diff --git a/NOTICE.txt b/NOTICE.txt
index 6181acacc8..0ba93f747b 100644
--- a/NOTICE.txt
+++ b/NOTICE.txt
@@ -3786,11 +3786,11 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
 
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Module  : go.uber.org/zap
-Version : v1.26.0
-Time    : 2023-09-14T20:29:58Z
+Version : v1.27.0
+Time    : 2024-02-20T20:55:06Z
 Licence : MIT
 
-Contents of probable licence file $GOMODCACHE/go.uber.org/zap@v1.26.0/LICENSE.txt:
+Contents of probable licence file $GOMODCACHE/go.uber.org/zap@v1.27.0/LICENSE:
 
 Copyright (c) 2016-2017 Uber Technologies, Inc.
 
diff --git a/docs/reference/dependencies.asciidoc b/docs/reference/dependencies.asciidoc
index f89cb5e2d0..ba197667ce 100644
--- a/docs/reference/dependencies.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/dependencies.asciidoc
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ This page lists the third-party dependencies used to build {n}.
 | link:https://go.elastic.co/apm/module/apmzap/v2[$$go.elastic.co/apm/module/apmzap/v2$$] | v2.4.8 | Apache-2.0
 | link:https://go.elastic.co/apm/v2[$$go.elastic.co/apm/v2$$] | v2.4.8 | Apache-2.0
 | link:https://go.uber.org/automaxprocs[$$go.uber.org/automaxprocs$$] | v1.5.3 | MIT
-| link:https://go.uber.org/zap[$$go.uber.org/zap$$] | v1.26.0 | MIT
+| link:https://go.uber.org/zap[$$go.uber.org/zap$$] | v1.27.0 | MIT
 | link:https://golang.org/x/crypto[$$golang.org/x/crypto$$] | v0.19.0 | BSD-3-Clause
 | link:https://gopkg.in/yaml.v3[$$gopkg.in/yaml.v3$$] | v3.0.1 | MIT
 | link:https://github.com/kubernetes/api[$$k8s.io/api$$] | v0.29.2 | Apache-2.0
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index ce0995295c..e48c0f02eb 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ require (
 	go.elastic.co/apm/module/apmzap/v2 v2.4.8
 	go.elastic.co/apm/v2 v2.4.8
 	go.uber.org/automaxprocs v1.5.3
-	go.uber.org/zap v1.26.0
+	go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.19.0
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
 	k8s.io/api v0.29.2
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 0158837f50..701bbb56bb 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -295,8 +295,8 @@ go.uber.org/goleak v1.3.0 h1:2K3zAYmnTNqV73imy9J1T3WC+gmCePx2hEGkimedGto=
 go.uber.org/goleak v1.3.0/go.mod h1:CoHD4mav9JJNrW/WLlf7HGZPjdw8EucARQHekz1X6bE=
 go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0 h1:blXXJkSxSSfBVBlC76pxqeO+LN3aDfLQo+309xJstO0=
 go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0/go.mod h1:20+QtiLqy0Nd6FdQB9TLXag12DsQkrbs3htMFfDN80Y=
-go.uber.org/zap v1.26.0 h1:sI7k6L95XOKS281NhVKOFCUNIvv9e0w4BF8N3u+tCRo=
-go.uber.org/zap v1.26.0/go.mod h1:dtElttAiwGvoJ/vj4IwHBS/gXsEu/pZ50mUIRWuG0so=
+go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0 h1:aJMhYGrd5QSmlpLMr2MftRKl7t8J8PTZPA732ud/XR8=
+go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0/go.mod h1:GB2qFLM7cTU87MWRP2mPIjqfIDnGu+VIO4V/SdhGo2E=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2/go.mod h1:djNgcEr1/C05ACkg1iLfiJU5Ep61QUkGW8qpdssI0+w=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190911031432-227b76d455e7/go.mod h1:yigFU9vqHzYiE8UmvKecakEJjdnWj3jj499lnFckfCI=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20191011191535-87dc89f01550/go.mod h1:yigFU9vqHzYiE8UmvKecakEJjdnWj3jj499lnFckfCI=
diff --git a/hack/upgrade-test-harness/go.mod b/hack/upgrade-test-harness/go.mod
index 5f3a0cf057..3636bc039d 100644
--- a/hack/upgrade-test-harness/go.mod
+++ b/hack/upgrade-test-harness/go.mod
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror v1.1.1
 	github.com/jonboulle/clockwork v0.4.0
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.0
-	go.uber.org/zap v1.26.0
+	go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
 	k8s.io/api v0.29.2
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.29.2
diff --git a/hack/upgrade-test-harness/go.sum b/hack/upgrade-test-harness/go.sum
index 25897597fc..d7ff765735 100644
--- a/hack/upgrade-test-harness/go.sum
+++ b/hack/upgrade-test-harness/go.sum
@@ -532,6 +532,8 @@ go.uber.org/zap v1.10.0/go.mod h1:vwi/ZaCAaUcBkycHslxD9B2zi4UTXhF60s6SWpuDF0Q=
 go.uber.org/zap v1.17.0/go.mod h1:MXVU+bhUf/A7Xi2HNOnopQOrmycQ5Ih87HtOu4q5SSo=
 go.uber.org/zap v1.26.0 h1:sI7k6L95XOKS281NhVKOFCUNIvv9e0w4BF8N3u+tCRo=
 go.uber.org/zap v1.26.0/go.mod h1:dtElttAiwGvoJ/vj4IwHBS/gXsEu/pZ50mUIRWuG0so=
+go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0 h1:aJMhYGrd5QSmlpLMr2MftRKl7t8J8PTZPA732ud/XR8=
+go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0/go.mod h1:GB2qFLM7cTU87MWRP2mPIjqfIDnGu+VIO4V/SdhGo2E=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20180904163835-0709b304e793/go.mod h1:6SG95UA2DQfeDnfUPMdvaQW0Q7yPrPDi9nlGo2tz2b4=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20181029021203-45a5f77698d3/go.mod h1:6SG95UA2DQfeDnfUPMdvaQW0Q7yPrPDi9nlGo2tz2b4=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2/go.mod h1:djNgcEr1/C05ACkg1iLfiJU5Ep61QUkGW8qpdssI0+w=