diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index b38bb577ac3d8..a16fe3cb5af31 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.21.5
 	k8s.io/cri-api v0.21.5
 	k8s.io/klog v1.0.1-0.20200310124935-4ad0115ba9e4 // Min version that includes fix for Windows Nano
-	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.9.0
+	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.40.1
 	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20210305001622-591a79e4bda7
 	k8s.io/kube-state-metrics/v2 v2.1.1
 	k8s.io/metrics v0.21.5
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index fc17dc4fc1bca..1ca5f01c1e435 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -2378,8 +2378,9 @@ k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.0.0/go.mod h1:PBfzABfn139FHAV07az/IF9Wp1bkk3vpT2XSJ76fSDE=
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.2.0/go.mod h1:Od+F08eJP+W3HUb4pSrPpgp9DGU4GzlpG/TmITuYh/Y=
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.4.0/go.mod h1:Od+F08eJP+W3HUb4pSrPpgp9DGU4GzlpG/TmITuYh/Y=
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.8.0/go.mod h1:hy9LJ/NvuK+iVyP4Ehqva4HxZG/oXyIS3n3Jmire4Ec=
-k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.9.0 h1:D7HV+n1V57XeZ0m6tdRkfknthUaM06VFbWldOFh8kzM=
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.9.0/go.mod h1:hy9LJ/NvuK+iVyP4Ehqva4HxZG/oXyIS3n3Jmire4Ec=
+k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.40.1 h1:P4RRucWk/lFOlDdkAr3mc7iWFkgKrZY9qZMAgek06S4=
+k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.40.1/go.mod h1:y1WjHnz7Dj687irZUWR/WLkLc5N1YHtjLdmgWjndZn0=
 k8s.io/kube-aggregator v0.20.2/go.mod h1:j7ks4pWm6cjXzlVZB9tewvUdg2njjbiFuHp575ZKnqc=
 k8s.io/kube-aggregator v0.20.11/go.mod h1:r5HAn/bcaca/T74o25OlSZ40HQl2iaCtR3ElNtO/bSc=
 k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20190816220812-743ec37842bf/go.mod h1:1TqjTSzOxsLGIKfj0lK8EeCP7K1iUG65v09OM0/WG5E=