diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index a4a40d0a8..afec9bf68 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-opentracing v0.0.0-20180507213350-8e809c8a8645
 	github.com/infobloxopen/go-trees v0.0.0-20200715205103-96a057b8dfb9
 	github.com/matttproud/golang_protobuf_extensions v1.0.4
-	github.com/miekg/dns v1.1.53
+	github.com/miekg/dns v1.1.54
 	github.com/opentracing/opentracing-go v1.2.0
 	github.com/openzipkin-contrib/zipkin-go-opentracing v0.5.0
 	github.com/openzipkin/zipkin-go v0.4.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 7e4a1c9ff..fba8d1cc1 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -209,8 +209,8 @@ github.com/mailru/easyjson v0.7.7/go.mod h1:xzfreul335JAWq5oZzymOObrkdz5UnU4kGfJ
 github.com/matttproud/golang_protobuf_extensions v1.0.4 h1:mmDVorXM7PCGKw94cs5zkfA9PSy5pEvNWRP0ET0TIVo=
 github.com/matttproud/golang_protobuf_extensions v1.0.4/go.mod h1:BSXmuO+STAnVfrANrmjBb36TMTDstsz7MSK+HVaYKv4=
 github.com/miekg/dns v1.1.31/go.mod h1:KNUDUusw/aVsxyTYZM1oqvCicbwhgbNgztCETuNZ7xM=
-github.com/miekg/dns v1.1.53 h1:ZBkuHr5dxHtB1caEOlZTLPo7D3L3TWckgUUs/RHfDxw=
-github.com/miekg/dns v1.1.53/go.mod h1:uInx36IzPl7FYnDcMeVWxj9byh7DutNykX4G9Sj60FY=
+github.com/miekg/dns v1.1.54 h1:5jon9mWcb0sFJGpnI99tOMhCPyJ+RPVz5b63MQG0VWI=
+github.com/miekg/dns v1.1.54/go.mod h1:uInx36IzPl7FYnDcMeVWxj9byh7DutNykX4G9Sj60FY=
 github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir v1.1.0 h1:lukF9ziXFxDFPkA1vsr5zpc1XuPDn/wFntq5mG+4E0Y=
 github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir v1.1.0/go.mod h1:SfyaCUpYCn1Vlf4IUYiD9fPX4A5wJrkLzIz1N1q0pr0=
 github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180228061459-e0a39a4cb421/go.mod h1:6dJC0mAP4ikYIbvyc7fijjWJddQyLn8Ig3JB5CqoB9Q=