diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 76f00d59..5db1320b 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/mudler/docker-companion v0.4.6-0.20200418093252-41846f112d87
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.12.1
 	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.10.0
-	github.com/otiai10/copy v1.0.2
+	github.com/otiai10/copy v1.2.1-0.20200916181228-26f84a0b1578
 	github.com/pelletier/go-toml v1.6.0 // indirect
 	github.com/philopon/go-toposort v0.0.0-20170620085441-9be86dbd762f
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 758c7f1d..c24655f9 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -566,12 +566,16 @@ github.com/openzipkin-contrib/zipkin-go-opentracing v0.4.5/go.mod h1:/wsWhb9smxS
 github.com/openzipkin/zipkin-go v0.1.6/go.mod h1:QgAqvLzwWbR/WpD4A3cGpPtJrZXNIiJc5AZX7/PBEpw=
 github.com/openzipkin/zipkin-go v0.2.1/go.mod h1:NaW6tEwdmWMaCDZzg8sh+IBNOxHMPnhQw8ySjnjRyN4=
 github.com/openzipkin/zipkin-go v0.2.2/go.mod h1:NaW6tEwdmWMaCDZzg8sh+IBNOxHMPnhQw8ySjnjRyN4=
-github.com/otiai10/copy v1.0.2 h1:DDNipYy6RkIkjMwy+AWzgKiNTyj2RUI9yEMeETEpVyc=
-github.com/otiai10/copy v1.0.2/go.mod h1:c7RpqBkwMom4bYTSkLSym4VSJz/XtncWRAj/J4PEIMY=
+github.com/otiai10/copy v1.2.1-0.20200916181228-26f84a0b1578 h1:7nw5gHacQUcMc76WIdq6mO5XWZtfFGuKdJ5eFRsuGCM=
+github.com/otiai10/copy v1.2.1-0.20200916181228-26f84a0b1578/go.mod h1:rrF5dJ5F0t/EWSYODDu4j9/vEeYHMkc8jt0zJChqQWw=
 github.com/otiai10/curr v0.0.0-20150429015615-9b4961190c95 h1:+OLn68pqasWca0z5ryit9KGfp3sUsW4Lqg32iRMJyzs=
 github.com/otiai10/curr v0.0.0-20150429015615-9b4961190c95/go.mod h1:9qAhocn7zKJG+0mI8eUu6xqkFDYS2kb2saOteoSB3cE=
+github.com/otiai10/curr v1.0.0 h1:TJIWdbX0B+kpNagQrjgq8bCMrbhiuX73M2XwgtDMoOI=
+github.com/otiai10/curr v1.0.0/go.mod h1:LskTG5wDwr8Rs+nNQ+1LlxRjAtTZZjtJW4rMXl6j4vs=
 github.com/otiai10/mint v1.3.0 h1:Ady6MKVezQwHBkGzLFbrsywyp09Ah7rkmfjV3Bcr5uc=
 github.com/otiai10/mint v1.3.0/go.mod h1:F5AjcsTsWUqX+Na9fpHb52P8pcRX2CI6A3ctIT91xUo=
+github.com/otiai10/mint v1.3.1 h1:BCmzIS3n71sGfHB5NMNDB3lHYPz8fWSkCAErHed//qc=
+github.com/otiai10/mint v1.3.1/go.mod h1:/yxELlJQ0ufhjUwhshSj+wFjZ78CnZ48/1wtmBH1OTc=
 github.com/pact-foundation/pact-go v1.0.4/go.mod h1:uExwJY4kCzNPcHRj+hCR/HBbOOIwwtUjcrb0b5/5kLM=
 github.com/pascaldekloe/goe v0.0.0-20180627143212-57f6aae5913c/go.mod h1:lzWF7FIEvWOWxwDKqyGYQf6ZUaNfKdP144TG7ZOy1lc=
 github.com/pborman/uuid v1.2.0/go.mod h1:X/NO0urCmaxf9VXbdlT7C2Yzkj2IKimNn4k+gtPdI/k=
diff --git a/pkg/helpers/file.go b/pkg/helpers/file.go
index c2575a2d..e5db6b4f 100644
--- a/pkg/helpers/file.go
+++ b/pkg/helpers/file.go
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ func ensureDir(fileName string) {
 // of the source file. The file mode will be copied from the source and
 // the copied data is synced/flushed to stable storage.
 func CopyFile(src, dst string) (err error) {
-	return copy.Copy(src, dst)
+	return copy.Copy(src, dst, copy.Options{OnSymlink: func(string) copy.SymlinkAction { return copy.Shallow }})
 }
 
 func IsDirectory(path string) (bool, error) {
@@ -110,5 +110,5 @@ func IsDirectory(path string) (bool, error) {
 func CopyDir(src string, dst string) (err error) {
 	src = filepath.Clean(src)
 	dst = filepath.Clean(dst)
-	return copy.Copy(src, dst)
+	return copy.Copy(src, dst, copy.Options{OnSymlink: func(string) copy.SymlinkAction { return copy.Shallow }})
 }