diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 47127557ea..98b8e7ef71 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/nfnt/resize v0.0.0-20180221191011-83c6a9932646
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
 	github.com/qri-io/starlib v0.5.0
-	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.2.0
+	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.2.1
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0
 	github.com/tidbyt/go-bdf v0.0.0-20200807014123-29975f932239
 	go.starlark.net v0.0.0-20210602144842-1cdb82c9e17a
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 540261c89b..76514db28b 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -292,6 +292,8 @@ github.com/spf13/cobra v1.1.3 h1:xghbfqPkxzxP3C/f3n5DdpAbdKLj4ZE4BWQI362l53M=
 github.com/spf13/cobra v1.1.3/go.mod h1:pGADOWyqRD/YMrPZigI/zbliZ2wVD/23d+is3pSWzOo=
 github.com/spf13/cobra v1.2.0 h1:IHGo93KUJjih0Gz449MCBDKuaWPqcKcbuUM7GXWFnlw=
 github.com/spf13/cobra v1.2.0/go.mod h1:ExllRjgxM/piMAM+3tAZvg8fsklGAf3tPfi+i8t68Nk=
+github.com/spf13/cobra v1.2.1 h1:+KmjbUw1hriSNMF55oPrkZcb27aECyrj8V2ytv7kWDw=
+github.com/spf13/cobra v1.2.1/go.mod h1:ExllRjgxM/piMAM+3tAZvg8fsklGAf3tPfi+i8t68Nk=
 github.com/spf13/jwalterweatherman v1.0.0/go.mod h1:cQK4TGJAtQXfYWX+Ddv3mKDzgVb68N+wFjFa4jdeBTo=
 github.com/spf13/jwalterweatherman v1.1.0/go.mod h1:aNWZUN0dPAAO/Ljvb5BEdw96iTZ0EXowPYD95IqWIGo=
 github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.3/go.mod h1:DYY7MBk1bdzusC3SYhjObp+wFpr4gzcvqqNjLnInEg4=