diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index f7eabe27..f2468ffd 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ go 1.20
 require (
 	github.com/DataDog/datadog-lambda-go v1.11.0
 	github.com/Netflix/go-env v0.0.0-20220526054621-78278af1949d
-	github.com/alecthomas/kong v0.8.0
+	github.com/alecthomas/kong v0.8.1
 	github.com/aws/aws-lambda-go v1.41.0
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.45.24
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2 v1.21.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index a82ee254..403ffc0c 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ github.com/Microsoft/go-winio v0.6.1/go.mod h1:LRdKpFKfdobln8UmuiYcKPot9D2v6svN5
 github.com/Netflix/go-env v0.0.0-20220526054621-78278af1949d h1:wvStE9wLpws31NiWUx+38wny1msZ/tm+eL5xmm4Y7So=
 github.com/Netflix/go-env v0.0.0-20220526054621-78278af1949d/go.mod h1:9XMFaCeRyW7fC9XJOWQ+NdAv8VLG7ys7l3x4ozEGLUQ=
 github.com/alecthomas/assert/v2 v2.1.0 h1:tbredtNcQnoSd3QBhQWI7QZ3XHOVkw1Moklp2ojoH/0=
-github.com/alecthomas/kong v0.8.0 h1:ryDCzutfIqJPnNn0omnrgHLbAggDQM2VWHikE1xqK7s=
-github.com/alecthomas/kong v0.8.0/go.mod h1:n1iCIO2xS46oE8ZfYCNDqdR0b0wZNrXAIAqro/2132U=
+github.com/alecthomas/kong v0.8.1 h1:acZdn3m4lLRobeh3Zi2S2EpnXTd1mOL6U7xVml+vfkY=
+github.com/alecthomas/kong v0.8.1/go.mod h1:n1iCIO2xS46oE8ZfYCNDqdR0b0wZNrXAIAqro/2132U=
 github.com/alecthomas/repr v0.1.0 h1:ENn2e1+J3k09gyj2shc0dHr/yjaWSHRlrJ4DPMevDqE=
 github.com/andybalholm/brotli v1.0.5 h1:8uQZIdzKmjc/iuPu7O2ioW48L81FgatrcpfFmiq/cCs=
 github.com/andybalholm/brotli v1.0.5/go.mod h1:fO7iG3H7G2nSZ7m0zPUDn85XEX2GTukHGRSepvi9Eig=