diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index f53269ed93..986af47927 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0
 	github.com/jpillora/backoff v1.0.0
 	github.com/kong/go-database-reconciler v1.9.0
-	github.com/kong/go-kong v0.52.0
+	github.com/kong/go-kong v0.54.0
 	github.com/kong/kubernetes-telemetry v0.1.3
 	github.com/kong/kubernetes-testing-framework v0.46.0
 	github.com/lithammer/dedent v1.1.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 9e5f91846f..ae3bb5c063 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -251,8 +251,8 @@ github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.0 h1:Rnbp4K9EjcDuVuHtd0dgA4qNuv9yKDYKK1ulpJw
 github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.0/go.mod h1:ntbaceVETuRiXiv4DpjP66DpAtAGkEQskQzEyD//IeE=
 github.com/kong/go-database-reconciler v1.9.0 h1:JWAQlT7lqmN+JrutdkN5yj+u9QwR6P7jNGz7cFqdg4Y=
 github.com/kong/go-database-reconciler v1.9.0/go.mod h1:QuHNMiwxuoflH+IkESEZpxO+6KsYXQ4QJ+Rq98wRYCM=
-github.com/kong/go-kong v0.52.0 h1:qQnYXTNpMpfLd2q61dy6MB2atN1f3+LjKCc5qkjcD58=
-github.com/kong/go-kong v0.52.0/go.mod h1:Uqahp6hm7+JrL768AiohkwzwPuqajzc0+6nBPB6SO6s=
+github.com/kong/go-kong v0.54.0 h1:HZkZJRREJs/azkgJxMWr2jANQQfg8xXsAiFKu+d1nrs=
+github.com/kong/go-kong v0.54.0/go.mod h1:51rSSjgSZKukXgn5nNYbJUx0Et/islqR+LTltwCyjG8=
 github.com/kong/kubernetes-telemetry v0.1.3 h1:Hz2tkHGIIUqbn1x46QRDmmNjbEtJyxyOvHSPne3uPto=
 github.com/kong/kubernetes-telemetry v0.1.3/go.mod h1:wB7o8dOKa5R396CyiU0sPa8am/g3c5DKd/qrn/Vmb+k=
 github.com/kong/kubernetes-testing-framework v0.46.0 h1:KDldlC2rMqXlojKa6PAfms1iKtj7oifRs5VZfdZkY4M=