diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 0d3d88356861..bffa6dd356c3 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/jgautheron/goconst v0.0.0-20201117150253-ccae5bf973f3
 	github.com/jingyugao/rowserrcheck v0.0.0-20210130005344-c6a0c12dd98d
 	github.com/jirfag/go-printf-func-name v0.0.0-20191110105641-45db9963cdd3
-	github.com/kulti/thelper v0.3.1
+	github.com/kulti/thelper v0.4.0
 	github.com/kunwardeep/paralleltest v1.0.2
 	github.com/kyoh86/exportloopref v0.1.8
 	github.com/maratori/testpackage v1.0.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 3852490e6c26..4af711bafdab 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -234,8 +234,8 @@ github.com/kr/pty v1.1.1/go.mod h1:pFQYn66WHrOpPYNljwOMqo10TkYh1fy3cYio2l3bCsQ=
 github.com/kr/text v0.1.0/go.mod h1:4Jbv+DJW3UT/LiOwJeYQe1efqtUx/iVham/4vfdArNI=
 github.com/kr/text v0.2.0 h1:5Nx0Ya0ZqY2ygV366QzturHI13Jq95ApcVaJBhpS+AY=
 github.com/kr/text v0.2.0/go.mod h1:eLer722TekiGuMkidMxC/pM04lWEeraHUUmBw8l2grE=
-github.com/kulti/thelper v0.3.1 h1:zc7YOjjpl6jAJ2C0wduu+jLl+rOvAEt1w8yV9QMxjWQ=
-github.com/kulti/thelper v0.3.1/go.mod h1:vMu2Cizjy/grP+jmsvOFDx1kYP6+PD1lqg4Yu5exl2U=
+github.com/kulti/thelper v0.4.0 h1:2Nx7XbdbE/BYZeoip2mURKUdtHQRuy6Ug+wR7K9ywNM=
+github.com/kulti/thelper v0.4.0/go.mod h1:vMu2Cizjy/grP+jmsvOFDx1kYP6+PD1lqg4Yu5exl2U=
 github.com/kunwardeep/paralleltest v1.0.2 h1:/jJRv0TiqPoEy/Y8dQxCFJhD56uS/pnvtatgTZBHokU=
 github.com/kunwardeep/paralleltest v1.0.2/go.mod h1:ZPqNm1fVHPllh5LPVujzbVz1JN2GhLxSfY+oqUsvG30=
 github.com/kyoh86/exportloopref v0.1.8 h1:5Ry/at+eFdkX9Vsdw3qU4YkvGtzuVfzT4X7S77LoN/M=