diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index f635fdd..c932446 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module github.com/ironcore-dev/metalbond
 go 1.18
 
 require (
-	github.com/alecthomas/kong v0.7.0
+	github.com/alecthomas/kong v0.8.1
 	github.com/google/addlicense v1.1.1
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.9.4
 	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.27.6
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 9e93c76..4801d2b 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 v0.7.0 h1:YIjJUiR7AcmHxL87UlbPn0gyIGwl4+nYND0OQ4ojP7k=
-github.com/alecthomas/kong v0.7.0/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/bmatcuk/doublestar/v4 v4.0.2 h1:X0krlUVAVmtr2cRoTqR8aDMrDqnB36ht8wpWTiQ3jsA=
 github.com/bmatcuk/doublestar/v4 v4.0.2/go.mod h1:xBQ8jztBU6kakFMg+8WGxn0c6z1fTSPVIjEY1Wr7jzc=