diff --git a/tools/go.mod b/tools/go.mod
index 0e41ffac66ab..96844c7fe1f9 100644
--- a/tools/go.mod
+++ b/tools/go.mod
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/google/ko v0.9.4-0.20211123143443-5787600e9220
 	github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser v1.0.0
 	github.com/naveensrinivasan/stunning-tribble v0.4.2
-	github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.16.4
+	github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.16.5
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.27.1
 )
 
diff --git a/tools/go.sum b/tools/go.sum
index f7436d6f1170..71c308adab04 100644
--- a/tools/go.sum
+++ b/tools/go.sum
@@ -1550,8 +1550,9 @@ github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.12.0/go.mod h1:oUhWkIvk5aDxtKvDDuw8gItl8pKl42LzjC9KZE0
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.12.1/go.mod h1:zj2OWP4+oCPe1qIXoGWkgMRwljMUYCdkwsT2108oapk=
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.14.0/go.mod h1:iSB4RoI2tjJc9BBv4NKIKWKya62Rps+oPG/Lv9klQyY=
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.16.2/go.mod h1:CObGmKUOKaSC0RjmoAK7tKyn4Azo5P2IWuoMnvwxz1E=
-github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.16.4 h1:29JGrr5oVBm5ulCWet69zQkzWipVXIol6ygQUe/EzNc=
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.16.4/go.mod h1:dX+/inL/fNMqNlz0e9LfyB9TswhZpCVdJM/Z6Vvnwo0=
+github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.16.5 h1:8xi0RTUf59SOSfEtZMvwTvXYMzG4gV23XVHOZiXNtnE=
+github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.16.5/go.mod h1:+E8gABHa3K6zRBolWtd+ROzc/U5bkGt0FwiG042wbpU=
 github.com/onsi/gomega v0.0.0-20170829124025-dcabb60a477c/go.mod h1:C1qb7wdrVGGVU+Z6iS04AVkA3Q65CEZX59MT0QO5uiA=
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.4.3/go.mod h1:ex+gbHU/CVuBBDIJjb2X0qEXbFg53c61hWP/1CpauHY=
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.5.0/go.mod h1:ex+gbHU/CVuBBDIJjb2X0qEXbFg53c61hWP/1CpauHY=