diff --git a/command.go b/command.go
index 4794e5ebe..78088db69 100644
--- a/command.go
+++ b/command.go
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ const (
 )
 
 // FParseErrWhitelist configures Flag parse errors to be ignored
-type FParseErrWhitelist flag.ParseErrorsWhitelist
+type FParseErrWhitelist flag.ParseErrorsAllowlist
 
 // Group Structure to manage groups for commands
 type Group struct {
@@ -1877,7 +1877,7 @@ func (c *Command) ParseFlags(args []string) error {
 	c.mergePersistentFlags()
 
 	// do it here after merging all flags and just before parse
-	c.Flags().ParseErrorsWhitelist = flag.ParseErrorsWhitelist(c.FParseErrWhitelist)
+	c.Flags().ParseErrorsAllowlist = flag.ParseErrorsAllowlist(c.FParseErrWhitelist)
 
 	err := c.Flags().Parse(args)
 	// Print warnings if they occurred (e.g. deprecated flag messages).
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 4a6fda792..7b53f3e12 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ go 1.15
 require (
 	github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.6
 	github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0
-	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.6
+	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.8
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 30ef25c78..de8d9a7c7 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 h1:wN+x4NVGpMsO7ErUn/mUI3vEoE6Jt13X2
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0/go.mod h1:vpF70FUmC8bwa3OWnCshd2FqLfsEA9PFc4w1p2J65bw=
 github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.1.0 h1:JIOH55/0cWyOuilr9/qlrm0BSXldqnqwMsf35Ld67mk=
 github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.1.0/go.mod h1:+Rmxgy9KzJVeS9/2gXHxylqXiyQDYRxCVz55jmeOWTM=
-github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.6 h1:jFzHGLGAlb3ruxLB8MhbI6A8+AQX/2eW4qeyNZXNp2o=
-github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.6/go.mod h1:McXfInJRrz4CZXVZOBLb0bTZqETkiAhM9Iw0y3An2Bg=
+github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.8 h1:/v546uKZ4gFGHpyXvV6CNKDeJBu4l5PRvxwQvdWrc0I=
+github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.8/go.mod h1:McXfInJRrz4CZXVZOBLb0bTZqETkiAhM9Iw0y3An2Bg=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405 h1:yhCVgyC4o1eVCa2tZl7eS0r+SDo693bJlVdllGtEeKM=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=