diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index adb1296..705c5d5 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module github.com/xmidt-org/dms
 go 1.19
 
 require (
-	github.com/alecthomas/kong v1.3.0
+	github.com/alecthomas/kong v1.4.0
 	github.com/gorilla/mux v1.8.1
 	github.com/stretchr/objx v0.5.2 // indirect
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 96b7d60..048eba9 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 github.com/alecthomas/assert/v2 v2.11.0 h1:2Q9r3ki8+JYXvGsDyBXwH3LcJ+WK5D0gc5E8vS6K3D0=
-github.com/alecthomas/kong v1.3.0 h1:YJKuU6/TV2XOBtymafSeuzDvLAFR8cYMZiXVNLhAO6g=
-github.com/alecthomas/kong v1.3.0/go.mod h1:IDc8HyiouDdpdiEiY81iaEJM8rSIW6LzX8On4FCO0bE=
+github.com/alecthomas/kong v1.4.0 h1:UL7tzGMnnY0YRMMvJyITIRX1EpO6RbBRZDNcCevy3HA=
+github.com/alecthomas/kong v1.4.0/go.mod h1:p2vqieVMeTAnaC83txKtXe8FLke2X07aruPWXyMPQrU=
 github.com/alecthomas/repr v0.4.0 h1:GhI2A8MACjfegCPVq9f1FLvIBS+DrQ2KQBFZP1iFzXc=
 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=