diff --git a/tools/go.mod b/tools/go.mod
index 86c55603fa8..bb4f9812bec 100644
--- a/tools/go.mod
+++ b/tools/go.mod
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ go 1.21
 toolchain go1.22.0
 
 require (
-	github.com/alecthomas/kong v1.3.0
+	github.com/alecthomas/kong v1.4.0
 	github.com/getkin/kin-openapi v0.128.0
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0
 	github.com/google/go-github/v66 v66.0.0
diff --git a/tools/go.sum b/tools/go.sum
index 96f89ad96fa..ebea9535701 100644
--- a/tools/go.sum
+++ b/tools/go.sum
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 github.com/alecthomas/assert/v2 v2.11.0 h1:2Q9r3ki8+JYXvGsDyBXwH3LcJ+WK5D0gc5E8vS6K3D0=
 github.com/alecthomas/assert/v2 v2.11.0/go.mod h1:Bze95FyfUr7x34QZrjL+XP+0qgp/zg8yS+TtBj1WA3k=
-github.com/alecthomas/kong v1.3.0 h1:YJKuU6/TV2XOBtymafSeuzDvLAFR8cYMZiXVNLhAO6g=
-github.com/alecthomas/kong v1.3.0/go.mod h1:IDc8HyiouDdpdiEiY81iaEJM8rSIW6LzX8On4FCO0bE=
+github.com/alecthomas/kong v1.4.0 h1:UL7tzGMnnY0YRMMvJyITIRX1EpO6RbBRZDNcCevy3HA=
+github.com/alecthomas/kong v1.4.0/go.mod h1:p2vqieVMeTAnaC83txKtXe8FLke2X07aruPWXyMPQrU=
 github.com/alecthomas/repr v0.4.0 h1:GhI2A8MACjfegCPVq9f1FLvIBS+DrQ2KQBFZP1iFzXc=
 github.com/alecthomas/repr v0.4.0/go.mod h1:Fr0507jx4eOXV7AlPV6AVZLYrLIuIeSOWtW57eE/O/4=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=