diff --git a/src/cmd/go.mod b/src/cmd/go.mod
index 24ad6c24327da9..3c90dca491a07a 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go.mod
+++ b/src/cmd/go.mod
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/google/pprof v0.0.0-20201203190320-1bf35d6f28c2
 	golang.org/x/arch v0.0.0-20201008161808-52c3e6f60cff
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20201016220609-9e8e0b390897
-	golang.org/x/mod v0.4.1
+	golang.org/x/mod v0.4.2-0.20210223202949-66f6d92cabd5
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210218145245-beda7e5e158e // indirect
 	golang.org/x/tools v0.1.1-0.20210220032852-2363391a5b2f
 )
diff --git a/src/cmd/go.sum b/src/cmd/go.sum
index e9b62f46e16d92..498b92207f4888 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go.sum
+++ b/src/cmd/go.sum
@@ -13,8 +13,9 @@ golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20191011191535-87dc89f01550/go.mod h1:yigFU9vqHzYiE8U
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20200622213623-75b288015ac9/go.mod h1:LzIPMQfyMNhhGPhUkYOs5KpL4U8rLKemX1yGLhDgUto=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20201016220609-9e8e0b390897 h1:pLI5jrR7OSLijeIDcmRxNmw2api+jEfxLoykJVice/E=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20201016220609-9e8e0b390897/go.mod h1:LzIPMQfyMNhhGPhUkYOs5KpL4U8rLKemX1yGLhDgUto=
-golang.org/x/mod v0.4.1 h1:Kvvh58BN8Y9/lBi7hTekvtMpm07eUZ0ck5pRHpsMWrY=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.4.1/go.mod h1:s0Qsj1ACt9ePp/hMypM3fl4fZqREWJwdYDEqhRiZZUA=
+golang.org/x/mod v0.4.2-0.20210223202949-66f6d92cabd5 h1:ETedWdSKv0zHgSxvhXszxH25fCWwA6olYCPu9ehlVKs=
+golang.org/x/mod v0.4.2-0.20210223202949-66f6d92cabd5/go.mod h1:s0Qsj1ACt9ePp/hMypM3fl4fZqREWJwdYDEqhRiZZUA=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190404232315-eb5bcb51f2a3/go.mod h1:t9HGtf8HONx5eT2rtn7q6eTqICYqUVnKs3thJo3Qplg=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190620200207-3b0461eec859/go.mod h1:z5CRVTTTmAJ677TzLLGU+0bjPO0LkuOLi4/5GtJWs/s=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20201021035429-f5854403a974/go.mod h1:sp8m0HH+o8qH0wwXwYZr8TS3Oi6o0r6Gce1SSxlDquU=
diff --git a/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/mod_edit.txt b/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/mod_edit.txt
index 02d2d40bbb49b9..9da69306dacc40 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/mod_edit.txt
+++ b/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/mod_edit.txt
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ cmpenv go.mod $WORK/go.mod.init
 cmpenv go.mod $WORK/go.mod.init
 
 # go mod edits
-go mod edit -droprequire=x.1 -require=x.1@v1.0.0 -require=x.2@v1.1.0 -droprequire=x.2 -exclude='x.1 @ v1.2.0' -exclude=x.1@v1.2.1 -replace=x.1@v1.3.0=y.1@v1.4.0 -replace='x.1@v1.4.0 = ../z' -retract=v1.6.0 -retract=[v1.1.0,v1.2.0] -retract=[v1.3.0,v1.4.0] -retract=v1.0.0
+go mod edit -droprequire=x.1 -require=x.1@v1.0.0 -require=x.2@v1.1.0 -droprequire=x.2 -exclude='x.1 @ v1.2.0' -exclude=x.1@v1.2.1 -exclude=x.1@v2.0.0+incompatible -replace=x.1@v1.3.0=y.1@v1.4.0 -replace='x.1@v1.4.0 = ../z' -retract=v1.6.0 -retract=[v1.1.0,v1.2.0] -retract=[v1.3.0,v1.4.0] -retract=v1.0.0
 cmpenv go.mod $WORK/go.mod.edit1
-go mod edit -droprequire=x.1 -dropexclude=x.1@v1.2.1 -dropreplace=x.1@v1.3.0 -require=x.3@v1.99.0 -dropretract=v1.0.0 -dropretract=[v1.1.0,v1.2.0]
+go mod edit -droprequire=x.1 -dropexclude=x.1@v1.2.1 -dropexclude=x.1@v2.0.0+incompatible -dropreplace=x.1@v1.3.0 -require=x.3@v1.99.0 -dropretract=v1.0.0 -dropretract=[v1.1.0,v1.2.0]
 cmpenv go.mod $WORK/go.mod.edit2
 
 # -exclude and -retract reject invalid versions.
@@ -26,25 +26,17 @@ cmpenv go.mod $WORK/go.mod.edit2
 stderr '^go mod: -exclude=example.com/m@bad: version "bad" invalid: must be of the form v1.2.3$'
 ! go mod edit -retract=bad
 stderr '^go mod: -retract=bad: version "bad" invalid: must be of the form v1.2.3$'
-cmpenv go.mod $WORK/go.mod.edit2
 
-cp go.mod go.mod.beforebugs
+! go mod edit -exclude=example.com/m@v2.0.0
+stderr '^go mod: -exclude=example.com/m@v2\.0\.0: version "v2\.0\.0" invalid: should be v2\.0\.0\+incompatible \(or module example\.com/m/v2\)$'
 
