diff --git a/receiver/windowseventlogreceiver/go.mod b/receiver/windowseventlogreceiver/go.mod
index 365a3a3c6fa1..ef4f85feb6e1 100644
--- a/receiver/windowseventlogreceiver/go.mod
+++ b/receiver/windowseventlogreceiver/go.mod
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap v0.81.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v0.81.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver v0.81.0
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.9.0
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.27.0
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/receiver/windowseventlogreceiver/go.sum b/receiver/windowseventlogreceiver/go.sum
index ba6e8b98bb46..f616e3bb331f 100644
--- a/receiver/windowseventlogreceiver/go.sum
+++ b/receiver/windowseventlogreceiver/go.sum
@@ -396,8 +396,8 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210330210617-4fbd30eecc44/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7w
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210403161142-5e06dd20ab57/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210510120138-977fb7262007/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210603081109-ebe580a85c40/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.9.0 h1:KS/R3tvhPqvJvwcKfnBHJwwthS11LRhmM5D59eEXa0s=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.9.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.27.0 h1:wBqf8DvsY9Y/2P8gAfPDEYNuS30J4lPHJxXSb/nJZ+s=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.27.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20201126162022-7de9c90e9dd1/go.mod h1:bj7SfCRtBDWHUb9snDiAeCFNEtKQo2Wmx5Cou7ajbmo=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.0/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.1-0.20181227161524-e6919f6577db/go.mod h1:bEr9sfX3Q8Zfm5fL9x+3itogRgK3+ptLWKqgva+5dAk=