diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index a3b466bb..9d0fe4ae 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/giantswarm/microerror v0.3.0
 	github.com/giantswarm/micrologger v0.5.0
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.5
-	github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.11
+	github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.12
 	k8s.io/api v0.18.9
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.18.9
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.18.9
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 1b8cbf3f..d4ccb8c3 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -317,8 +317,8 @@ github.com/hpcloud/tail v1.0.0/go.mod h1:ab1qPbhIpdTxEkNHXyeSf5vhxWSCs/tWer42PpO
 github.com/hudl/fargo v1.3.0/go.mod h1:y3CKSmjA+wD2gak7sUSXTAoopbhU08POFhmITJgmKTg=
 github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.5/go.mod h1:2EnlNZ0deacrJVfApfmtdGgDfMuh/nq6Ok1EcJh5FfA=
 github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.9/go.mod h1:2EnlNZ0deacrJVfApfmtdGgDfMuh/nq6Ok1EcJh5FfA=
-github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.11 h1:3tnifQM4i+fbajXKBHXWEH+KvNHqojZ778UH75j3bGA=
-github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.11/go.mod h1:jmQim1M+e3UYxmgPu/WyfjB3N3VflVyUjjjwH0dnCYA=
+github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.12 h1:b6R2BslTbIEToALKP7LxUvijTsNI9TAe80pLWN2g/HU=
+github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.12/go.mod h1:jmQim1M+e3UYxmgPu/WyfjB3N3VflVyUjjjwH0dnCYA=
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.0.0/go.mod h1:PxqpIevigyE2G7u3NXJIT2ANytuPF1OarO4DADm73n8=
 github.com/influxdata/influxdb1-client v0.0.0-20191209144304-8bf82d3c094d/go.mod h1:qj24IKcXYK6Iy9ceXlo3Tc+vtHo9lIhSX5JddghvEPo=
 github.com/jimstudt/http-authentication v0.0.0-20140401203705-3eca13d6893a/go.mod h1:wK6yTYYcgjHE1Z1QtXACPDjcFJyBskHEdagmnq3vsP8=