diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 3596ea57d2ae..4177ca9bb23f 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/blizzy78/varnamelen v0.6.2
 	github.com/bombsimon/wsl/v3 v3.3.0
 	github.com/breml/bidichk v0.2.2
-	github.com/breml/errchkjson v0.2.3
+	github.com/breml/errchkjson v0.3.0
 	github.com/butuzov/ireturn v0.1.1
 	github.com/charithe/durationcheck v0.0.9
 	github.com/daixiang0/gci v0.3.3
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 5f693f346271..d097a4c2d085 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -104,8 +104,8 @@ github.com/bombsimon/wsl/v3 v3.3.0 h1:Mka/+kRLoQJq7g2rggtgQsjuI/K5Efd87WX96EWFxj
 github.com/bombsimon/wsl/v3 v3.3.0/go.mod h1:st10JtZYLE4D5sC7b8xV4zTKZwAQjCH/Hy2Pm1FNZIc=
 github.com/breml/bidichk v0.2.2 h1:w7QXnpH0eCBJm55zGCTJveZEkQBt6Fs5zThIdA6qQ9Y=
 github.com/breml/bidichk v0.2.2/go.mod h1:zbfeitpevDUGI7V91Uzzuwrn4Vls8MoBMrwtt78jmso=
-github.com/breml/errchkjson v0.2.3 h1:97eGTmR/w0paL2SwfRPI1jaAZHaH/fXnxWTw2eEIqE0=
-github.com/breml/errchkjson v0.2.3/go.mod h1:jZEATw/jF69cL1iy7//Yih8yp/mXp2CBoBr9GJwCAsY=
+github.com/breml/errchkjson v0.3.0 h1:YdDqhfqMT+I1vIxPSas44P+9Z9HzJwCeAzjB8PxP1xw=
+github.com/breml/errchkjson v0.3.0/go.mod h1:9Cogkyv9gcT8HREpzi3TiqBxCqDzo8awa92zSDFcofU=
 github.com/butuzov/ireturn v0.1.1 h1:QvrO2QF2+/Cx1WA/vETCIYBKtRjc30vesdoPUNo1EbY=
 github.com/butuzov/ireturn v0.1.1/go.mod h1:Wh6Zl3IMtTpaIKbmwzqi6olnM9ptYQxxVacMsOEFPoc=
 github.com/census-instrumentation/opencensus-proto v0.2.1/go.mod h1:f6KPmirojxKA12rnyqOA5BBL4O983OfeGPqjHWSTneU=
diff --git a/test/testdata/errchkjson_check_error_free_encoding.go b/test/testdata/errchkjson_check_error_free_encoding.go
index b16a4dcee541..d19adf803ca4 100644
--- a/test/testdata/errchkjson_check_error_free_encoding.go
+++ b/test/testdata/errchkjson_check_error_free_encoding.go
@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@ func JSONMarshalSafeTypes() {
 	_ = err
 
 	enc := json.NewEncoder(ioutil.Discard)
-	_ = enc.Encode(nil)   // nil is safe
-	enc.Encode(nil)       // nil is safe
-	err = enc.Encode(nil) // ERROR "Error return value of `\\([*]encoding/json.Encoder\\).Encode` is checked but passed argument is safe"
+	_ = enc.Encode(nil) // ERROR "Error return value of `\\([*]encoding/json.Encoder\\).Encode` is not checked"
+	enc.Encode(nil)     // ERROR "Error return value of `\\([*]encoding/json.Encoder\\).Encode` is not checked"
+	err = enc.Encode(nil)
 	_ = err
 
 	var b bool