diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index c3bfde2c3..aa34635fb 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/blang/semver v3.5.1+incompatible
 	github.com/bmatcuk/doublestar v1.2.2 // indirect
 	github.com/bmizerany/pat v0.0.0-20170815010413-6226ea591a40 // indirect
-	github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.1.1
+	github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.2.1
 	github.com/charlievieth/fs v0.0.0-20170613215519-7dc373669fa1 // indirect
 	github.com/cloudfoundry/bosh-cli v5.5.0+incompatible // indirect
 	github.com/cloudfoundry/bosh-utils v0.0.0-20190518100210-9f9df32d41c3 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 6a7e066c3..2a64bf919 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ github.com/bmatcuk/doublestar v1.2.2 h1:oC24CykoSAB8zd7XgruHo33E0cHJf/WhQA/7BeXj
 github.com/bmatcuk/doublestar v1.2.2/go.mod h1:wiQtGV+rzVYxB7WIlirSN++5HPtPlXEo9MEoZQC/PmE=
 github.com/bmizerany/pat v0.0.0-20170815010413-6226ea591a40 h1:y4B3+GPxKlrigF1ha5FFErxK+sr6sWxQovRMzwMhejo=
 github.com/bmizerany/pat v0.0.0-20170815010413-6226ea591a40/go.mod h1:8rLXio+WjiTceGBHIoTvn60HIbs7Hm7bcHjyrSqYB9c=
-github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.1.1 h1:G2HAfAmvm/GcKan2oOQpBXOd2tT2G57ZnZGWa1PxPBQ=
-github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.1.1/go.mod h1:scbssz8iZGpm3xbr14ovlUdkxfGXNInqkPWOWmG2CLw=
+github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.2.1 h1:y4OZtCnogmCPw98Zjyt5a6+QwPLGkiQsYW5oUqylYbM=
+github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.2.1/go.mod h1:Y3VNntkOUPxTVeUxJ/G5vcM//AlwfmyYozVcomhLiZE=
 github.com/census-instrumentation/opencensus-proto v0.2.1/go.mod h1:f6KPmirojxKA12rnyqOA5BBL4O983OfeGPqjHWSTneU=
 github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.1.1/go.mod h1:VGX0DQ3Q6kWi7AoAeZDth3/j3BFtOZR5XLFGgcrjCOs=
 github.com/charlievieth/fs v0.0.0-20170613215519-7dc373669fa1 h1:vTlpHKxJqykyKdW9bkrDJNWeKNuSIAJ0TP/K4lRsz/Q=