diff --git a/kyaml/go.mod b/kyaml/go.mod
index 7aba12e6c7c..3faa200ab86 100644
--- a/kyaml/go.mod
+++ b/kyaml/go.mod
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.1
 	github.com/xlab/treeprint v1.2.0
 	go.starlark.net v0.0.0-20200306205701-8dd3e2ee1dd5
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.8.0
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.16.0
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.30.0
 	gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20201130134442-10cb98267c6c
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0
diff --git a/kyaml/go.sum b/kyaml/go.sum
index f708c529839..eebbfd566df 100644
--- a/kyaml/go.sum
+++ b/kyaml/go.sum
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ github.com/xlab/treeprint v1.2.0/go.mod h1:gj5Gd3gPdKtR1ikdDK6fnFLdmIS0X30kTTuNd
 go.starlark.net v0.0.0-20200306205701-8dd3e2ee1dd5 h1:+FNtrFTmVw0YZGpBGX56XDee331t6JAXeK2bcyhLOOc=
 go.starlark.net v0.0.0-20200306205701-8dd3e2ee1dd5/go.mod h1:nmDLcffg48OtT/PSW0Hg7FvpRQsQh5OSqIylirxKC7o=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20191002063906-3421d5a6bb1c/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.8.0 h1:EBmGv8NaZBZTWvrbjNoL6HVt+IVy3QDQpJs7VRIw3tU=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.8.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.16.0 h1:xWw16ngr6ZMtmxDyKyIgsE93KNKz5HKmMa3b8ALHidU=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.16.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191204190536-9bdfabe68543/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.26.0-rc.1/go.mod h1:jlhhOSvTdKEhbULTjvd4ARK9grFBp09yW+WbY/TyQbw=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.26.0/go.mod h1:9q0QmTI4eRPtz6boOQmLYwt+qCgq0jsYwAQnmE0givc=