-# BUG(#44497): -exclude accepts a mismatched major version without +incompatible, but should not.
-go mod edit -exclude=example.com/m@v2.0.0
-! go mod edit -json
-stderr '^go: errors parsing go.mod:\n.*[/\\]go.mod:16: exclude example\.com/m: version "v2\.0\.0" invalid: should be v0 or v1, not v2$'
-cp go.mod.beforebugs go.mod
+! go mod edit -exclude=example.com/m/v2@v1.0.0
+stderr '^go mod: -exclude=example.com/m/v2@v1\.0\.0: version "v1\.0\.0" invalid: should be v2, not v1$'
 
-# BUG(#44497): -exclude accepts a v1 version for a v2 module, but should not.
-go mod edit -exclude=example.com/m/v2@v1.0.0
-! go mod edit -json
-stderr '^go: errors parsing go.mod:\n.*[/\\]go.mod:16: exclude example\.com/m/v2: version "v1\.0\.0" invalid: should be v2, not v1$'
-cp go.mod.beforebugs go.mod
+! go mod edit -exclude=gopkg.in/example.v1@v2.0.0
+stderr '^go mod: -exclude=gopkg\.in/example\.v1@v2\.0\.0: version "v2\.0\.0" invalid: should be v1, not v2$'
 
-# BUG(#44497): -exclude rejects a +incompatible version for an unversioned
-# module path, but should not.
-! go mod edit -exclude=example.com/m@v2.0.0+incompatible
+cmpenv go.mod $WORK/go.mod.edit2
 
 # go mod edit -json
 go mod edit -json
@@ -107,6 +99,7 @@ require x.1 v1.0.0
 exclude (
 	x.1 v1.2.0
 	x.1 v1.2.1
+	x.1 v2.0.0+incompatible
 )
 
 replace (
diff --git a/src/cmd/vendor/golang.org/x/mod/modfile/rule.go b/src/cmd/vendor/golang.org/x/mod/modfile/rule.go
index c6a189dbe049d8..8fcf96b7138427 100644
--- a/src/cmd/vendor/golang.org/x/mod/modfile/rule.go
+++ b/src/cmd/vendor/golang.org/x/mod/modfile/rule.go
@@ -835,11 +835,8 @@ func (f *File) DropRequire(path string) error {
 // AddExclude adds a exclude statement to the mod file. Errors if the provided
 // version is not a canonical version string
 func (f *File) AddExclude(path, vers string) error {
-	if !isCanonicalVersion(vers) {
-		return &module.InvalidVersionError{
-			Version: vers,
-			Err:     errors.New("must be of the form v1.2.3"),
-		}
+	if err := checkCanonicalVersion(path, vers); err != nil {
+		return err
 	}
 
 	var hint *Line
@@ -916,17 +913,15 @@ func (f *File) DropReplace(oldPath, oldVers string) error {
 // AddRetract adds a retract statement to the mod file. Errors if the provided
 // version interval does not consist of canonical version strings
 func (f *File) AddRetract(vi VersionInterval, rationale string) error {
-	if !isCanonicalVersion(vi.High) {
-		return &module.InvalidVersionError{
-			Version: vi.High,
-			Err:     errors.New("must be of the form v1.2.3"),
-		}
+	var path string
+	if f.Module != nil {
+		path = f.Module.Mod.Path
 	}
-	if !isCanonicalVersion(vi.Low) {
-		return &module.InvalidVersionError{
-			Version: vi.Low,
-			Err:     errors.New("must be of the form v1.2.3"),
-		}
+	if err := checkCanonicalVersion(path, vi.High); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if err := checkCanonicalVersion(path, vi.Low); err != nil {
+		return err
 	}
 
 	r := &Retract{
@@ -1086,8 +1081,40 @@ func lineRetractLess(li, lj *Line) bool {
 	return semver.Compare(vii.High, vij.High) > 0
 }
 
-// isCanonicalVersion tests if the provided version string represents a valid
-// canonical version.
-func isCanonicalVersion(vers string) bool {
-	return vers != "" && semver.Canonical(vers) == vers
+// checkCanonicalVersion returns a non-nil error if vers is not a canonical
+// version string or does not match the major version of path.
+//
+// If path is non-empty, the error text suggests a format with a major version
+// corresponding to the path.
+func checkCanonicalVersion(path, vers string) error {
+	_, pathMajor, pathMajorOk := module.SplitPathVersion(path)
+
+	if vers == "" || vers != module.CanonicalVersion(vers) {
+		if pathMajor == "" {
+			return &module.InvalidVersionError{
+				Version: vers,
+				Err:     fmt.Errorf("must be of the form v1.2.3"),
+			}
+		}
+		return &module.InvalidVersionError{
+			Version: vers,
+			Err:     fmt.Errorf("must be of the form %s.2.3", module.PathMajorPrefix(pathMajor)),
+		}
+	}
+
+	if pathMajorOk {
+		if err := module.CheckPathMajor(vers, pathMajor); err != nil {
+			if pathMajor == "" {
+				// In this context, the user probably wrote "v2.3.4" when they meant
+				// "v2.3.4+incompatible". Suggest that instead of "v0 or v1".
+				return &module.InvalidVersionError{
+					Version: vers,
+					Err:     fmt.Errorf("should be %s+incompatible (or module %s/%v)", vers, path, semver.Major(vers)),
+				}
+			}
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
 }
diff --git a/src/cmd/vendor/modules.txt b/src/cmd/vendor/modules.txt
index abe70ae87e9536..254cff70dd674d 100644
--- a/src/cmd/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/src/cmd/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ golang.org/x/arch/x86/x86asm
 golang.org/x/crypto/ed25519
 golang.org/x/crypto/ed25519/internal/edwards25519
 golang.org/x/crypto/ssh/terminal
-# golang.org/x/mod v0.4.1
+# golang.org/x/mod v0.4.2-0.20210223202949-66f6d92cabd5
 ## explicit
 golang.org/x/mod/internal/lazyregexp
 golang.org/x/mod/modfile