diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 4dd91b8fe5..3686bc3910 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-cleanhttp v0.5.2
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-hclog v0.16.2
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-memdb v1.3.2 // indirect
-	github.com/hashicorp/go-plugin v1.4.1
+	github.com/hashicorp/go-plugin v1.4.8
 	github.com/hashicorp/hcl v1.0.0
 	github.com/hashicorp/terraform v0.12.31
 	github.com/hashicorp/vault v0.10.4
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 9336436b63..0e220fe3f5 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -747,8 +747,9 @@ github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror v1.0.0 h1:iVjPR7a6H0tWELX5NxNe7bYopibicUzc7uP
 github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror v1.0.0/go.mod h1:dHtQlpGsu+cZNNAkkCN/P3hoUDHhCYQXV3UM06sGGrk=
 github.com/hashicorp/go-plugin v1.0.1/go.mod h1:++UyYGoz3o5w9ZzAdZxtQKrWWP+iqPBn3cQptSMzBuY=
 github.com/hashicorp/go-plugin v1.3.0/go.mod h1:F9eH4LrE/ZsRdbwhfjs9k9HoDUwAHnYtXdgmf1AVNs0=
-github.com/hashicorp/go-plugin v1.4.1 h1:6UltRQlLN9iZO513VveELp5xyaFxVD2+1OVylE+2E+w=
 github.com/hashicorp/go-plugin v1.4.1/go.mod h1:5fGEH17QVwTTcR0zV7yhDPLLmFX9YSZ38b18Udy6vYQ=
+github.com/hashicorp/go-plugin v1.4.8 h1:CHGwpxYDOttQOY7HOWgETU9dyVjOXzniXDqJcYJE1zM=
+github.com/hashicorp/go-plugin v1.4.8/go.mod h1:viDMjcLJuDui6pXb8U4HVfb8AamCWhHGUjr2IrTF67s=
 github.com/hashicorp/go-retryablehttp v0.5.1/go.mod h1:9B5zBasrRhHXnJnui7y6sL7es7NDiJgTc6Er0maI1Xs=
 github.com/hashicorp/go-retryablehttp v0.5.2/go.mod h1:9B5zBasrRhHXnJnui7y6sL7es7NDiJgTc6Er0maI1Xs=
 github.com/hashicorp/go-retryablehttp v0.6.2/go.mod h1:gEx6HMUGxYYhJScX7W1Il64m6cc2C1mDaW3NQ9sY1FY=