diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 1aeac3f011..d06bcc24c6 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/golang/glog v0.0.0-20160126235308-23def4e6c14b
 	github.com/golang/mock v1.6.0
 	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.2
-	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.6
+	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9
 	github.com/google/trillian v1.4.0
 	github.com/gorilla/mux v1.8.0
 	github.com/juju/ratelimit v1.0.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 2f31d7356d..aefebea519 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -330,8 +330,9 @@ github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.2/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.3/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/gNBxE=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.4/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/gNBxE=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.5/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/gNBxE=
-github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.6 h1:BKbKCqvP6I+rmFHt06ZmyQtvB8xAkWdhFyr0ZUNZcxQ=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.6/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/gNBxE=
+github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9 h1:O2Tfq5qg4qc4AmwVlvv0oLiVAGB7enBSJ2x2DqQFi38=
+github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeNGIjoY=
 github.com/google/go-github/v28 v28.1.1/go.mod h1:bsqJWQX05omyWVmc00nEUql9mhQyv38lDZ8kPZcQVoM=
 github.com/google/go-licenses v0.0.0-20210329231322-ce1d9163b77d/go.mod h1:+TYOmkVoJOpwnS0wfdsJCV9CoD5nJYsHoFk/0CrTK4M=
 github.com/google/go-querystring v1.0.0/go.mod h1:odCYkC5MyYFN7vkCjXpyrEuKhc/BUO6wN/zVPAxq5ck=