diff --git a/go_modules/helpers/go.mod b/go_modules/helpers/go.mod
index 96eb1c2dc1b..849fbae9295 100644
--- a/go_modules/helpers/go.mod
+++ b/go_modules/helpers/go.mod
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ go 1.16
 
 require (
 	github.com/Masterminds/vcs v1.13.1
-	github.com/dependabot/gomodules-extracted v1.2.0
+	github.com/dependabot/gomodules-extracted v1.3.0
 	golang.org/x/mod v0.4.2
 )
diff --git a/go_modules/helpers/go.sum b/go_modules/helpers/go.sum
index 6583f29ab86..4e6d1c1f9cd 100644
--- a/go_modules/helpers/go.sum
+++ b/go_modules/helpers/go.sum
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 github.com/Masterminds/vcs v1.13.1 h1:NL3G1X7/7xduQtA2sJLpVpfHTNBALVNSjob6KEjPXNQ=
 github.com/Masterminds/vcs v1.13.1/go.mod h1:N09YCmOQr6RLxC6UNHzuVwAdodYbbnycGHSmwVJjcKA=
-github.com/dependabot/gomodules-extracted v1.2.0 h1:K/gTyOyhasOt4cjULvOPNiD3MAFGytp4F7e39aB+0Y0=
-github.com/dependabot/gomodules-extracted v1.2.0/go.mod h1:3NWkH8KcZVDM87JuZI8hCZzYbjfUSz98EZI53qjgMgY=
+github.com/dependabot/gomodules-extracted v1.3.0 h1:Rsnl5uR+wjE+7ontePia/B3p48aBRsyEhyNrzCwbkaw=
+github.com/dependabot/gomodules-extracted v1.3.0/go.mod h1:cpzrmDX1COyhSDQXHfkRMw0STb0vmguBFqmrkr51h1I=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2/go.mod h1:djNgcEr1/C05ACkg1iLfiJU5Ep61QUkGW8qpdssI0+w=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20191011191535-87dc89f01550 h1:ObdrDkeb4kJdCP557AjRjq69pTHfNouLtWZG7j9rPN8=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20191011191535-87dc89f01550/go.mod h1:yigFU9vqHzYiE8UmvKecakEJjdnWj3jj499lnFckfCI=
diff --git a/go_modules/helpers/updatechecker/main.go b/go_modules/helpers/updatechecker/main.go
index 17a4f1d4adb..22ee4ff0f6c 100644
--- a/go_modules/helpers/updatechecker/main.go
+++ b/go_modules/helpers/updatechecker/main.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package updatechecker
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"regexp"
@@ -42,13 +43,9 @@ func GetUpdatedVersion(args *Args) (interface{}, error) {
 		return currentVersion, nil
 	}
 
-	modload.InitMod()
-
-	repo, err := modfetch.Lookup("direct", args.Dependency.Name)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
+	modload.LoadModFile(context.Background())
 
+	repo := modfetch.Lookup("direct", args.Dependency.Name)
 	versions, err := repo.Versions("")
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err