diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 725eb2d..463f6cb 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module github.com/xmidt-org/skeleton
 go 1.26
 
 require (
-	github.com/alecthomas/kong v1.16.0
+	github.com/alecthomas/kong v1.16.1
 	github.com/go-chi/chi/v5 v5.3.1
 	github.com/go-kit/kit v0.13.0
 	github.com/goschtalt/goschtalt v0.28.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 218f543..625e4ea 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ github.com/VividCortex/gohistogram v1.0.0 h1:6+hBz+qvs0JOrrNhhmR7lFxo5sINxBCGXrd
 github.com/VividCortex/gohistogram v1.0.0/go.mod h1:Pf5mBqqDxYaXu3hDrrU+w6nw50o/4+TcAqDqk/vUH7g=
 github.com/alecthomas/assert/v2 v2.11.0 h1:2Q9r3ki8+JYXvGsDyBXwH3LcJ+WK5D0gc5E8vS6K3D0=
 github.com/alecthomas/assert/v2 v2.11.0/go.mod h1:Bze95FyfUr7x34QZrjL+XP+0qgp/zg8yS+TtBj1WA3k=
-github.com/alecthomas/kong v1.16.0 h1:g92/kUxBcdcTPOM79yE63viJgtcp5dNyrB3/O2cjYT4=
-github.com/alecthomas/kong v1.16.0/go.mod h1:wrlbXem1CWqUV5Vbmss5ISYhsVPkBb1Yo7YKJghju2I=
+github.com/alecthomas/kong v1.16.1 h1:ixhCt93XkJ98kGposQ54+bl0IK6XwqB40AsMynU7Z8E=
+github.com/alecthomas/kong v1.16.1/go.mod h1:wrlbXem1CWqUV5Vbmss5ISYhsVPkBb1Yo7YKJghju2I=
 github.com/alecthomas/repr v0.5.2 h1:SU73FTI9D1P5UNtvseffFSGmdNci/O6RsqzeXJtP0Qs=
 github.com/alecthomas/repr v0.5.2/go.mod h1:Fr0507jx4eOXV7AlPV6AVZLYrLIuIeSOWtW57eE/O/4=
 github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.1 h1:VlbKKnNfV8bJzeqoa4cOKqO6bYr3WgKZxO8Z16+hsOM=