diff --git a/NOTICE.txt b/NOTICE.txt
index 6e1844076440..48e43ff45fad 100644
--- a/NOTICE.txt
+++ b/NOTICE.txt
@@ -15719,11 +15719,11 @@ Contents of probable licence file $GOMODCACHE/go.elastic.co/ecszap@v0.3.0/LICENS
 
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Dependency : go.elastic.co/go-licence-detector
-Version: v0.4.0
+Version: v0.5.0
 Licence type (autodetected): Apache-2.0
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-Contents of probable licence file $GOMODCACHE/go.elastic.co/go-licence-detector@v0.4.0/LICENSE:
+Contents of probable licence file $GOMODCACHE/go.elastic.co/go-licence-detector@v0.5.0/LICENSE:
 
 
                                  Apache License
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 504fe58a8266..56aeddf3575e 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ require (
 	go.elastic.co/apm/module/apmelasticsearch v1.7.2
 	go.elastic.co/apm/module/apmhttp v1.7.2
 	go.elastic.co/ecszap v0.3.0
-	go.elastic.co/go-licence-detector v0.4.0
+	go.elastic.co/go-licence-detector v0.5.0
 	go.etcd.io/bbolt v1.3.4
 	go.uber.org/atomic v1.5.0
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.3.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 4fcc1ef0c5ca..c240e0273bdf 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -746,8 +746,8 @@ go.elastic.co/ecszap v0.3.0/go.mod h1:HTUi+QRmr3EuZMqxPX+5fyOdMNfUu5iPebgfhgsTJY
 go.elastic.co/fastjson v1.0.0/go.mod h1:PmeUOMMtLHQr9ZS9J9owrAVg0FkaZDRZJEFTTGHtchs=
 go.elastic.co/fastjson v1.1.0 h1:3MrGBWWVIxe/xvsbpghtkFoPciPhOCmjsR/HfwEeQR4=
 go.elastic.co/fastjson v1.1.0/go.mod h1:boNGISWMjQsUPy/t6yqt2/1Wx4YNPSe+mZjlyw9vKKI=
-go.elastic.co/go-licence-detector v0.4.0 h1:it5dP+6LPxLsosdhtbAqk/zJQxzS0QSSpdNkKVuwKMs=
-go.elastic.co/go-licence-detector v0.4.0/go.mod h1:fSJQU8au4SAgDK+UQFbgUPsXKYNBDv4E/dwWevrMpXU=
+go.elastic.co/go-licence-detector v0.5.0 h1:YXPCyt9faKMdJ8uMrkcI4patk8WZ0ME5oaIhYBUsRU4=
+go.elastic.co/go-licence-detector v0.5.0/go.mod h1:fSJQU8au4SAgDK+UQFbgUPsXKYNBDv4E/dwWevrMpXU=
 go.etcd.io/bbolt v1.3.4 h1:hi1bXHMVrlQh6WwxAy+qZCV/SYIlqo+Ushwdpa4tAKg=
 go.etcd.io/bbolt v1.3.4/go.mod h1:G5EMThwa9y8QZGBClrRx5EY+Yw9kAhnjy3bSjsnlVTQ=
 go.opencensus.io v0.21.0/go.mod h1:mSImk1erAIZhrmZN+AvHh14ztQfjbGwt4TtuofqLduU=