diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 9b1923c3e..3c23df5fe 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/sergi/go-diff v1.3.1
 	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.0
 	github.com/spdx/tools-golang v0.5.0-rc1
-	github.com/spf13/afero v1.9.3
+	github.com/spf13/afero v1.9.4
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.6.1
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
 	github.com/spf13/viper v1.15.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 8484cf9bd..df8278ceb 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -519,8 +519,8 @@ github.com/spdx/tools-golang v0.5.0-rc1 h1:ooCSe48QatlidqEFd+nSI308tyeNTR6NJvauU
 github.com/spdx/tools-golang v0.5.0-rc1/go.mod h1:LI6onw172PdO57Ob/hgnLDD4Y2PMnroeNT3wO/2WJJI=
 github.com/spf13/afero v1.3.3/go.mod h1:5KUK8ByomD5Ti5Artl0RtHeI5pTF7MIDuXL3yY520V4=
 github.com/spf13/afero v1.6.0/go.mod h1:Ai8FlHk4v/PARR026UzYexafAt9roJ7LcLMAmO6Z93I=
-github.com/spf13/afero v1.9.3 h1:41FoI0fD7OR7mGcKE/aOiLkGreyf8ifIOQmJANWogMk=
-github.com/spf13/afero v1.9.3/go.mod h1:iUV7ddyEEZPO5gA3zD4fJt6iStLlL+Lg4m2cihcDf8Y=
+github.com/spf13/afero v1.9.4 h1:Sd43wM1IWz/s1aVXdOBkjJvuP8UdyqioeE4AmM0QsBs=
+github.com/spf13/afero v1.9.4/go.mod h1:iUV7ddyEEZPO5gA3zD4fJt6iStLlL+Lg4m2cihcDf8Y=
 github.com/spf13/cast v1.3.1/go.mod h1:Qx5cxh0v+4UWYiBimWS+eyWzqEqokIECu5etghLkUJE=
 github.com/spf13/cast v1.4.1/go.mod h1:Qx5cxh0v+4UWYiBimWS+eyWzqEqokIECu5etghLkUJE=
 github.com/spf13/cast v1.5.0 h1:rj3WzYc11XZaIZMPKmwP96zkFEnnAmV8s6XbB2aY32w=