diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/go.mod b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/go.mod
index 0b27b3da8d8..1f5dc6bd499 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/go.mod
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/go.mod
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.20.1
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
 	github.com/russross/blackfriday v1.5.2
-	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.4.0
+	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.5.0
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220722155257-8c9f86f7a55f