diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index c51f4e9a661..36110ca250f 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/shurcooL/githubv4 v0.0.0-20201206200315-234843c633fa
 	github.com/shurcooL/graphql v0.0.0-20200928012149-18c5c3165e3a // indirect
 	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.8.1
-	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.3.0
+	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.4.0
 	github.com/xeipuuv/gojsonschema v0.0.0-20180618132009-1d523034197f
 	go.opencensus.io v0.23.0
 	gocloud.dev v0.24.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index c9fb962a06f..3ae61b4da44 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1278,8 +1278,9 @@ github.com/spf13/cobra v0.0.2-0.20171109065643-2da4a54c5cee/go.mod h1:1l0Ry5zgKv
 github.com/spf13/cobra v0.0.3/go.mod h1:1l0Ry5zgKvJasoi3XT1TypsSe7PqH0Sj9dhYf7v3XqQ=
 github.com/spf13/cobra v0.0.5/go.mod h1:3K3wKZymM7VvHMDS9+Akkh4K60UwM26emMESw8tLCHU=
 github.com/spf13/cobra v1.0.0/go.mod h1:/6GTrnGXV9HjY+aR4k0oJ5tcvakLuG6EuKReYlHNrgE=
-github.com/spf13/cobra v1.3.0 h1:R7cSvGu+Vv+qX0gW5R/85dx2kmmJT5z5NM8ifdYjdn0=
 github.com/spf13/cobra v1.3.0/go.mod h1:BrRVncBjOJa/eUcVVm9CE+oC6as8k+VYr4NY7WCi9V4=
+github.com/spf13/cobra v1.4.0 h1:y+wJpx64xcgO1V+RcnwW0LEHxTKRi2ZDPSBjWnrg88Q=
+github.com/spf13/cobra v1.4.0/go.mod h1:Wo4iy3BUC+X2Fybo0PDqwJIv3dNRiZLHQymsfxlB84g=
 github.com/spf13/jwalterweatherman v1.0.0/go.mod h1:cQK4TGJAtQXfYWX+Ddv3mKDzgVb68N+wFjFa4jdeBTo=
 github.com/spf13/jwalterweatherman v1.1.0/go.mod h1:aNWZUN0dPAAO/Ljvb5BEdw96iTZ0EXowPYD95IqWIGo=
 github.com/spf13/pflag v0.0.0-20170130214245-9ff6c6923cff/go.mod h1:DYY7MBk1bdzusC3SYhjObp+wFpr4gzcvqqNjLnInEg4=