diff --git a/externalip/go.mod b/externalip/go.mod
index 0d0448736..1abc9988d 100644
--- a/externalip/go.mod
+++ b/externalip/go.mod
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ go 1.15
 
 require (
 	github.com/golang/glog v0.0.0-20160126235308-23def4e6c14b
-	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.1
+	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
 	k8s.io/api v0.15.9
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.15.9
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.15.9
diff --git a/externalip/go.sum b/externalip/go.sum
index 0fb000465..0761de00e 100644
--- a/externalip/go.sum
+++ b/externalip/go.sum
@@ -213,6 +213,8 @@ github.com/spf13/cobra v0.0.0-20180319062004-c439c4fa0937/go.mod h1:1l0Ry5zgKvJa
 github.com/spf13/jwalterweatherman v0.0.0-20160311093646-33c24e77fb80/go.mod h1:cQK4TGJAtQXfYWX+Ddv3mKDzgVb68N+wFjFa4jdeBTo=
 github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.1 h1:aCvUg6QPl3ibpQUxyLkrEkCHtPqYJL4x9AuhqVqFis4=
 github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.1/go.mod h1:DYY7MBk1bdzusC3SYhjObp+wFpr4gzcvqqNjLnInEg4=
+github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 h1:iy+VFUOCP1a+8yFto/drg2CJ5u0yRoB7fZw3DKv/JXA=
+github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5/go.mod h1:McXfInJRrz4CZXVZOBLb0bTZqETkiAhM9Iw0y3An2Bg=
 github.com/spf13/viper v0.0.0-20160820190039-7fb2782df3d8/go.mod h1:A8kyI5cUJhb8N+3pkfONlcEcZbueH6nhAm0Fq7SrnBM=
 github.com/storageos/go-api v0.0.0-20180912212459-343b3eff91fc/go.mod h1:ZrLn+e0ZuF3Y65PNF6dIwbJPZqfmtCXxFm9ckv0agOY=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.1/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
diff --git a/vice-president/go.mod b/vice-president/go.mod
index 727e0e327..881ced767 100644
--- a/vice-president/go.mod
+++ b/vice-president/go.mod
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.1.0
 	github.com/sapcc/go-vice v0.0.0-20190821082040-e4ca123d1d42
 	github.com/sapcc/kubernikus v1.5.0 // indirect
-	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.3
+	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.4.0
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190911031432-227b76d455e7
 	golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190912160710-24e19bdeb0f2 // indirect
diff --git a/vice-president/go.sum b/vice-president/go.sum
index d6dc52891..15568e91c 100644
--- a/vice-president/go.sum
+++ b/vice-president/go.sum
@@ -177,6 +177,8 @@ github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.2.0/go.mod h1:LxeOpSwHxABJmUn/MG1IvRgCAasNZTLOkJPx
 github.com/spf13/pflag v0.0.0-20170130214245-9ff6c6923cff/go.mod h1:DYY7MBk1bdzusC3SYhjObp+wFpr4gzcvqqNjLnInEg4=
 github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.3 h1:zPAT6CGy6wXeQ7NtTnaTerfKOsV6V6F8agHXFiazDkg=
 github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.3/go.mod h1:DYY7MBk1bdzusC3SYhjObp+wFpr4gzcvqqNjLnInEg4=
+github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 h1:iy+VFUOCP1a+8yFto/drg2CJ5u0yRoB7fZw3DKv/JXA=
+github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5/go.mod h1:McXfInJRrz4CZXVZOBLb0bTZqETkiAhM9Iw0y3An2Bg=
 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=
@@ -247,6 +249,7 @@ gopkg.in/yaml.v1 v1.0.0-20140924161607-9f9df34309c0/go.mod h1:WDnlLJ4WF5VGsH/HVa
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.1/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.2 h1:ZCJp+EgiOT7lHqUV2J862kp8Qj64Jo6az82+3Td9dZw=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.2/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.4 h1:/eiJrUcujPVeJ3xlSWaiNi3uSVmDGBK1pDHUHAnao1I=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.4/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
 k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20181204000039-89a74a8d264d h1:HQoGWsWUe/FmRcX9BU440AAMnzBFEf+DBo4nbkQlNzs=
 k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20181204000039-89a74a8d264d/go.mod h1:iuAfoD4hCxJ8Onx9kaTIt30j7jUFS00AXQi6QMi99vA=