diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index a089fc7..6d38eab 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 v0.9.0
+	github.com/alecthomas/kong v1.2.0
 	github.com/kisielk/og-rek v1.2.0
 	github.com/nlpodyssey/gopickle v0.3.0
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.20.3
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index cb9ba2a..bfac7c9 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 github.com/alecthomas/assert/v2 v2.6.0 h1:o3WJwILtexrEUk3cUVal3oiQY2tfgr/FHWiz/v2n4FU=
 github.com/alecthomas/kong v0.9.0 h1:G5diXxc85KvoV2f0ZRVuMsi45IrBgx9zDNGNj165aPA=
 github.com/alecthomas/kong v0.9.0/go.mod h1:Y47y5gKfHp1hDc7CH7OeXgLIpp+Q2m1Ni0L5s3bI8Os=
+github.com/alecthomas/kong v1.2.0 h1:rzOKVDXrKg6hpQi+99VFbgkiXLCRbnYp18PAlK6wYas=
+github.com/alecthomas/kong v1.2.0/go.mod h1:rKTSFhbdp3Ryefn8x5MOEprnRFQ7nlmMC01GKhehhBM=
 github.com/alecthomas/repr v0.4.0 h1:GhI2A8MACjfegCPVq9f1FLvIBS+DrQ2KQBFZP1iFzXc=
 github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.1 h1:VlbKKnNfV8bJzeqoa4cOKqO6bYr3WgKZxO8Z16+hsOM=
 github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.1/go.mod h1:G2ZrVWU2WbWT9wwq4/hrbKbnv/1ERSJQ0ibhJ6rlkpw=