diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index bd7486036..43d9e1a8b 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/libp2p/go-buffer-pool v0.0.2
 	github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.1
 	github.com/mitchellh/gox v1.0.1 // indirect
-	github.com/pkg/errors v0.8.1
+	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.0
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v0.9.3
 	github.com/rcrowley/go-metrics v0.0.0-20180503174638-e2704e165165
 	github.com/rs/cors v1.7.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index f58f87a5a..4493ee889 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -161,6 +161,8 @@ github.com/pelletier/go-toml v1.2.0/go.mod h1:5z9KED0ma1S8pY6P1sdut58dfprrGBbd/9
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.8.0/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINEl0=
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.8.1 h1:iURUrRGxPUNPdy5/HRSm+Yj6okJ6UtLINN0Q9M4+h3I=
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.8.1/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINEl0=
+github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.0 h1:J8lpUdobwIeCI7OiSxHqEwJUKvJwicL5+3v1oe2Yb4k=
+github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.0/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINEl0=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
 github.com/prometheus/client_golang v0.9.1 h1:K47Rk0v/fkEfwfQet2KWhscE0cJzjgCCDBG2KHZoVno=