diff --git a/tools/go.mod b/tools/go.mod
index 0be0cf6c04b..ad95daa30da 100644
--- a/tools/go.mod
+++ b/tools/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module tools
 go 1.23.0
 
 require (
-	github.com/alecthomas/kong v1.11.0
+	github.com/alecthomas/kong v1.12.0
 	github.com/getkin/kin-openapi v0.132.0
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.7.0
 	github.com/google/go-github/v73 v73.0.0
diff --git a/tools/go.sum b/tools/go.sum
index 2f0fa8680ab..951befe4893 100644
--- a/tools/go.sum
+++ b/tools/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 v1.11.0 h1:y++1gI7jf8O7G7l4LZo5ASFhrhJvzc+WgF/arranEmM=
-github.com/alecthomas/kong v1.11.0/go.mod h1:p2vqieVMeTAnaC83txKtXe8FLke2X07aruPWXyMPQrU=
+github.com/alecthomas/kong v1.12.0 h1:oKd/0fHSdajj5PfGDd3ScvEvpVJf9mT2mb5r9xYadYM=
+github.com/alecthomas/kong v1.12.0/go.mod h1:p2vqieVMeTAnaC83txKtXe8FLke2X07aruPWXyMPQrU=
 github.com/alecthomas/repr v0.4.0 h1:GhI2A8MACjfegCPVq9f1FLvIBS+DrQ2KQBFZP1iFzXc=
 github.com/alecthomas/repr v0.4.0/go.mod h1:Fr0507jx4eOXV7AlPV6AVZLYrLIuIeSOWtW57eE/O/4=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=