diff --git a/tools/go.mod b/tools/go.mod
index b7e8fa10fd3..32d273b9bdc 100644
--- a/tools/go.mod
+++ b/tools/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module tools
 go 1.22.0
 
 require (
-	github.com/alecthomas/kong v1.7.0
+	github.com/alecthomas/kong v1.8.0
 	github.com/getkin/kin-openapi v0.128.0
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0
 	github.com/google/go-github/v69 v69.0.0
diff --git a/tools/go.sum b/tools/go.sum
index ea7cf78da46..ecf4dc6f71f 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 v1.7.0 h1:MnT8+5JxFDCvISeI6vgd/mFbAJwueJ/pqQNzZMsiqZE=
-github.com/alecthomas/kong v1.7.0/go.mod h1:p2vqieVMeTAnaC83txKtXe8FLke2X07aruPWXyMPQrU=
+github.com/alecthomas/kong v1.8.0 h1:LEDIdSYrHU+4oTF2BL0NAfw++wH6lg/LzAJodTkLikM=
+github.com/alecthomas/kong v1.8.0/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=