diff --git a/hack/go.mod b/hack/go.mod
index e6b42e1ff2..be3f4bcb29 100644
--- a/hack/go.mod
+++ b/hack/go.mod
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/bazelbuild/bazelisk v1.7.5
 	github.com/client9/misspell v0.3.4
 	golang.org/x/tools v0.1.2
-	honnef.co/go/tools v0.1.3
+	honnef.co/go/tools v0.2.1
 	k8s.io/code-generator v0.22.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.5.0
 )
diff --git a/hack/go.sum b/hack/go.sum
index 6ba7b04225..8e631be1ca 100644
--- a/hack/go.sum
+++ b/hack/go.sum
@@ -695,8 +695,8 @@ honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.0-20190418001031-e561f6794a2a/go.mod h1:rf3lG4BRIbNafJWh
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.0-20190523083050-ea95bdfd59fc/go.mod h1:rf3lG4BRIbNafJWhAfAdb/ePZxsR/4RtNHQocxwk9r4=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2019.2.3/go.mod h1:a3bituU0lyd329TUQxRnasdCoJDkEUEAqEt0JzvZhAg=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2020.1.3/go.mod h1:X/FiERA/W4tHapMX5mGpAtMSVEeEUOyHaw9vFzvIQ3k=
-honnef.co/go/tools v0.1.3 h1:qTakTkI6ni6LFD5sBwwsdSO+AQqbSIxOauHTTQKZ/7o=
-honnef.co/go/tools v0.1.3/go.mod h1:NgwopIslSNH47DimFoV78dnkksY2EFtX0ajyb3K/las=
+honnef.co/go/tools v0.2.1 h1:/EPr//+UMMXwMTkXvCCoaJDq8cpjMO80Ou+L4PDo2mY=
+honnef.co/go/tools v0.2.1/go.mod h1:lPVVZ2BS5TfnjLyizF7o7hv7j9/L+8cZY2hLyjP9cGY=
 k8s.io/api v0.20.2 h1:y/HR22XDZY3pniu9hIFDLpUCPq2w5eQ6aV/VFQ7uJMw=
 k8s.io/api v0.20.2/go.mod h1:d7n6Ehyzx+S+cE3VhTGfVNNqtGc/oL9DCdYYahlurV8=
 k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.20.2 h1:rfrMWQ87lhd8EzQWRnbQ4gXrniL/yTRBgYH1x1+BLlo=