diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index b40c10ac008..b7095a631dd 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module github.com/syncthing/syncthing
 require (
 	github.com/AudriusButkevicius/pfilter v0.0.10
 	github.com/AudriusButkevicius/recli v0.0.6
-	github.com/alecthomas/kong v0.2.17
+	github.com/alecthomas/kong v0.7.1
 	github.com/bkaradzic/go-lz4 v0.0.0-20160924222819-7224d8d8f27e
 	github.com/calmh/xdr v1.1.0
 	github.com/ccding/go-stun v0.1.3
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/time v0.0.0-20210723032227-1f47c861a9ac
 	golang.org/x/tools v0.1.6
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.27.1
+	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20210107192922-496545a6307b // indirect
 )
 
 go 1.16
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 7d28a9f4f78..e5c95f8cb26 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -48,8 +48,12 @@ github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.3.1/go.mod h1:xHWCNGjB5oqiDr8zfno3MHue2Ht5sIBksp03
 github.com/BurntSushi/xgb v0.0.0-20160522181843-27f122750802/go.mod h1:IVnqGOEym/WlBOVXweHU+Q+/VP0lqqI8lqeDx9IjBqo=
 github.com/StackExchange/wmi v1.2.1 h1:VIkavFPXSjcnS+O8yTq7NI32k0R5Aj+v39y29VYDOSA=
 github.com/StackExchange/wmi v1.2.1/go.mod h1:rcmrprowKIVzvc+NUiLncP2uuArMWLCbu9SBzvHz7e8=
-github.com/alecthomas/kong v0.2.17 h1:URDISCI96MIgcIlQyoCAlhOmrSw6pZScBNkctg8r0W0=
-github.com/alecthomas/kong v0.2.17/go.mod h1:ka3VZ8GZNPXv9Ov+j4YNLkI8mTuhXyr/0ktSlqIydQQ=
+github.com/alecthomas/assert/v2 v2.1.0 h1:tbredtNcQnoSd3QBhQWI7QZ3XHOVkw1Moklp2ojoH/0=
+github.com/alecthomas/assert/v2 v2.1.0/go.mod h1:b/+1DI2Q6NckYi+3mXyH3wFb8qG37K/DuK80n7WefXA=
+github.com/alecthomas/kong v0.7.1 h1:azoTh0IOfwlAX3qN9sHWTxACE2oV8Bg2gAwBsMwDQY4=
+github.com/alecthomas/kong v0.7.1/go.mod h1:n1iCIO2xS46oE8ZfYCNDqdR0b0wZNrXAIAqro/2132U=
+github.com/alecthomas/repr v0.1.0 h1:ENn2e1+J3k09gyj2shc0dHr/yjaWSHRlrJ4DPMevDqE=
+github.com/alecthomas/repr v0.1.0/go.mod h1:2kn6fqh/zIyPLmm3ugklbEi5hg5wS435eygvNfaDQL8=
 github.com/alecthomas/template v0.0.0-20160405071501-a0175ee3bccc/go.mod h1:LOuyumcjzFXgccqObfd/Ljyb9UuFJ6TxHnclSeseNhc=
 github.com/alecthomas/template v0.0.0-20190718012654-fb15b899a751/go.mod h1:LOuyumcjzFXgccqObfd/Ljyb9UuFJ6TxHnclSeseNhc=
 github.com/alecthomas/units v0.0.0-20151022065526-2efee857e7cf/go.mod h1:ybxpYRFXyAe+OPACYpWeL0wqObRcbAqCMya13uyzqw0=
@@ -209,6 +213,8 @@ github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru v0.5.0/go.mod h1:/m3WP610KZHVQ1SGc6re/UDhFvYD7pJ
 github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru v0.5.1/go.mod h1:/m3WP610KZHVQ1SGc6re/UDhFvYD7pJ4Ao+sR/qLZy8=
 github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru v0.5.4 h1:YDjusn29QI/Das2iO9M0BHnIbxPeyuCHsjMW+lJfyTc=
 github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru v0.5.4/go.mod h1:iADmTwqILo4mZ8BN3D2Q6+9jd8WM5uGBxy+E8yxSoD4=
+github.com/hexops/gotextdiff v1.0.3 h1:gitA9+qJrrTCsiCl7+kh75nPqQt1cx4ZkudSTLoUqJM=
+github.com/hexops/gotextdiff v1.0.3/go.mod h1:pSWU5MAI3yDq+fZBTazCSJysOMbxWL1BSow5/V2vxeg=
 github.com/hpcloud/tail v1.0.0/go.mod h1:ab1qPbhIpdTxEkNHXyeSf5vhxWSCs/tWer42PpOxQnU=
 github.com/ianlancetaylor/demangle v0.0.0-20181102032728-5e5cf60278f6/go.mod h1:aSSvb/t6k1mPoxDqO4vJh6VOCGPwU4O0C2/Eqndh1Sc=
 github.com/jackpal/gateway v1.0.7 h1:7tIFeCGmpyrMx9qvT0EgYUi7cxVW48a0mMvnIL17bPM=