diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index adcb54c350..3af92b1fb4 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ BUILD_DATE = $(shell date -u +'%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ')
 GIT_COMMIT ?= $(shell git rev-parse --short HEAD)
 ALL_ARCH = amd64 arm arm64 ppc64le s390x
 PKG = k8s.io/kube-state-metrics/v2/pkg
-GO_VERSION = 1.16.2
+GO_VERSION = 1.16.3
 IMAGE = $(REGISTRY)/kube-state-metrics
 MULTI_ARCH_IMG = $(IMAGE)-$(ARCH)
 
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 8f7fccfbc4..6a1dc12148 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.10.0
 	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.2.0
-	github.com/prometheus/common v0.19.0
+	github.com/prometheus/common v0.20.0
 	github.com/prometheus/prometheus v2.5.0+incompatible
 	github.com/robfig/cron/v3 v3.0.1
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
@@ -31,17 +31,17 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/tools v0.1.0
 	gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20200227125254-8fa46927fb4f // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20210107192922-496545a6307b // indirect
-	k8s.io/api v0.20.4
-	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.20.4
+	k8s.io/api v0.20.5
+	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.20.5
 	k8s.io/autoscaler/vertical-pod-autoscaler v0.9.2
-	k8s.io/client-go v0.20.4
+	k8s.io/client-go v0.20.5
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.8.0
 )
 
 replace (
-	k8s.io/api v0.18.3 => k8s.io/api v0.20.4
-	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.18.3 => k8s.io/apimachinery v0.20.4
-	k8s.io/client-go v0.18.3 => k8s.io/client-go v0.20.4
+	k8s.io/api v0.18.3 => k8s.io/api v0.20.5
+	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.18.3 => k8s.io/apimachinery v0.20.5
+	k8s.io/client-go v0.18.3 => k8s.io/client-go v0.20.5
 )
 
 go 1.16
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 6639b61d0d..f9347c9230 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -425,8 +425,8 @@ github.com/prometheus/common v0.4.1/go.mod h1:TNfzLD0ON7rHzMJeJkieUDPYmFC7Snx/y8
 github.com/prometheus/common v0.7.0/go.mod h1:DjGbpBbp5NYNiECxcL/VnbXCCaQpKd3tt26CguLLsqA=
 github.com/prometheus/common v0.10.0/go.mod h1:Tlit/dnDKsSWFlCLTWaA1cyBgKHSMdTB80sz/V91rCo=
 github.com/prometheus/common v0.18.0/go.mod h1:U+gB1OBLb1lF3O42bTCL+FK18tX9Oar16Clt/msog/s=
-github.com/prometheus/common v0.19.0 h1:Itb4+NjG9wRdkAWgVucbM/adyIXxEhbw0866e0uZE6A=
-github.com/prometheus/common v0.19.0/go.mod h1:U+gB1OBLb1lF3O42bTCL+FK18tX9Oar16Clt/msog/s=
+github.com/prometheus/common v0.20.0 h1:pfeDeUdQcIxOMutNjCejsEFp7qeP+/iltHSSmLpE+hU=
+github.com/prometheus/common v0.20.0/go.mod h1:U+gB1OBLb1lF3O42bTCL+FK18tX9Oar16Clt/msog/s=
 github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.0.0-20181005140218-185b4288413d/go.mod h1:c3At6R/oaqEKCNdg8wHV1ftS6bRYblBhIjjI8uT2IGk=
 github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.0.0-20190117184657-bf6a532e95b1/go.mod h1:c3At6R/oaqEKCNdg8wHV1ftS6bRYblBhIjjI8uT2IGk=
 github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.0.2/go.mod h1:TjEm7ze935MbeOT/UhFTIMYKhuLP4wbCsTZCD3I8kEA=
@@ -875,14 +875,14 @@ honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.0-20190523083050-ea95bdfd59fc/go.mod h1:rf3lG4BRIbNafJWh
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2019.2.3/go.mod h1:a3bituU0lyd329TUQxRnasdCoJDkEUEAqEt0JzvZhAg=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2020.1.3/go.mod h1:X/FiERA/W4tHapMX5mGpAtMSVEeEUOyHaw9vFzvIQ3k=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2020.1.4/go.mod h1:X/FiERA/W4tHapMX5mGpAtMSVEeEUOyHaw9vFzvIQ3k=
-k8s.io/api v0.20.4 h1:xZjKidCirayzX6tHONRQyTNDVIR55TYVqgATqo6ZULY=
-k8s.io/api v0.20.4/go.mod h1:++lNL1AJMkDymriNniQsWRkMDzRaX2Y/POTUi8yvqYQ=
-k8s.io/apimachinery v0.20.4 h1:vhxQ0PPUUU2Ns1b9r4/UFp13UPs8cw2iOoTjnY9faa0=
-k8s.io/apimachinery v0.20.4/go.mod h1:WlLqWAHZGg07AeltaI0MV5uk1Omp8xaN0JGLY6gkRpU=
+k8s.io/api v0.20.5 h1:zsMTffV0Le2EiI0aKvlTHEnXGxk1HiqGRhJcCPiI7JI=
+k8s.io/api v0.20.5/go.mod h1:FQjAceXnVaWDeov2YUWhOb6Yt+5UjErkp6UO3nczO1Y=
+k8s.io/apimachinery v0.20.5 h1:wO/FxMVRn223rAKxnBbwCyuN96bS9MFTIvP0e/V7cps=
+k8s.io/apimachinery v0.20.5/go.mod h1:WlLqWAHZGg07AeltaI0MV5uk1Omp8xaN0JGLY6gkRpU=
 k8s.io/autoscaler/vertical-pod-autoscaler v0.9.2 h1:fMFkbjo6ElaL3POE3ctxLuX3aR+bEzpo2q1R5Aq2JhE=
 k8s.io/autoscaler/vertical-pod-autoscaler v0.9.2/go.mod h1:PwWTGRRCxefhAezrDbG/tRYSAW7etHjjMPAr8fXKVAA=
-k8s.io/client-go v0.20.4 h1:85crgh1IotNkLpKYKZHVNI1JT86nr/iDCvq2iWKsql4=
-k8s.io/client-go v0.20.4/go.mod h1:LiMv25ND1gLUdBeYxBIwKpkSC5IsozMMmOOeSJboP+k=
+k8s.io/client-go v0.20.5 h1:dJGtYUvFrFGjQ+GjXEIby0gZWdlAOc0xJBJqY3VyDxA=
+k8s.io/client-go v0.20.5/go.mod h1:Ee5OOMMYvlH8FCZhDsacjMlCBwetbGZETwo1OA+e6Zw=
 k8s.io/code-generator v0.18.3/go.mod h1:TgNEVx9hCyPGpdtCWA34olQYLkh3ok9ar7XfSsr8b6c=
 k8s.io/component-base v0.18.3/go.mod h1:bp5GzGR0aGkYEfTj+eTY0AN/vXTgkJdQXjNTTVUaa3k=
 k8s.io/gengo v0.0.0-20190128074634-0689ccc1d7d6/go.mod h1:ezvh/TsK7cY6rbqRK0oQQ8IAqLxYwwyPxAX1Pzy0ii0=