diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 7bfa863c79f8..a5622a6de3aa 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/jingyugao/rowserrcheck v1.1.1
 	github.com/jirfag/go-printf-func-name v0.0.0-20200119135958-7558a9eaa5af
 	github.com/julz/importas v0.1.0
-	github.com/kisielk/errcheck v1.6.0
+	github.com/kisielk/errcheck v1.6.1
 	github.com/kulti/thelper v0.6.3
 	github.com/kunwardeep/paralleltest v1.0.3
 	github.com/kyoh86/exportloopref v0.1.8
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index c42e8a5c6b68..a701cb9c558f 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -467,8 +467,8 @@ github.com/k0kubun/colorstring v0.0.0-20150214042306-9440f1994b88/go.mod h1:3w7q
 github.com/kisielk/errcheck v1.1.0/go.mod h1:EZBBE59ingxPouuu3KfxchcWSUPOHkagtvWXihfKN4Q=
 github.com/kisielk/errcheck v1.2.0/go.mod h1:/BMXB+zMLi60iA8Vv6Ksmxu/1UDYcXs4uQLJ+jE2L00=
 github.com/kisielk/errcheck v1.5.0/go.mod h1:pFxgyoBC7bSaBwPgfKdkLd5X25qrDl4LWUI2bnpBCr8=
-github.com/kisielk/errcheck v1.6.0 h1:YTDO4pNy7AUN/021p+JGHycQyYNIyMoenM1YDVK6RlY=
-github.com/kisielk/errcheck v1.6.0/go.mod h1:pFxgyoBC7bSaBwPgfKdkLd5X25qrDl4LWUI2bnpBCr8=
+github.com/kisielk/errcheck v1.6.1 h1:cErYo+J4SmEjdXZrVXGwLJCE2sB06s23LpkcyWNrT+s=
+github.com/kisielk/errcheck v1.6.1/go.mod h1:nXw/i/MfnvRHqXa7XXmQMUB0oNFGuBrNI8d8NLy0LPw=
 github.com/kisielk/gotool v1.0.0 h1:AV2c/EiW3KqPNT9ZKl07ehoAGi4C5/01Cfbblndcapg=
 github.com/kisielk/gotool v1.0.0/go.mod h1:XhKaO+MFFWcvkIS/tQcRk01m1F5IRFswLeQ+oQHNcck=
 github.com/klauspost/compress v1.13.4/go.mod h1:8dP1Hq4DHOhN9w426knH3Rhby4rFm6D8eO+e+Dq5Gzg=