diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 045d16708d6..117f3935373 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib v1.3.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v0.12.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/atomic v1.9.0
-	go.uber.org/zap v1.20.0
+	go.uber.org/zap v1.21.0
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20220213190939-1e6e3497d506
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.27.1
 	k8s.io/code-generator v0.22.5
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 2455d2fc2fc..77272d30908 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -2230,8 +2230,9 @@ go.uber.org/zap v1.13.0/go.mod h1:zwrFLgMcdUuIBviXEYEH1YKNaOBnKXsx2IPda5bBwHM=
 go.uber.org/zap v1.16.0/go.mod h1:MA8QOfq0BHJwdXa996Y4dYkAqRKB8/1K1QMMZVaNZjQ=
 go.uber.org/zap v1.17.0/go.mod h1:MXVU+bhUf/A7Xi2HNOnopQOrmycQ5Ih87HtOu4q5SSo=
 go.uber.org/zap v1.19.1/go.mod h1:j3DNczoxDZroyBnOT1L/Q79cfUMGZxlv/9dzN7SM1rI=
-go.uber.org/zap v1.20.0 h1:N4oPlghZwYG55MlU6LXk/Zp00FVNE9X9wrYO8CEs4lc=
 go.uber.org/zap v1.20.0/go.mod h1:wjWOCqI0f2ZZrJF/UufIOkiC8ii6tm1iqIsLo76RfJw=
+go.uber.org/zap v1.21.0 h1:WefMeulhovoZ2sYXz7st6K0sLj7bBhpiFaud4r4zST8=
+go.uber.org/zap v1.21.0/go.mod h1:wjWOCqI0f2ZZrJF/UufIOkiC8ii6tm1iqIsLo76RfJw=
 gocloud.dev v0.19.0/go.mod h1:SmKwiR8YwIMMJvQBKLsC3fHNyMwXLw3PMDO+VVteJMI=
 gocloud.dev v0.24.1-0.20211119014450-028788aaaa4c/go.mod h1:EIJSlY7nvfeoWaV2GauF6es27gZfqtTVon47QFueoyE=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20171113213409-9f005a07e0d3/go.mod h1:6SG95UA2DQfeDnfUPMdvaQW0Q7yPrPDi9nlGo2tz2b4=