diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index bc95dc2aec..fc0af4a4a3 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.5.0
 	github.com/graph-gophers/graphql-go v1.3.0
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-hclog v1.1.0
-	github.com/hashicorp/go-plugin v1.2.2
+	github.com/hashicorp/go-plugin v1.4.9
 	github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru v0.5.5-0.20210104140557-80c98217689d
 	github.com/holiman/bloomfilter/v2 v2.0.3
 	github.com/holiman/uint256 v1.1.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index cd27e8c524..34f00f3cba 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -242,14 +242,14 @@ github.com/hashicorp/consul/api v1.1.0/go.mod h1:VmuI/Lkw1nC05EYQWNKwWGbkg+FbDBt
 github.com/hashicorp/consul/sdk v0.1.1/go.mod h1:VKf9jXwCTEY1QZP2MOLRhb5i/I/ssyNV1vwHyQBF0x8=
 github.com/hashicorp/errwrap v1.0.0/go.mod h1:YH+1FKiLXxHSkmPseP+kNlulaMuP3n2brvKWEqk/Jc4=
 github.com/hashicorp/go-cleanhttp v0.5.1/go.mod h1:JpRdi6/HCYpAwUzNwuwqhbovhLtngrth3wmdIIUrZ80=
-github.com/hashicorp/go-hclog v0.0.0-20180709165350-ff2cf002a8dd/go.mod h1:9bjs9uLqI8l75knNv3lV1kA55veR+WUPSiKIWcQHudI=
+github.com/hashicorp/go-hclog v0.14.1/go.mod h1:whpDNt7SSdeAju8AWKIWsul05p54N/39EeqMAyrmvFQ=
 github.com/hashicorp/go-hclog v1.1.0 h1:QsGcniKx5/LuX2eYoeL+Np3UKYPNaN7YKpTh29h8rbw=
 github.com/hashicorp/go-hclog v1.1.0/go.mod h1:whpDNt7SSdeAju8AWKIWsul05p54N/39EeqMAyrmvFQ=
 github.com/hashicorp/go-immutable-radix v1.0.0/go.mod h1:0y9vanUI8NX6FsYoO3zeMjhV/C5i9g4Q3DwcSNZ4P60=
 github.com/hashicorp/go-msgpack v0.5.3/go.mod h1:ahLV/dePpqEmjfWmKiqvPkv/twdG7iPBM1vqhUKIvfM=
 github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror v1.0.0/go.mod h1:dHtQlpGsu+cZNNAkkCN/P3hoUDHhCYQXV3UM06sGGrk=
-github.com/hashicorp/go-plugin v1.2.2 h1:mgDpq0PkoK5gck2w4ivaMpWRHv/matdOR4xmeScmf/w=
-github.com/hashicorp/go-plugin v1.2.2/go.mod h1:F9eH4LrE/ZsRdbwhfjs9k9HoDUwAHnYtXdgmf1AVNs0=
+github.com/hashicorp/go-plugin v1.4.9 h1:ESiK220/qE0aGxWdzKIvRH69iLiuN/PjoLTm69RoWtU=
+github.com/hashicorp/go-plugin v1.4.9/go.mod h1:viDMjcLJuDui6pXb8U4HVfb8AamCWhHGUjr2IrTF67s=
 github.com/hashicorp/go-rootcerts v1.0.0/go.mod h1:K6zTfqpRlCUIjkwsN4Z+hiSfzSTQa6eBIzfwKfwNnHU=
 github.com/hashicorp/go-sockaddr v1.0.0/go.mod h1:7Xibr9yA9JjQq1JpNB2Vw7kxv8xerXegt+ozgdvDeDU=
 github.com/hashicorp/go-syslog v1.0.0/go.mod h1:qPfqrKkXGihmCqbJM2mZgkZGvKG1dFdvsLplgctolz4=