diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 6325ca366d3c..3c9462678bde 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/alingse/asasalint v0.0.11
 	github.com/ashanbrown/forbidigo v1.6.0
 	github.com/ashanbrown/makezero v1.1.1
-	github.com/bkielbasa/cyclop v1.2.1
+	github.com/bkielbasa/cyclop v1.2.3
 	github.com/blizzy78/varnamelen v0.8.0
 	github.com/bombsimon/wsl/v4 v4.4.1
 	github.com/breml/bidichk v0.3.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index fa1c4c019197..7694bf01431b 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -86,8 +86,8 @@ github.com/beorn7/perks v0.0.0-20180321164747-3a771d992973/go.mod h1:Dwedo/Wpr24
 github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.0/go.mod h1:KWe93zE9D1o94FZ5RNwFwVgaQK1VOXiVxmqh+CedLV8=
 github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.1 h1:VlbKKnNfV8bJzeqoa4cOKqO6bYr3WgKZxO8Z16+hsOM=
 github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.1/go.mod h1:G2ZrVWU2WbWT9wwq4/hrbKbnv/1ERSJQ0ibhJ6rlkpw=
-github.com/bkielbasa/cyclop v1.2.1 h1:AeF71HZDob1P2/pRm1so9cd1alZnrpyc4q2uP2l0gJY=
-github.com/bkielbasa/cyclop v1.2.1/go.mod h1:K/dT/M0FPAiYjBgQGau7tz+3TMh4FWAEqlMhzFWCrgM=
+github.com/bkielbasa/cyclop v1.2.3 h1:faIVMIGDIANuGPWH031CZJTi2ymOQBULs9H21HSMa5w=
+github.com/bkielbasa/cyclop v1.2.3/go.mod h1:kHTwA9Q0uZqOADdupvcFJQtp/ksSnytRMe8ztxG8Fuo=
 github.com/blizzy78/varnamelen v0.8.0 h1:oqSblyuQvFsW1hbBHh1zfwrKe3kcSj0rnXkKzsQ089M=
 github.com/blizzy78/varnamelen v0.8.0/go.mod h1:V9TzQZ4fLJ1DSrjVDfl89H7aMnTvKkApdHeyESmyR7k=
 github.com/bombsimon/wsl/v4 v4.4.1 h1:jfUaCkN+aUpobrMO24zwyAMwMAV5eSziCkOKEauOLdw=
diff --git a/pkg/golinters/cyclop/cyclop.go b/pkg/golinters/cyclop/cyclop.go
index eb8c0577a5a2..13baba5a697a 100644
--- a/pkg/golinters/cyclop/cyclop.go
+++ b/pkg/golinters/cyclop/cyclop.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ func New(settings *config.Cyclop) *goanalysis.Linter {
 
 	return goanalysis.NewLinter(
 		a.Name,
-		"checks function and package cyclomatic complexity",
+		a.Doc,
 		[]*analysis.Analyzer{a},
 		cfg,
 	).WithLoadMode(goanalysis.LoadModeTypesInfo)