diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 279ea6ff2..9a8ee1ae9 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module github.com/percona/mongodb_exporter
 go 1.21
 
 require (
-	github.com/AlekSi/pointer v1.1.0
+	github.com/AlekSi/pointer v1.2.0
 	github.com/alecthomas/kong v0.8.0
 	github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.3 // indirect
 	github.com/percona/exporter_shared v0.7.4
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 87ad09930..98dae33f8 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ cloud.google.com/go/storage v1.6.0/go.mod h1:N7U0C8pVQ/+NIKOBQyamJIeKQKkZ+mxpohl
 cloud.google.com/go/storage v1.8.0/go.mod h1:Wv1Oy7z6Yz3DshWRJFhqM/UCfaWIRTdp0RXyy7KQOVs=
 cloud.google.com/go/storage v1.10.0/go.mod h1:FLPqc6j+Ki4BU591ie1oL6qBQGu2Bl/tZ9ullr3+Kg0=
 dmitri.shuralyov.com/gpu/mtl v0.0.0-20190408044501-666a987793e9/go.mod h1:H6x//7gZCb22OMCxBHrMx7a5I7Hp++hsVxbQ4BYO7hU=
-github.com/AlekSi/pointer v1.1.0 h1:SSDMPcXD9jSl8FPy9cRzoRaMJtm9g9ggGTxecRUbQoI=
-github.com/AlekSi/pointer v1.1.0/go.mod h1:y7BvfRI3wXPWKXEBhU71nbnIEEZX0QTSB2Bj48UJIZE=
+github.com/AlekSi/pointer v1.2.0 h1:glcy/gc4h8HnG2Z3ZECSzZ1IX1x2JxRVuDzaJwQE0+w=
+github.com/AlekSi/pointer v1.2.0/go.mod h1:gZGfd3dpW4vEc/UlyfKKi1roIqcCgwOIvb0tSNSBle0=
 github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.3.1/go.mod h1:xHWCNGjB5oqiDr8zfno3MHue2Ht5sIBksp03qcyfWMU=
 github.com/BurntSushi/xgb v0.0.0-20160522181843-27f122750802/go.mod h1:IVnqGOEym/WlBOVXweHU+Q+/VP0lqqI8lqeDx9IjBqo=
 github.com/alecthomas/assert/v2 v2.1.0 h1:tbredtNcQnoSd3QBhQWI7QZ3XHOVkw1Moklp2ojoH/0=