diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 81d9b65b44e..44d61473365 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/redhat-cop/must-gather-operator v1.1.2
 	github.com/slack-go/slack v0.11.1
 	github.com/spf13/afero v1.9.2
-	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.5.0
+	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.6.1
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
 	github.com/spf13/viper v1.12.0
 	github.com/streadway/quantile v0.0.0-20150917103942-b0c588724d25 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 49d39f76465..3368e39ac3b 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1016,8 +1016,9 @@ github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.10/go.mod h1:jmQim1M+e3UYxmgPu/WyfjB3N3VflVyUjjjwH
 github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.11 h1:3tnifQM4i+fbajXKBHXWEH+KvNHqojZ778UH75j3bGA=
 github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.11/go.mod h1:jmQim1M+e3UYxmgPu/WyfjB3N3VflVyUjjjwH0dnCYA=
 github.com/improbable-eng/thanos v0.3.2/go.mod h1:GZewVGILKuJVPNRn7L4Zw+7X96qzFOwj63b22xYGXBE=
-github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.0.0 h1:Z8tu5sraLXCXIcARxBp/8cbvlwVa7Z1NHg9XEKhtSvM=
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.0.0/go.mod h1:PxqpIevigyE2G7u3NXJIT2ANytuPF1OarO4DADm73n8=
+github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.0.1 h1:U3uMjPSQEBMNp1lFxmllqCPM6P5u/Xq7Pgzkat/bFNc=
+github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.0.1/go.mod h1:vpF70FUmC8bwa3OWnCshd2FqLfsEA9PFc4w1p2J65bw=
 github.com/influxdata/influxdb v1.7.7/go.mod h1:qZna6X/4elxqT3yI9iZYdZrWWdeFOOprn86kgg4+IzY=
 github.com/influxdata/tdigest v0.0.1 h1:XpFptwYmnEKUqmkcDjrzffswZ3nvNeevbUSLPP/ZzIY=
 github.com/influxdata/tdigest v0.0.1/go.mod h1:Z0kXnxzbTC2qrx4NaIzYkE1k66+6oEDQTvL95hQFh5Y=
@@ -1735,8 +1736,8 @@ github.com/spf13/cobra v1.0.0/go.mod h1:/6GTrnGXV9HjY+aR4k0oJ5tcvakLuG6EuKReYlHN
 github.com/spf13/cobra v1.1.1/go.mod h1:WnodtKOvamDL/PwE2M4iKs8aMDBZ5Q5klgD3qfVJQMI=
 github.com/spf13/cobra v1.1.3/go.mod h1:pGADOWyqRD/YMrPZigI/zbliZ2wVD/23d+is3pSWzOo=
 github.com/spf13/cobra v1.4.0/go.mod h1:Wo4iy3BUC+X2Fybo0PDqwJIv3dNRiZLHQymsfxlB84g=
-github.com/spf13/cobra v1.5.0 h1:X+jTBEBqF0bHN+9cSMgmfuvv2VHJ9ezmFNf9Y/XstYU=
-github.com/spf13/cobra v1.5.0/go.mod h1:dWXEIy2H428czQCjInthrTRUg7yKbok+2Qi/yBIJoUM=
+github.com/spf13/cobra v1.6.1 h1:o94oiPyS4KD1mPy2fmcYYHHfCxLqYjJOhGsCHFZtEzA=
+github.com/spf13/cobra v1.6.1/go.mod h1:IOw/AERYS7UzyrGinqmz6HLUo219MORXGxhbaJUqzrY=
 github.com/spf13/jwalterweatherman v0.0.0-20180109140146-7c0cea34c8ec/go.mod h1:cQK4TGJAtQXfYWX+Ddv3mKDzgVb68N+wFjFa4jdeBTo=
 github.com/spf13/jwalterweatherman v1.0.0/go.mod h1:cQK4TGJAtQXfYWX+Ddv3mKDzgVb68N+wFjFa4jdeBTo=
 github.com/spf13/jwalterweatherman v1.1.0 h1:ue6voC5bR5F8YxI5S67j9i582FU4Qvo2bmqnqMYADFk=