diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 7550d5c54..d8687d9ad 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ go 1.17
 require (
 	github.com/giantswarm/microerror v0.4.0
 	github.com/giantswarm/to v0.4.0
-	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9
+	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0
 	github.com/google/go-github/v39 v39.2.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.3
 	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.7.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 4d366705c..a649a4d6a 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1155,8 +1155,9 @@ github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.5/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.6/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/gNBxE=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.7/go.mod h1:n+brtR0CgQNWTVd5ZUFpTBC8YFBDLK/h/bpaJ8/DtOE=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.8/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeNGIjoY=
-github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9 h1:O2Tfq5qg4qc4AmwVlvv0oLiVAGB7enBSJ2x2DqQFi38=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeNGIjoY=
+github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0 h1:ofyhxvXcZhMsU5ulbFiLKl/XBFqE1GSq7atu8tAmTRI=
+github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeNGIjoY=
 github.com/google/go-containerregistry v0.5.1/go.mod h1:Ct15B4yir3PLOP5jsy0GNeYVaIZs/MK/Jz5any1wFW0=
 github.com/google/go-github/v33 v33.0.0/go.mod h1:GMdDnVZY/2TsWgp/lkYnpSAh6TrzhANBBwm6k6TTEXg=
 github.com/google/go-github/v39 v39.2.0 h1:rNNM311XtPOz5rDdsJXAp2o8F67X9FnROXTvto3aSnQ=