diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index a6710baa00..0fe4b4374b 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.8.1
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.5.0
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
-	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.2
+	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.4
 	github.com/syndtr/gocapability v0.0.0-20200815063812-42c35b437635
 	gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20201130134442-10cb98267c6c
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 92154fe75b..fb2c87db82 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -893,6 +893,7 @@ github.com/stretchr/objx v0.0.0-20180129172003-8a3f7159479f/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.1/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.2.0/go.mod h1:qt09Ya8vawLte6SNmTgCsAVtYtaKzEcn8ATUoHMkEqE=
+github.com/stretchr/objx v0.4.0/go.mod h1:YvHI0jy2hoMjB+UWwv71VJQ9isScKT/TqJzVSSt89Yw=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v0.0.0-20180303142811-b89eecf5ca5d/go.mod h1:a8OnRcib4nhh0OaRAV+Yts87kKdq0PP7pXfy6kDkUVs=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.2.2/go.mod h1:a8OnRcib4nhh0OaRAV+Yts87kKdq0PP7pXfy6kDkUVs=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.3.0/go.mod h1:M5WIy9Dh21IEIfnGCwXGc5bZfKNJtfHm1UVUgZn+9EI=
@@ -901,8 +902,8 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.5.1/go.mod h1:5W2xD1RspED5o8YsWQXVCued0rvSQ+mT+I5
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.6.1/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.1/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.2 h1:4jaiDzPyXQvSd7D0EjG45355tLlV3VOECpq10pLC+8s=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.2/go.mod h1:R6va5+xMeoiuVRoj+gSkQ7d3FALtqAAGI1FQKckRals=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.4 h1:wZRexSlwd7ZXfKINDLsO4r7WBt3gTKONc6K/VesHvHM=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.4/go.mod h1:yNjHg4UonilssWZ8iaSj1OCr/vHnekPRkoO+kdMU+MU=
 github.com/subosito/gotenv v1.2.0/go.mod h1:N0PQaV/YGNqwC0u51sEeR/aUtSLEXKX9iv69rRypqCw=
 github.com/sylabs/sif/v2 v2.7.0 h1:VFzN8alnJ/3n1JA0K9DyUtfSzezWgWrzLDcYGhgBskk=
 github.com/sylabs/sif/v2 v2.7.0/go.mod h1:TiyBWsgWeh5yBeQFNuQnvROwswqK7YJT8JA1L53bsXQ=
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/stretchr/testify/assert/assertions.go b/vendor/github.com/stretchr/testify/assert/assertions.go
index 0357b2231a..580fdea4cd 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/stretchr/testify/assert/assertions.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/stretchr/testify/assert/assertions.go
@@ -563,16 +563,17 @@ func isEmpty(object interface{}) bool {
 
 	switch objValue.Kind() {
 	// collection types are empty when they have no element
-	case reflect.Array, reflect.Chan, reflect.Map, reflect.Slice:
+	case reflect.Chan, reflect.Map, reflect.Slice:
 		return objValue.Len() == 0
-		// pointers are empty if nil or if the value they point to is empty
+	// pointers are empty if nil or if the value they point to is empty
 	case reflect.Ptr:
 		if objValue.IsNil() {
 			return true
 		}
 		deref := objValue.Elem().Interface()
 		return isEmpty(deref)
-		// for all other types, compare against the zero value
+	// for all other types, compare against the zero value
+	// array types are empty when they match their zero-initialized state
 	default:
 		zero := reflect.Zero(objValue.Type())
 		return reflect.DeepEqual(object, zero.Interface())
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index 39084d85e6..deac648a2c 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ github.com/spf13/pflag
 # github.com/stefanberger/go-pkcs11uri v0.0.0-20201008174630-78d3cae3a980
 ## explicit
 github.com/stefanberger/go-pkcs11uri
-# github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.2
+# github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.4
 ## explicit; go 1.13
 github.com/stretchr/testify/assert
 github.com/stretchr/testify/require