diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 84873ab..10a77cb 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module github.com/crossplane-contrib/function-shell
 go 1.26.0
 
 require (
-	github.com/alecthomas/kong v1.16.0
+	github.com/alecthomas/kong v1.16.1
 	github.com/crossplane/crossplane-runtime/v2 v2.3.3
 	github.com/crossplane/function-sdk-go v0.7.1
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.7.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index dee5b33..62e14fe 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ github.com/alecthomas/kong v1.15.0 h1:BVJstKbpO73zKpmIu+m/aLRrNmWwxXPIGTNin9VmLV
 github.com/alecthomas/kong v1.15.0/go.mod h1:wrlbXem1CWqUV5Vbmss5ISYhsVPkBb1Yo7YKJghju2I=
 github.com/alecthomas/kong v1.16.0 h1:g92/kUxBcdcTPOM79yE63viJgtcp5dNyrB3/O2cjYT4=
 github.com/alecthomas/kong v1.16.0/go.mod h1:wrlbXem1CWqUV5Vbmss5ISYhsVPkBb1Yo7YKJghju2I=
+github.com/alecthomas/kong v1.16.1 h1:ixhCt93XkJ98kGposQ54+bl0IK6XwqB40AsMynU7Z8E=
+github.com/alecthomas/kong v1.16.1/go.mod h1:wrlbXem1CWqUV5Vbmss5ISYhsVPkBb1Yo7YKJghju2I=
 github.com/alecthomas/repr v0.5.2 h1:SU73FTI9D1P5UNtvseffFSGmdNci/O6RsqzeXJtP0Qs=
 github.com/alecthomas/repr v0.5.2/go.mod h1:Fr0507jx4eOXV7AlPV6AVZLYrLIuIeSOWtW57eE/O/4=
 github.com/antlr4-go/antlr/v4 v4.13.1 h1:SqQKkuVZ+zWkMMNkjy5FZe5mr5WURWnlpmOuzYWrPrQ=