diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index bf35ae5b..009e530e 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module github.com/rudderlabs/rudder-go-kit
 go 1.20
 
 require (
-	github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.2.0
+	github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.2.1
 	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.6.0
 	github.com/go-chi/chi/v5 v5.0.8
 	github.com/go-redis/redis/v8 v8.11.5
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 806ed008..1fd1bab5 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ github.com/antihax/optional v1.0.0/go.mod h1:uupD/76wgC+ih3iEmQUL+0Ugr19nfwCT1kd
 github.com/benbjohnson/clock v1.1.0 h1:Q92kusRqC1XV2MjkWETPvjJVqKetz1OzxZB7mHJLju8=
 github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.1 h1:VlbKKnNfV8bJzeqoa4cOKqO6bYr3WgKZxO8Z16+hsOM=
 github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.1/go.mod h1:G2ZrVWU2WbWT9wwq4/hrbKbnv/1ERSJQ0ibhJ6rlkpw=
-github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.2.0 h1:HN5dHm3WBOgndBH6E8V0q2jIYIR3s9yglV8k/+MN3u4=
-github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.2.0/go.mod h1:Y3VNntkOUPxTVeUxJ/G5vcM//AlwfmyYozVcomhLiZE=
+github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.2.1 h1:y4OZtCnogmCPw98Zjyt5a6+QwPLGkiQsYW5oUqylYbM=
+github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.2.1/go.mod h1:Y3VNntkOUPxTVeUxJ/G5vcM//AlwfmyYozVcomhLiZE=
 github.com/census-instrumentation/opencensus-proto v0.2.1/go.mod h1:f6KPmirojxKA12rnyqOA5BBL4O983OfeGPqjHWSTneU=
 github.com/cespare/xxhash v1.1.0/go.mod h1:XrSqR1VqqWfGrhpAt58auRo0WTKS1nRRg3ghfAqPWnc=
 github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.1.1/go.mod h1:VGX0DQ3Q6kWi7AoAeZDth3/j3BFtOZR5XLFGgcrjCOs=