diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 2bdf344..49ebaff 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module git.cryptic.systems/volker.raschek/prometheus-fail2ban-exporter
 go 1.20
 
 require (
-	github.com/alecthomas/kong v0.8.0
+	github.com/alecthomas/kong v0.8.1
 	github.com/kisielk/og-rek v1.2.0
 	github.com/nlpodyssey/gopickle v0.2.0
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.16.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 5259440..76cf28e 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/beorn7/perks v1.0.1 h1:VlbKKnNfV8bJzeqoa4cOKqO6bYr3WgKZxO8Z16+hsOM=
 github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.1/go.mod h1:G2ZrVWU2WbWT9wwq4/hrbKbnv/1ERSJQ0ibhJ6rlkpw=