diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index e43c32b2c..71d2aac2a 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module github.com/syncthing/syncthing
 require (
 	github.com/AudriusButkevicius/pfilter v0.0.10
 	github.com/AudriusButkevicius/recli v0.0.6
-	github.com/alecthomas/kong v0.2.17
+	github.com/alecthomas/kong v0.3.0
 	github.com/calmh/xdr v1.1.0
 	github.com/ccding/go-stun v0.1.3
 	github.com/certifi/gocertifi v0.0.0-20210507211836-431795d63e8d // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 3e6734f1a..390f7cd90 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -48,8 +48,10 @@ github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.3.1/go.mod h1:xHWCNGjB5oqiDr8zfno3MHue2Ht5sIBksp03
 github.com/BurntSushi/xgb v0.0.0-20160522181843-27f122750802/go.mod h1:IVnqGOEym/WlBOVXweHU+Q+/VP0lqqI8lqeDx9IjBqo=
 github.com/StackExchange/wmi v1.2.1 h1:VIkavFPXSjcnS+O8yTq7NI32k0R5Aj+v39y29VYDOSA=
 github.com/StackExchange/wmi v1.2.1/go.mod h1:rcmrprowKIVzvc+NUiLncP2uuArMWLCbu9SBzvHz7e8=
-github.com/alecthomas/kong v0.2.17 h1:URDISCI96MIgcIlQyoCAlhOmrSw6pZScBNkctg8r0W0=
-github.com/alecthomas/kong v0.2.17/go.mod h1:ka3VZ8GZNPXv9Ov+j4YNLkI8mTuhXyr/0ktSlqIydQQ=
+github.com/alecthomas/kong v0.3.0 h1:qOLFzu0dGPNz8z5TiXGzgW3gb3RXfWVJKeAxcghVW88=
+github.com/alecthomas/kong v0.3.0/go.mod h1:uzxf/HUh0tj43x1AyJROl3JT7SgsZ5m+icOv1csRhc0=
+github.com/alecthomas/repr v0.0.0-20210801044451-80ca428c5142 h1:8Uy0oSf5co/NZXje7U1z8Mpep++QJOldL2hs/sBQf48=
+github.com/alecthomas/repr v0.0.0-20210801044451-80ca428c5142/go.mod h1:2kn6fqh/zIyPLmm3ugklbEi5hg5wS435eygvNfaDQL8=
 github.com/alecthomas/template v0.0.0-20160405071501-a0175ee3bccc/go.mod h1:LOuyumcjzFXgccqObfd/Ljyb9UuFJ6TxHnclSeseNhc=
 github.com/alecthomas/template v0.0.0-20190718012654-fb15b899a751/go.mod h1:LOuyumcjzFXgccqObfd/Ljyb9UuFJ6TxHnclSeseNhc=
 github.com/alecthomas/units v0.0.0-20151022065526-2efee857e7cf/go.mod h1:ybxpYRFXyAe+OPACYpWeL0wqObRcbAqCMya13uyzqw0=