diff --git a/NOTICE.txt b/NOTICE.txt
index 563e426038..23e623fea2 100644
--- a/NOTICE.txt
+++ b/NOTICE.txt
@@ -307,11 +307,11 @@ Contents of probable licence file $GOMODCACHE/github.com/elastic/go-ucfg@v0.8.3/
 
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Module  : github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify
-Version : v1.4.9
-Time    : 2020-03-11T17:35:18Z
+Version : v1.5.0
+Time    : 2021-08-18T22:48:34Z
 Licence : BSD-3-Clause
 
-Contents of probable licence file $GOMODCACHE/github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify@v1.4.9/LICENSE:
+Contents of probable licence file $GOMODCACHE/github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify@v1.5.0/LICENSE:
 
 Copyright (c) 2012 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
 Copyright (c) 2012-2019 fsnotify Authors. All rights reserved.
diff --git a/docs/reference/dependencies.asciidoc b/docs/reference/dependencies.asciidoc
index 87e7090398..cf7ec37364 100644
--- a/docs/reference/dependencies.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/dependencies.asciidoc
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ This page lists the third-party dependencies used to build {n}.
 | link:https://github.com/blang/semver[$$github.com/blang/semver/v4$$] | v4.0.0 | MIT
 | link:https://github.com/davecgh/go-spew[$$github.com/davecgh/go-spew$$] | v1.1.1 | ISC
 | link:https://github.com/elastic/go-ucfg[$$github.com/elastic/go-ucfg$$] | v0.8.3 | Apache-2.0
-| link:https://github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify[$$github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify$$] | v1.4.9 | BSD-3-Clause
+| link:https://github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify[$$github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify$$] | v1.5.0 | BSD-3-Clause
 | link:https://github.com/ghodss/yaml[$$github.com/ghodss/yaml$$] | v1.0.0 | MIT
 | link:https://github.com/go-logr/logr[$$github.com/go-logr/logr$$] | v0.4.0 | Apache-2.0
 | link:https://github.com/go-test/deep[$$github.com/go-test/deep$$] | v1.0.7 | MIT
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index e0c3ac653b..470fdb8a94 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/dgryski/go-gk v0.0.0-20140819190930-201884a44051 // indirect
 	github.com/elastic/go-ucfg v0.8.3
 	github.com/elazarl/goproxy v0.0.0-20190711103511-473e67f1d7d2 // indirect
-	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.4.9
+	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.5.0
 	github.com/ghodss/yaml v1.0.0
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v0.4.0
 	github.com/go-test/deep v1.0.7
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index ccb56b560e..eb4d47ac7d 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -158,8 +158,9 @@ github.com/fatih/color v1.12.0/go.mod h1:ELkj/draVOlAH/xkhN6mQ50Qd0MPOk5AAr3maGE
 github.com/fatih/structs v1.1.0/go.mod h1:9NiDSp5zOcgEDl+j00MP/WkGVPOlPRLejGD8Ga6PJ7M=
 github.com/form3tech-oss/jwt-go v3.2.2+incompatible/go.mod h1:pbq4aXjuKjdthFRnoDwaVPLA+WlJuPGy+QneDUgJi2k=
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.4.7/go.mod h1:jwhsz4b93w/PPRr/qN1Yymfu8t87LnFCMoQvtojpjFo=
-github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.4.9 h1:hsms1Qyu0jgnwNXIxa+/V/PDsU6CfLf6CNO8H7IWoS4=
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.4.9/go.mod h1:znqG4EE+3YCdAaPaxE2ZRY/06pZUdp0tY4IgpuI1SZQ=
+github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.5.0 h1:NO5hkcB+srp1x6QmwvNZLeaOgbM8cmBTN32THzjvu2k=
+github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.5.0/go.mod h1:BX0DCEr5pT4jm2CnQdVP1lFV521fcCNcyEeNp4DQQDk=
 github.com/ghodss/yaml v1.0.0 h1:wQHKEahhL6wmXdzwWG11gIVCkOv05bNOh+Rxn0yngAk=
 github.com/ghodss/yaml v1.0.0/go.mod h1:4dBDuWmgqj2HViK6kFavaiC9ZROes6MMH2rRYeMEF04=
 github.com/go-asn1-ber/asn1-ber v1.3.1/go.mod h1:hEBeB/ic+5LoWskz+yKT7vGhhPYkProFKoKdwZRWMe0=