diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index bd005e1e..3f31d0f9 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module github.com/prometheus/blackbox_exporter
 go 1.19
 
 require (
-	github.com/alecthomas/kingpin/v2 v2.3.2
+	github.com/alecthomas/kingpin/v2 v2.4.0
 	github.com/alecthomas/units v0.0.0-20211218093645-b94a6e3cc137
 	github.com/andybalholm/brotli v1.0.5
 	github.com/go-kit/log v0.2.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 0c08238b..6c9dedbc 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-github.com/alecthomas/kingpin/v2 v2.3.2 h1:H0aULhgmSzN8xQ3nX1uxtdlTHYoPLu5AhHxWrKI6ocU=
-github.com/alecthomas/kingpin/v2 v2.3.2/go.mod h1:0gyi0zQnjuFk8xrkNKamJoyUo382HRL7ATRpFZCw6tE=
+github.com/alecthomas/kingpin/v2 v2.4.0 h1:f48lwail6p8zpO1bC4TxtqACaGqHYA22qkHjHpqDjYY=
+github.com/alecthomas/kingpin/v2 v2.4.0/go.mod h1:0gyi0zQnjuFk8xrkNKamJoyUo382HRL7ATRpFZCw6tE=
 github.com/alecthomas/units v0.0.0-20211218093645-b94a6e3cc137 h1:s6gZFSlWYmbqAuRjVTiNNhvNRfY2Wxp9nhfyel4rklc=
 github.com/alecthomas/units v0.0.0-20211218093645-b94a6e3cc137/go.mod h1:OMCwj8VM1Kc9e19TLln2VL61YJF0x1XFtfdL4JdbSyE=
 github.com/andybalholm/brotli v1.0.5 h1:8uQZIdzKmjc/iuPu7O2ioW48L81FgatrcpfFmiq/cCs=