diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 2db3dc0973..feaed3d48b 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru v0.5.4
 	github.com/honeycombio/dynsampler-go v0.2.1
 	github.com/honeycombio/libhoney-go v1.12.4
-	github.com/jessevdk/go-flags v1.4.0
+	github.com/jessevdk/go-flags v1.5.0
 	github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.6
 	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.10.3
 	github.com/leodido/go-urn v1.2.0 // indirect
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/spf13/viper v1.7.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.5.1
 	github.com/vmihailenco/msgpack/v4 v4.3.11
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200722175500-76b94024e4b6 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.3.3 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.32.0
 	gopkg.in/alexcesaro/statsd.v2 v2.0.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 5daa9b468f..557f7fb510 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -154,8 +154,8 @@ github.com/honeycombio/dynsampler-go v0.2.1 h1:IbhjbdB0IbLSZn7xVYuk6jjk/ZDk/EO+D
 github.com/honeycombio/dynsampler-go v0.2.1/go.mod h1:BOeTUPT6fCRH5X/+QqF6Kza3IyLp9uSq/rWgEtI4aZI=
 github.com/honeycombio/libhoney-go v1.12.4 h1:rWAoxhpvu2briq85wZc04osHgKtueCLAk/3igqTX3+Q=
 github.com/honeycombio/libhoney-go v1.12.4/go.mod h1:tp2qtK0xMZyG/ZfykkebQESKFS78xpyPr2wEswZ1j6U=
-github.com/jessevdk/go-flags v1.4.0 h1:4IU2WS7AumrZ/40jfhf4QVDMsQwqA7VEHozFRrGARJA=
-github.com/jessevdk/go-flags v1.4.0/go.mod h1:4FA24M0QyGHXBuZZK/XkWh8h0e1EYbRYJSGM75WSRxI=
+github.com/jessevdk/go-flags v1.5.0 h1:1jKYvbxEjfUl0fmqTCOfonvskHHXMjBySTLW4y9LFvc=
+github.com/jessevdk/go-flags v1.5.0/go.mod h1:Fw0T6WPc1dYxT4mKEZRfG5kJhaTDP9pj1c2EWnYs/m4=
 github.com/jonboulle/clockwork v0.1.0/go.mod h1:Ii8DK3G1RaLaWxj9trq07+26W01tbo22gdxWY5EU2bo=
 github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.6 h1:MrUvLMLTMxbqFJ9kzlvat/rYZqZnW3u4wkLzWTaFwKs=
 github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.6/go.mod h1:+SdeFBvtyEkXs7REEP0seUULqWtbJapLOCVDaaPEHmU=
@@ -342,8 +342,8 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190606165138-5da285871e9c/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7w
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190624142023-c5567b49c5d0/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20191005200804-aed5e4c7ecf9/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200323222414-85ca7c5b95cd/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200722175500-76b94024e4b6 h1:X9xIZ1YU8bLZA3l6gqDUHSFiD0GFI9S548h6C8nDtOY=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200722175500-76b94024e4b6/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210320140829-1e4c9ba3b0c4 h1:EZ2mChiOa8udjfp6rRmswTbtZN/QzUQp4ptM4rnjHvc=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210320140829-1e4c9ba3b0c4/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.0/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.1-0.20180807135948-17ff2d5776d2/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.2/go.mod h1:bEr9sfX3Q8Zfm5fL9x+3itogRgK3+ptLWKqgva+5dAk=