diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 33eda72..8edf133 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module github.com/xmidt-org/bascule
 go 1.23
 
 require (
-	github.com/alecthomas/kong v1.3.0
+	github.com/alecthomas/kong v1.4.0
 	github.com/lestrrat-go/jwx/v2 v2.1.2
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index d733728..829b4d8 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 github.com/alecthomas/assert/v2 v2.11.0 h1:2Q9r3ki8+JYXvGsDyBXwH3LcJ+WK5D0gc5E8vS6K3D0=
 github.com/alecthomas/assert/v2 v2.11.0/go.mod h1:Bze95FyfUr7x34QZrjL+XP+0qgp/zg8yS+TtBj1WA3k=
-github.com/alecthomas/kong v1.3.0 h1:YJKuU6/TV2XOBtymafSeuzDvLAFR8cYMZiXVNLhAO6g=
-github.com/alecthomas/kong v1.3.0/go.mod h1:IDc8HyiouDdpdiEiY81iaEJM8rSIW6LzX8On4FCO0bE=
+github.com/alecthomas/kong v1.4.0 h1:UL7tzGMnnY0YRMMvJyITIRX1EpO6RbBRZDNcCevy3HA=
+github.com/alecthomas/kong v1.4.0/go.mod h1:p2vqieVMeTAnaC83txKtXe8FLke2X07aruPWXyMPQrU=
 github.com/alecthomas/repr v0.4.0 h1:GhI2A8MACjfegCPVq9f1FLvIBS+DrQ2KQBFZP1iFzXc=
 github.com/alecthomas/repr v0.4.0/go.mod h1:Fr0507jx4eOXV7AlPV6AVZLYrLIuIeSOWtW57eE/O/4=
 github.com/creack/pty v1.1.9/go.mod h1:oKZEueFk5CKHvIhNR5MUki03XCEU+Q6VDXinZuGJ33E=