diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 757b10b7a1e..aae85209f70 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module github.com/syncthing/syncthing
 require (
 	github.com/AudriusButkevicius/pfilter v0.0.0-20210218141631-7468b85d810a
 	github.com/AudriusButkevicius/recli v0.0.5
-	github.com/alecthomas/kong v0.2.16
+	github.com/alecthomas/kong v0.5.0
 	github.com/bkaradzic/go-lz4 v0.0.0-20160924222819-7224d8d8f27e
 	github.com/calmh/xdr v1.1.0
 	github.com/ccding/go-stun v0.1.3
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 32b4abc2fb9..76b5fabaea2 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -21,8 +21,10 @@ github.com/StackExchange/wmi v0.0.0-20190523213315-cbe66965904d h1:G0m3OIz70MZUW
 github.com/StackExchange/wmi v0.0.0-20190523213315-cbe66965904d/go.mod h1:3eOhrUMpNV+6aFIbp5/iudMxNCF27Vw2OZgy4xEx0Fg=
 github.com/VividCortex/gohistogram v1.0.0/go.mod h1:Pf5mBqqDxYaXu3hDrrU+w6nw50o/4+TcAqDqk/vUH7g=
 github.com/afex/hystrix-go v0.0.0-20180502004556-fa1af6a1f4f5/go.mod h1:SkGFH1ia65gfNATL8TAiHDNxPzPdmEL5uirI2Uyuz6c=
-github.com/alecthomas/kong v0.2.16 h1:F232CiYSn54Tnl1sJGTeHmx4vJDNLVP2b9yCVMOQwHQ=
-github.com/alecthomas/kong v0.2.16/go.mod h1:kQOmtJgV+Lb4aj+I2LEn40cbtawdWJ9Y8QLq+lElKxE=
+github.com/alecthomas/kong v0.5.0 h1:u8Kdw+eeml93qtMZ04iei0CFYve/WPcA5IFh+9wSskE=
+github.com/alecthomas/kong v0.5.0/go.mod h1:uzxf/HUh0tj43x1AyJROl3JT7SgsZ5m+icOv1csRhc0=
+github.com/alecthomas/repr v0.0.0-20210801044451-80ca428c5142 h1:8Uy0oSf5co/NZXje7U1z8Mpep++QJOldL2hs/sBQf48=
+github.com/alecthomas/repr v0.0.0-20210801044451-80ca428c5142/go.mod h1:2kn6fqh/zIyPLmm3ugklbEi5hg5wS435eygvNfaDQL8=
 github.com/alecthomas/template v0.0.0-20160405071501-a0175ee3bccc/go.mod h1:LOuyumcjzFXgccqObfd/Ljyb9UuFJ6TxHnclSeseNhc=
 github.com/alecthomas/template v0.0.0-20190718012654-fb15b899a751/go.mod h1:LOuyumcjzFXgccqObfd/Ljyb9UuFJ6TxHnclSeseNhc=
 github.com/alecthomas/units v0.0.0-20151022065526-2efee857e7cf/go.mod h1:ybxpYRFXyAe+OPACYpWeL0wqObRcbAqCMya13uyzqw0=
@@ -678,8 +680,9 @@ gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.4/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.5/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.3.0 h1:clyUAQHOM3G0M3f5vQj7LuJrETvjVot3Z5el9nffUtU=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.3.0/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
-gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c h1:dUUwHk2QECo/6vqA44rthZ8ie2QXMNeKRTHCNY2nXvo=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20210107192922-496545a6307b h1:h8qDotaEPuJATrMmW04NCwg7v22aHH28wwpauUhK9Oo=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20210107192922-496545a6307b/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
 grpc.go4.org v0.0.0-20170609214715-11d0a25b4919/go.mod h1:77eQGdRu53HpSqPFJFmuJdjuHRquDANNeA4x7B8WQ9o=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.0-20180728063816-88497007e858/go.mod h1:rf3lG4BRIbNafJWhAfAdb/ePZxsR/4RtNHQocxwk9r4=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.0-20190102054323-c2f93a96b099/go.mod h1:rf3lG4BRIbNafJWhAfAdb/ePZxsR/4RtNHQocxwk9r4=