diff --git a/windows-agent/go.mod b/windows-agent/go.mod
index 984663857..f6b651b4a 100644
--- a/windows-agent/go.mod
+++ b/windows-agent/go.mod
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/ubuntu/decorate v0.0.0-20240425133904-a085253511fb
 	github.com/ubuntu/gowsl v0.0.0-20240709100851-bc766d3dbd53
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240719175910-8a7402abbf56
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.27.0
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.28.0
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.68.0
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.35.2
 	gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.67.0
diff --git a/windows-agent/go.sum b/windows-agent/go.sum
index 8eab4b713..32c5387e7 100644
--- a/windows-agent/go.sum
+++ b/windows-agent/go.sum
@@ -91,8 +91,8 @@ golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240719175910-8a7402abbf56/go.mod h1:M4RDyNAINzryxdtnbR
 golang.org/x/net v0.30.0 h1:AcW1SDZMkb8IpzCdQUaIq2sP4sZ4zw+55h6ynffypl4=
 golang.org/x/net v0.30.0/go.mod h1:2wGyMJ5iFasEhkwi13ChkO/t1ECNC4X4eBKkVFyYFlU=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220715151400-c0bba94af5f8/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.27.0 h1:wBqf8DvsY9Y/2P8gAfPDEYNuS30J4lPHJxXSb/nJZ+s=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.27.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.28.0 h1:Fksou7UEQUWlKvIdsqzJmUmCX3cZuD2+P3XyyzwMhlA=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.28.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
 golang.org/x/text v0.19.0 h1:kTxAhCbGbxhK0IwgSKiMO5awPoDQ0RpfiVYBfK860YM=
 golang.org/x/text v0.19.0/go.mod h1:BuEKDfySbSR4drPmRPG/7iBdf8hvFMuRexcpahXilzY=
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20241021214115-324edc3d5d38 h1:zciRKQ4kBpFgpfC5QQCVtnnNAcLIqweL7plyZRQHVpI=