diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index f68ea28da..1e81617b6 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ replace github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.12.2 => github.com/Percona-Lab/cl
 
 require (
 	github.com/AlekSi/pointer v1.1.0
-	github.com/alecthomas/kong v0.7.1
+	github.com/alecthomas/kong v0.8.0
 	github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.3 // indirect
 	github.com/percona/exporter_shared v0.7.4-0.20211108113423-8555cdbac68b
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 11c02de36..740909738 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ github.com/BurntSushi/xgb v0.0.0-20160522181843-27f122750802/go.mod h1:IVnqGOEym
 github.com/Percona-Lab/client_golang v1.12.2-0.20220701073455-ee06569fd6a5 h1:lDRQDHeClQgTRzllGb2R9SSqF/Y9EDtutT5EXDDdyZ4=
 github.com/Percona-Lab/client_golang v1.12.2-0.20220701073455-ee06569fd6a5/go.mod h1:obkGjwg6Wf+MW4GSHajtE/Krl1VzvajWi2ruzjqNk1k=
 github.com/alecthomas/assert/v2 v2.1.0 h1:tbredtNcQnoSd3QBhQWI7QZ3XHOVkw1Moklp2ojoH/0=
-github.com/alecthomas/kong v0.7.1 h1:azoTh0IOfwlAX3qN9sHWTxACE2oV8Bg2gAwBsMwDQY4=
-github.com/alecthomas/kong v0.7.1/go.mod h1:n1iCIO2xS46oE8ZfYCNDqdR0b0wZNrXAIAqro/2132U=
+github.com/alecthomas/kong v0.8.0 h1:ryDCzutfIqJPnNn0omnrgHLbAggDQM2VWHikE1xqK7s=
+github.com/alecthomas/kong v0.8.0/go.mod h1:n1iCIO2xS46oE8ZfYCNDqdR0b0wZNrXAIAqro/2132U=
 github.com/alecthomas/repr v0.1.0 h1:ENn2e1+J3k09gyj2shc0dHr/yjaWSHRlrJ4DPMevDqE=
 github.com/alecthomas/template v0.0.0-20160405071501-a0175ee3bccc/go.mod h1:LOuyumcjzFXgccqObfd/Ljyb9UuFJ6TxHnclSeseNhc=
 github.com/alecthomas/template v0.0.0-20190718012654-fb15b899a751/go.mod h1:LOuyumcjzFXgccqObfd/Ljyb9UuFJ6TxHnclSeseNhc=