diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index d2fe1de..9896e48 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module github.com/datastax/kcloud
 go 1.18
 
 require (
-	github.com/alecthomas/kong v0.8.0
+	github.com/alecthomas/kong v0.8.1
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
 )
 
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index e86fd8a..6b37fec 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 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/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=