diff --git a/backend/mega/mega_internal_test.go b/backend/mega/mega_internal_test.go
index c39dfff4d..42fc41457 100644
--- a/backend/mega/mega_internal_test.go
+++ b/backend/mega/mega_internal_test.go
@@ -16,21 +16,12 @@ import (
 // process disappears from listings straight away rather than lingering as a
 // ghost until go-mega's next event poll reconciles the in-memory tree.
 //
-// The ghost is a race between the upload's server event being replayed and
-// the delete, so it puts, removes and lists in a tight loop to make it show
-// up reliably.
+// It puts, removes and lists in a tight loop to make any lingering entry
+// show up reliably, exercising whichever delete mode the remote is
+// configured with (hard_delete or the default trash).
 func (f *Fs) InternalTestGhostAfterRemove(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := context.Background()
 
-	// Exercise the default soft-delete path - the hard_delete=true path
-	// hits a separate bug in go-mega's Delete which leaves the node in its
-	// parent's children regardless of what rclone does.
-	if f.opt.HardDelete {
-		oldHardDelete := f.opt.HardDelete
-		f.opt.HardDelete = false
-		defer func() { f.opt.HardDelete = oldHardDelete }()
-	}
-
 	dir := "ghost-test"
 	require.NoError(t, f.Mkdir(ctx, dir))
 	defer func() { _ = f.Rmdir(ctx, dir) }()
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index cfbba0594..3caa437fc 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.10.2
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.10
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1
-	github.com/t3rm1n4l/go-mega v0.0.0-20251120131202-6845944c051c
+	github.com/t3rm1n4l/go-mega v0.0.0-20260630094356-4de2f127f34a
 	github.com/unknwon/goconfig v1.0.0
 	github.com/willscott/go-nfs v0.0.4
 	github.com/winfsp/cgofuse v1.6.1-0.20260126094232-f2c4fccdb286
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index d03b624a2..05d51fe54 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -666,8 +666,8 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0/go.mod h1:yNjHg4UonilssWZ8iaSj1OCr/vHnekPRkoO
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.1/go.mod h1:w2LPCIKwWwSfY2zedu0+kehJoqGctiVI29o6fzry7u4=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1 h1:7s2iGBzp5EwR7/aIZr8ao5+dra3wiQyKjjFuvgVKu7U=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1/go.mod h1:wZwfW3scLgRK+23gO65QZefKpKQRnfz6sD981Nm4B6U=
-github.com/t3rm1n4l/go-mega v0.0.0-20251120131202-6845944c051c h1:dtcOwRimeiBFrlutmF6K94l0rxYFARNFMA+lSQ41C+M=
-github.com/t3rm1n4l/go-mega v0.0.0-20251120131202-6845944c051c/go.mod h1:BF/l2jNyK+2h/BJZ7VLMAz6m/IWjA2F67gTjV1C/+Bo=
+github.com/t3rm1n4l/go-mega v0.0.0-20260630094356-4de2f127f34a h1:VQ9CmpYeTgdFvg748N6tIOHBZn+hXjJe2xNuOJHW07E=
+github.com/t3rm1n4l/go-mega v0.0.0-20260630094356-4de2f127f34a/go.mod h1:BF/l2jNyK+2h/BJZ7VLMAz6m/IWjA2F67gTjV1C/+Bo=
 github.com/tailscale/depaware v0.0.0-20210622194025-720c4b409502/go.mod h1:p9lPsd+cx33L3H9nNoecRRxPssFKUwwI50I3pZ0yT+8=
 github.com/tinylib/msgp v1.6.3 h1:bCSxiTz386UTgyT1i0MSCvdbWjVW+8sG3PjkGsZQt4s=
 github.com/tinylib/msgp v1.6.3/go.mod h1:RSp0LW9oSxFut3KzESt5Voq4GVWyS+PSulT77roAqEA=