diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index efdd8c47d..4dbaee7f8 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module github.com/charmbracelet/gum
 go 1.21
 
 require (
-	github.com/alecthomas/kong v0.9.0
+	github.com/alecthomas/kong v1.2.1
 	github.com/alecthomas/mango-kong v0.1.0
 	github.com/charmbracelet/bubbles v0.20.0
 	github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea v1.1.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index c53018e85..dd19c4774 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 github.com/MakeNowJust/heredoc v1.0.0 h1:cXCdzVdstXyiTqTvfqk9SDHpKNjxuom+DOlyEeQ4pzQ=
 github.com/MakeNowJust/heredoc v1.0.0/go.mod h1:mG5amYoWBHf8vpLOuehzbGGw0EHxpZZ6lCpQ4fNJ8LE=
-github.com/alecthomas/assert/v2 v2.7.0 h1:QtqSACNS3tF7oasA8CU6A6sXZSBDqnm7RfpLl9bZqbE=
-github.com/alecthomas/assert/v2 v2.7.0/go.mod h1:Bze95FyfUr7x34QZrjL+XP+0qgp/zg8yS+TtBj1WA3k=
+github.com/alecthomas/assert/v2 v2.10.0 h1:jjRCHsj6hBJhkmhznrCzoNpbA3zqy0fYiUcYZP/GkPY=
+github.com/alecthomas/assert/v2 v2.10.0/go.mod h1:Bze95FyfUr7x34QZrjL+XP+0qgp/zg8yS+TtBj1WA3k=
 github.com/alecthomas/chroma/v2 v2.14.0 h1:R3+wzpnUArGcQz7fCETQBzO5n9IMNi13iIs46aU4V9E=
 github.com/alecthomas/chroma/v2 v2.14.0/go.mod h1:QolEbTfmUHIMVpBqxeDnNBj2uoeI4EbYP4i6n68SG4I=
-github.com/alecthomas/kong v0.9.0 h1:G5diXxc85KvoV2f0ZRVuMsi45IrBgx9zDNGNj165aPA=
-github.com/alecthomas/kong v0.9.0/go.mod h1:Y47y5gKfHp1hDc7CH7OeXgLIpp+Q2m1Ni0L5s3bI8Os=
+github.com/alecthomas/kong v1.2.1 h1:E8jH4Tsgv6wCRX2nGrdPyHDUCSG83WH2qE4XLACD33Q=
+github.com/alecthomas/kong v1.2.1/go.mod h1:rKTSFhbdp3Ryefn8x5MOEprnRFQ7nlmMC01GKhehhBM=
 github.com/alecthomas/mango-kong v0.1.0 h1:iFVfP1k1K4qpml3JUQmD5I8MCQYfIvsD9mRdrw7jJC4=
 github.com/alecthomas/mango-kong v0.1.0/go.mod h1:t+TYVdsONUolf/BwVcm+15eqcdAj15h4Qe9MMFAwwT4=
 github.com/alecthomas/repr v0.4.0 h1:GhI2A8MACjfegCPVq9f1FLvIBS+DrQ2KQBFZP1iFzXc=