diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 503c68b..600ed05 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module github.com/crossplane/function-template-go
 go 1.24.9
 
 require (
-	github.com/alecthomas/kong v0.9.0
+	github.com/alecthomas/kong v1.12.1
 	github.com/crossplane/function-sdk-go v0.5.0
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.7.0
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.10
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index d9c6b48..d1d575c 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 dario.cat/mergo v1.0.2 h1:85+piFYR1tMbRrLcDwR18y4UKJ3aH1Tbzi24VRW1TK8=
 dario.cat/mergo v1.0.2/go.mod h1:E/hbnu0NxMFBjpMIE34DRGLWqDy0g5FuKDhCb31ngxA=
-github.com/alecthomas/assert/v2 v2.6.0 h1:o3WJwILtexrEUk3cUVal3oiQY2tfgr/FHWiz/v2n4FU=
-github.com/alecthomas/assert/v2 v2.6.0/go.mod h1:Bze95FyfUr7x34QZrjL+XP+0qgp/zg8yS+TtBj1WA3k=
-github.com/alecthomas/kong v0.9.0 h1:G5diXxc85KvoV2f0ZRVuMsi45IrBgx9zDNGNj165aPA=
-github.com/alecthomas/kong v0.9.0/go.mod h1:Y47y5gKfHp1hDc7CH7OeXgLIpp+Q2m1Ni0L5s3bI8Os=
+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 v1.12.1 h1:iq6aMJDcFYP9uFrLdsiZQ2ZMmcshduyGv4Pek0MQPW0=
+github.com/alecthomas/kong v1.12.1/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/beorn7/perks v1.0.1 h1:VlbKKnNfV8bJzeqoa4cOKqO6bYr3WgKZxO8Z16+hsOM=