diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 982d3be1eaa..8be921f0957 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module sigs.k8s.io/kubebuilder/v3
 go 1.19
 
 require (
-	github.com/gobuffalo/flect v1.0.0
+	github.com/gobuffalo/flect v1.0.2
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.8.3
 	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.27.1
 	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 37d2e93fd3d..37f1b5f387a 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ github.com/go-logr/logr v1.2.3 h1:2DntVwHkVopvECVRSlL5PSo9eG+cAkDCuckLubN+rq0=
 github.com/go-logr/logr v1.2.3/go.mod h1:jdQByPbusPIv2/zmleS9BjJVeZ6kBagPoEUsqbVz/1A=
 github.com/go-task/slim-sprig v0.0.0-20210107165309-348f09dbbbc0 h1:p104kn46Q8WdvHunIJ9dAyjPVtrBPhSr3KT2yUst43I=
 github.com/go-task/slim-sprig v0.0.0-20210107165309-348f09dbbbc0/go.mod h1:fyg7847qk6SyHyPtNmDHnmrv/HOrqktSC+C9fM+CJOE=
-github.com/gobuffalo/flect v1.0.0 h1:eBFmskjXZgAOagiTXJH25Nt5sdFwNRcb8DKZsIsAUQI=
-github.com/gobuffalo/flect v1.0.0/go.mod h1:l9V6xSb4BlXwsxEMj3FVEub2nkdQjWhPvD8XTTlHPQc=
+github.com/gobuffalo/flect v1.0.2 h1:eqjPGSo2WmjgY2XlpGwo2NXgL3RucAKo4k4qQMNA5sA=
+github.com/gobuffalo/flect v1.0.2/go.mod h1:A5msMlrHtLqh9umBSnvabjsMrCcCpAyzglnDvkbYKHs=
 github.com/golang/glog v0.0.0-20160126235308-23def4e6c14b/go.mod h1:SBH7ygxi8pfUlaOkMMuAQtPIUF8ecWP5IEl/CR7VP2Q=
 github.com/golang/groupcache v0.0.0-20190702054246-869f871628b6/go.mod h1:cIg4eruTrX1D+g88fzRXU5OdNfaM+9IcxsU14FzY7Hc=
 github.com/golang/groupcache v0.0.0-20191227052852-215e87163ea7/go.mod h1:cIg4eruTrX1D+g88fzRXU5OdNfaM+9IcxsU14FzY7Hc=