diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 13c2528..7ecdc4a 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module github.com/crossplane/function-auto-ready
 go 1.20
 
 require (
-	github.com/alecthomas/kong v0.8.0
+	github.com/alecthomas/kong v0.8.1
 	github.com/crossplane/crossplane-runtime v1.13.0
 	github.com/crossplane/function-sdk-go v0.0.0-20230920225543-a4ada4f934f6
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 5faf3df..1cb11c5 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ dario.cat/mergo v1.0.0/go.mod h1:uNxQE+84aUszobStD9th8a29P2fMDhsBdgRYvZOxGmk=
 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/benbjohnson/clock v1.1.0 h1:Q92kusRqC1XV2MjkWETPvjJVqKetz1OzxZB7mHJLju8=
 github.com/benbjohnson/clock v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J11/hYXuz8f4ySSvYwY0FKfm+ezbsZBKZxNJlLklBHA=