO4+4ds248=
 github.com/grafana/regexp v0.0.0-20240518133315-a468a5bfb3bc/go.mod h1:+JKpmjMGhpgPL+rXZ5nsZieVzvarn86asRlBg4uNGnk=
-github.com/grafana/saml v0.4.15-0.20240917091248-ae3bbdad8a56 h1:SDGrP81Vcd102L3UJEryRd1eestRw73wt+b8vnVEFe0=
-github.com/grafana/saml v0.4.15-0.20240917091248-ae3bbdad8a56/go.mod h1:S4+611dxnKt8z/ulbvaJzcgSHsuhjVc1QHNTcr1R7Fw=
+github.com/grafana/saml v0.4.15-0.20251017092131-c91c4e045805 h1:eE5H7yF7ajvPapPmTWQyQebd3OB3xp1xZqhX/7LNMfs=
+github.com/grafana/saml v0.4.15-0.20251017092131-c91c4e045805/go.mod h1:khX5Ekq41SxfbF2s7wniq/id0SP90GQl2QLnTDV9B/0=
 github.com/grafana/sqlds/v4 v4.2.4 h1:Xlxy1udWqDK0dlbuJ1qXL7K3EYaf+aKMl38zhd3VbQY=
 github.com/grafana/sqlds/v4 v4.2.4/go.mod h1:BQRjUG8rOqrBI4NAaeoWrIMuoNgfi8bdhCJ+5cgEfLU=
 github.com/grafana/tempo v1.5.1-0.20251027222923-cbe5f845dc7b h1:y7osjPrSX+RYsa6BbNUYKgoKXE16Qmn+YDWOjjB55ZM=
diff --git a/go.work b/go.work
index 4f2d3e7843e1..bbb4828b5f48 100644
--- a/go.work
+++ b/go.work
@@ -30,5 +30,3 @@ use (
 )
 
 replace github.com/prometheus/alertmanager => github.com/grafana/prometheus-alertmanager v0.25.1-0.20250620093340-be61a673dee6
-
-replace github.com/crewjam/saml => github.com/grafana/saml v0.4.15-0.20240917091248-ae3bbdad8a56
diff --git a/pkg/build/go.mod b/pkg/build/go.mod
index 561ba04518b5..c001d4cbe996 100644
--- a/pkg/build/go.mod
+++ b/pkg/build/go.mod
@@ -62,9 +62,6 @@ require (
 	gonum.org/v1/gonum v0.17.0 // indirect
 )
 
-// Use fork of crewjam/saml with fixes for some issues until changes get merged into upstream
-replace github.com/crewjam/saml => github.com/grafana/saml v0.4.15-0.20240523142256-cc370b98af7c
-
 // Use our fork of the upstream alertmanagers.
 // This is required in order to get notification delivery errors from the receivers API.
 replace github.com/prometheus/alertmanager => github.com/grafana/prometheus-alertmanager v0.25.1-0.20240625192351-66ec17e3aa45
diff --git a/pkg/extensions/enterprise_imports.go b/pkg/extensions/enterprise_imports.go
index 87af8cc5f03b..0a4190111ebd 100644
--- a/pkg/extensions/enterprise_imports.go
+++ b/pkg/extensions/enterprise_imports.go
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import (
 	_ "github.com/beevik/etree"
 	_ "github.com/blugelabs/bluge"
 	_ "github.com/bradfitz/gomemcache/memcache"
-	_ "github.com/crewjam/saml"
 	_ "github.com/dgraph-io/badger/v4"
 	_ "github.com/dlmiddlecote/sqlstats"
 	_ "github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify"
@@ -465,6 +464,7 @@ import (
 	_ "github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/util/xorm"
 	_ "github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/web"
 	_ "github.com/grafana/pyroscope-go/godeltaprof/http/pprof"
+	_ "github.com/grafana/saml"
 	_ "github.com/grafana/tempo/pkg/traceql"
 	_ "github.com/grpc-ecosystem/go-grpc-middleware/providers/prometheus"
 	_ "github.com/grpc-ecosystem/go-grpc-middleware/v2/interceptors/auth"