diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index d1aa525af..b63a25e70 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
 	github.com/vmware/vmw-guestinfo v0.0.0-20170707015358-25eff159a728
 	github.com/xlab/treeprint v1.2.0
-	golang.org/x/text v0.17.0
+	golang.org/x/text v0.18.0
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 9134fdfc2..765a56d4e 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ github.com/vmware/vmw-guestinfo v0.0.0-20170707015358-25eff159a728 h1:sH9mEk+fly
 github.com/vmware/vmw-guestinfo v0.0.0-20170707015358-25eff159a728/go.mod h1:x9oS4Wk2s2u4tS29nEaDLdzvuHdB19CvSGJjPgkZJNk=
 github.com/xlab/treeprint v1.2.0 h1:HzHnuAF1plUN2zGlAFHbSQP2qJ0ZAD3XF5XD7OesXRQ=
 github.com/xlab/treeprint v1.2.0/go.mod h1:gj5Gd3gPdKtR1ikdDK6fnFLdmIS0X30kTTuNd/WEJu0=
-golang.org/x/text v0.17.0 h1:XtiM5bkSOt+ewxlOE/aE/AKEHibwj/6gvWMl9Rsh0Qc=
-golang.org/x/text v0.17.0/go.mod h1:BuEKDfySbSR4drPmRPG/7iBdf8hvFMuRexcpahXilzY=
+golang.org/x/text v0.18.0 h1:XvMDiNzPAl0jr17s6W9lcaIhGUfUORdGCNsuLmPG224=
+golang.org/x/text v0.18.0/go.mod h1:BuEKDfySbSR4drPmRPG/7iBdf8hvFMuRexcpahXilzY=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20180628173108-788fd7840127 h1:qIbj1fsPNlZgppZ+VLlY7N33q108Sa+fhmuc+sWQYwY=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20180628173108-788fd7840127/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=