diff --git a/hack/tools/go.mod b/hack/tools/go.mod
index 8768994a39f..c72e6a556c9 100644
--- a/hack/tools/go.mod
+++ b/hack/tools/go.mod
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/vektra/mockery/v2 v2.40.3
 	go.uber.org/automaxprocs v1.5.2
 	gotest.tools/gotestsum v1.6.4
-	honnef.co/go/tools v0.5.0-rc.1
+	honnef.co/go/tools v0.5.1
 	sigs.k8s.io/logtools v0.8.1
 )
 
diff --git a/hack/tools/go.sum b/hack/tools/go.sum
index 3aa096d2a35..97c7dcf4bf7 100644
--- a/hack/tools/go.sum
+++ b/hack/tools/go.sum
@@ -995,8 +995,8 @@ honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.0-20190523083050-ea95bdfd59fc/go.mod h1:rf3lG4BRIbNafJWh
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2019.2.3/go.mod h1:a3bituU0lyd329TUQxRnasdCoJDkEUEAqEt0JzvZhAg=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2020.1.3/go.mod h1:X/FiERA/W4tHapMX5mGpAtMSVEeEUOyHaw9vFzvIQ3k=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2020.1.4/go.mod h1:X/FiERA/W4tHapMX5mGpAtMSVEeEUOyHaw9vFzvIQ3k=
-honnef.co/go/tools v0.5.0-rc.1 h1:V78/p4Nw2Gj1gLcq5vhQqZLkpvA+oS8vRRMBZRtBur4=
-honnef.co/go/tools v0.5.0-rc.1/go.mod h1:e9irvo83WDG9/irijV44wr3tbhcFeRnfpVlRqVwpzMs=
+honnef.co/go/tools v0.5.1 h1:4bH5o3b5ZULQ4UrBmP+63W9r7qIkqJClEA9ko5YKx+I=
+honnef.co/go/tools v0.5.1/go.mod h1:e9irvo83WDG9/irijV44wr3tbhcFeRnfpVlRqVwpzMs=
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.0.0/go.mod h1:PBfzABfn139FHAV07az/IF9Wp1bkk3vpT2XSJ76fSDE=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20210802155522-efc7438f0176/go.mod h1:jPW/WVKK9YHAvNhRxK0md/EJ228hCsBRufyofKtW8HA=
 mvdan.cc/gofumpt v0.6.0 h1:G3QvahNDmpD+Aek/bNOLrFR2XC6ZAdo62dZu65gmwGo=