diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 9f91d28a9..2b705cd03 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module github.com/bluenviron/gomavlib/v4
 go 1.25.0
 
 require (
-	github.com/alecthomas/kong v1.15.0
+	github.com/alecthomas/kong v1.16.0
 	github.com/pion/transport/v2 v2.2.10
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1
 	go.bug.st/serial v1.7.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 8c9dccd65..7a9f6c342 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 github.com/alecthomas/assert/v2 v2.11.0 h1:2Q9r3ki8+JYXvGsDyBXwH3LcJ+WK5D0gc5E8vS6K3D0=
 github.com/alecthomas/assert/v2 v2.11.0/go.mod h1:Bze95FyfUr7x34QZrjL+XP+0qgp/zg8yS+TtBj1WA3k=
-github.com/alecthomas/kong v1.15.0 h1:BVJstKbpO73zKpmIu+m/aLRrNmWwxXPIGTNin9VmLVI=
-github.com/alecthomas/kong v1.15.0/go.mod h1:wrlbXem1CWqUV5Vbmss5ISYhsVPkBb1Yo7YKJghju2I=
+github.com/alecthomas/kong v1.16.0 h1:g92/kUxBcdcTPOM79yE63viJgtcp5dNyrB3/O2cjYT4=
+github.com/alecthomas/kong v1.16.0/go.mod h1:wrlbXem1CWqUV5Vbmss5ISYhsVPkBb1Yo7YKJghju2I=
 github.com/alecthomas/repr v0.5.2 h1:SU73FTI9D1P5UNtvseffFSGmdNci/O6RsqzeXJtP0Qs=
 github.com/alecthomas/repr v0.5.2/go.mod h1:Fr0507jx4eOXV7AlPV6AVZLYrLIuIeSOWtW57eE/O/4=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=