diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 9c631c7b54f2..13eab9470d12 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/fatih/color v1.15.0
 	github.com/firefart/nonamedreturns v1.0.4
 	github.com/fzipp/gocyclo v0.6.0
-	github.com/go-critic/go-critic v0.8.0
+	github.com/go-critic/go-critic v0.8.1
 	github.com/go-xmlfmt/xmlfmt v1.1.2
 	github.com/gofrs/flock v0.8.1
 	github.com/golangci/check v0.0.0-20180506172741-cfe4005ccda2
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index b305e05cdb3e..15cab469e103 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -140,8 +140,8 @@ github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.5.4 h1:jRbGcIw6P2Meqdwuo0H1p6JVLbL5DHKAKlYndzMwV
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.5.4/go.mod h1:OVB6XrOHzAwXMpEM7uPOzcehqUV2UqJxmVXmkdnm1bU=
 github.com/fzipp/gocyclo v0.6.0 h1:lsblElZG7d3ALtGMx9fmxeTKZaLLpU8mET09yN4BBLo=
 github.com/fzipp/gocyclo v0.6.0/go.mod h1:rXPyn8fnlpa0R2csP/31uerbiVBugk5whMdlyaLkLoA=
-github.com/go-critic/go-critic v0.8.0 h1:4zOcpvDoKvBOl+R1W81IBznr78f8YaE4zKXkfDVxGGA=
-github.com/go-critic/go-critic v0.8.0/go.mod h1:5TjdkPI9cu/yKbYS96BTsslihjKd6zg6vd8O9RZXj2s=
+github.com/go-critic/go-critic v0.8.1 h1:16omCF1gN3gTzt4j4J6fKI/HnRojhEp+Eks6EuKw3vw=
+github.com/go-critic/go-critic v0.8.1/go.mod h1:kpzXl09SIJX1cr9TB/g/sAG+eFEl7ZS9f9cqvZtyNl0=
 github.com/go-gl/glfw v0.0.0-20190409004039-e6da0acd62b1/go.mod h1:vR7hzQXu2zJy9AVAgeJqvqgH9Q5CA+iKCZ2gyEVpxRU=
 github.com/go-gl/glfw/v3.3/glfw v0.0.0-20191125211704-12ad95a8df72/go.mod h1:tQ2UAYgL5IevRw8kRxooKSPJfGvJ9fJQFa0TUsXzTg8=
 github.com/go-gl/glfw/v3.3/glfw v0.0.0-20200222043503-6f7a984d4dc4/go.mod h1:tQ2UAYgL5IevRw8kRxooKSPJfGvJ9fJQFa0TUsXzTg8=