diff --git a/.github/pull_request_template.md b/.github/pull_request_template.md
index 1b62a9203..2e30ddf09 100644
--- a/.github/pull_request_template.md
+++ b/.github/pull_request_template.md
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
-Note that dependencies version bumps PRs will not be merged. Downstream projects manage their
-dependencies by themselves, what we do here doesn't matter. See
-https://github.com/miekg/dns/pull/1049#issuecomment-565718842 and
-https://github.com/golang/go/issues/35798#issuecomment-558358674 for more context.
+Thanks for you pull request, do note the following:
 
-If your PR introduces backward incompatible changes it will very likely not be merged.
+* If your PR introduces backward incompatible changes it will very likely not be merged.
 
-We support the last two major Go versions, if your PRs uses features from a too new Go version, it
-will not be merged.
+* We support the last two major Go versions, if your PR uses features from a too new Go version, it
+    will not be merged.
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 57b748009..841bd873c 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ module github.com/miekg/dns
 go 1.19
 
 require (
-	golang.org/x/net v0.2.0
-	golang.org/x/sync v0.1.0
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.2.0
-	golang.org/x/tools v0.3.0
+	golang.org/x/net v0.15.0
+	golang.org/x/sync v0.3.0
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.12.0
+	golang.org/x/tools v0.13.0
 )
 
-require golang.org/x/mod v0.7.0 // indirect
+require golang.org/x/mod v0.12.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index c6f39195b..58a5a84cb 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-golang.org/x/mod v0.7.0 h1:LapD9S96VoQRhi/GrNTqeBJFrUjs5UHCAtTlgwA5oZA=
-golang.org/x/mod v0.7.0/go.mod h1:iBbtSCu2XBx23ZKBPSOrRkjjQPZFPuis4dIYUhu/chs=
-golang.org/x/net v0.2.0 h1:sZfSu1wtKLGlWI4ZZayP0ck9Y73K1ynO6gqzTdBVdPU=
-golang.org/x/net v0.2.0/go.mod h1:KqCZLdyyvdV855qA2rE3GC2aiw5xGR5TEjj8smXukLY=
-golang.org/x/sync v0.1.0 h1:wsuoTGHzEhffawBOhz5CYhcrV4IdKZbEyZjBMuTp12o=
-golang.org/x/sync v0.1.0/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.2.0 h1:ljd4t30dBnAvMZaQCevtY0xLLD0A+bRZXbgLMLU1F/A=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.2.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
-golang.org/x/tools v0.3.0 h1:SrNbZl6ECOS1qFzgTdQfWXZM9XBkiA6tkFrH9YSTPHM=
-golang.org/x/tools v0.3.0/go.mod h1:/rWhSS2+zyEVwoJf8YAX6L2f0ntZ7Kn/mGgAWcipA5k=
+golang.org/x/mod v0.12.0 h1:rmsUpXtvNzj340zd98LZ4KntptpfRHwpFOHG188oHXc=
+golang.org/x/mod v0.12.0/go.mod h1:iBbtSCu2XBx23ZKBPSOrRkjjQPZFPuis4dIYUhu/chs=
+golang.org/x/net v0.15.0 h1:ugBLEUaxABaB5AJqW9enI0ACdci2RUd4eP51NTBvuJ8=
+golang.org/x/net v0.15.0/go.mod h1:idbUs1IY1+zTqbi8yxTbhexhEEk5ur9LInksu6HrEpk=
+golang.org/x/sync v0.3.0 h1:ftCYgMx6zT/asHUrPw8BLLscYtGznsLAnjq5RH9P66E=
+golang.org/x/sync v0.3.0/go.mod h1:FU7BRWz2tNW+3quACPkgCx/L+uEAv1htQ0V83Z9Rj+Y=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.12.0 h1:CM0HF96J0hcLAwsHPJZjfdNzs0gftsLfgKt57wWHJ0o=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.12.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
+golang.org/x/tools v0.13.0 h1:Iey4qkscZuv0VvIt8E0neZjtPVQFSc870HQ448QgEmQ=
+golang.org/x/tools v0.13.0/go.mod h1:HvlwmtVNQAhOuCjW7xxvovg8wbNq7LwfXh/k7wXUl58=