diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 757b10b7a1e..184af3909ff 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module github.com/syncthing/syncthing
 require (
 	github.com/AudriusButkevicius/pfilter v0.0.0-20210218141631-7468b85d810a
 	github.com/AudriusButkevicius/recli v0.0.5
-	github.com/alecthomas/kong v0.2.16
+	github.com/alecthomas/kong v0.7.1
 	github.com/bkaradzic/go-lz4 v0.0.0-20160924222819-7224d8d8f27e
 	github.com/calmh/xdr v1.1.0
 	github.com/ccding/go-stun v0.1.3
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 32b4abc2fb9..b7b5699d3f6 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -21,8 +21,12 @@ github.com/StackExchange/wmi v0.0.0-20190523213315-cbe66965904d h1:G0m3OIz70MZUW
 github.com/StackExchange/wmi v0.0.0-20190523213315-cbe66965904d/go.mod h1:3eOhrUMpNV+6aFIbp5/iudMxNCF27Vw2OZgy4xEx0Fg=
 github.com/VividCortex/gohistogram v1.0.0/go.mod h1:Pf5mBqqDxYaXu3hDrrU+w6nw50o/4+TcAqDqk/vUH7g=
 github.com/afex/hystrix-go v0.0.0-20180502004556-fa1af6a1f4f5/go.mod h1:SkGFH1ia65gfNATL8TAiHDNxPzPdmEL5uirI2Uyuz6c=
-github.com/alecthomas/kong v0.2.16 h1:F232CiYSn54Tnl1sJGTeHmx4vJDNLVP2b9yCVMOQwHQ=
-github.com/alecthomas/kong v0.2.16/go.mod h1:kQOmtJgV+Lb4aj+I2LEn40cbtawdWJ9Y8QLq+lElKxE=
+github.com/alecthomas/assert/v2 v2.1.0 h1:tbredtNcQnoSd3QBhQWI7QZ3XHOVkw1Moklp2ojoH/0=
+github.com/alecthomas/assert/v2 v2.1.0/go.mod h1:b/+1DI2Q6NckYi+3mXyH3wFb8qG37K/DuK80n7WefXA=
+github.com/alecthomas/kong v0.7.1 h1:azoTh0IOfwlAX3qN9sHWTxACE2oV8Bg2gAwBsMwDQY4=
+github.com/alecthomas/kong v0.7.1/go.mod h1:n1iCIO2xS46oE8ZfYCNDqdR0b0wZNrXAIAqro/2132U=
+github.com/alecthomas/repr v0.1.0 h1:ENn2e1+J3k09gyj2shc0dHr/yjaWSHRlrJ4DPMevDqE=
+github.com/alecthomas/repr v0.1.0/go.mod h1:2kn6fqh/zIyPLmm3ugklbEi5hg5wS435eygvNfaDQL8=
 github.com/alecthomas/template v0.0.0-20160405071501-a0175ee3bccc/go.mod h1:LOuyumcjzFXgccqObfd/Ljyb9UuFJ6TxHnclSeseNhc=
 github.com/alecthomas/template v0.0.0-20190718012654-fb15b899a751/go.mod h1:LOuyumcjzFXgccqObfd/Ljyb9UuFJ6TxHnclSeseNhc=
 github.com/alecthomas/units v0.0.0-20151022065526-2efee857e7cf/go.mod h1:ybxpYRFXyAe+OPACYpWeL0wqObRcbAqCMya13uyzqw0=
@@ -210,6 +214,8 @@ github.com/hashicorp/logutils v1.0.0/go.mod h1:QIAnNjmIWmVIIkWDTG1z5v++HQmx9WQRO
 github.com/hashicorp/mdns v1.0.0/go.mod h1:tL+uN++7HEJ6SQLQ2/p+z2pH24WQKWjBPkE0mNTz8vQ=
 github.com/hashicorp/memberlist v0.1.3/go.mod h1:ajVTdAv/9Im8oMAAj5G31PhhMCZJV2pPBoIllUwCN7I=
 github.com/hashicorp/serf v0.8.2/go.mod h1:6hOLApaqBFA1NXqRQAsxw9QxuDEvNxSQRwA/JwenrHc=
+github.com/hexops/gotextdiff v1.0.3 h1:gitA9+qJrrTCsiCl7+kh75nPqQt1cx4ZkudSTLoUqJM=
+github.com/hexops/gotextdiff v1.0.3/go.mod h1:pSWU5MAI3yDq+fZBTazCSJysOMbxWL1BSow5/V2vxeg=
 github.com/hpcloud/tail v1.0.0/go.mod h1:ab1qPbhIpdTxEkNHXyeSf5vhxWSCs/tWer42PpOxQnU=
 github.com/hudl/fargo v1.3.0/go.mod h1:y3CKSmjA+wD2gak7sUSXTAoopbhU08POFhmITJgmKTg=
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.0.0/go.mod h1:PxqpIevigyE2G7u3NXJIT2ANytuPF1OarO4DADm73n8=