diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 42728e3..31b0749 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ go 1.12
 
 require (
 	github.com/cenkalti/backoff v2.2.1+incompatible // indirect
-	github.com/miekg/dns v1.1.35
+	github.com/miekg/dns v1.1.40
 	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.7.0
 	github.com/urfave/cli v1.22.5
 	github.com/zorkian/go-datadog-api v2.30.0+incompatible
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index fa60b8d..cab02c9 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ github.com/miekg/dns v1.1.27/go.mod h1:KNUDUusw/aVsxyTYZM1oqvCicbwhgbNgztCETuNZ7
 github.com/miekg/dns v1.1.30 h1:Qww6FseFn8PRfw07jueqIXqodm0JKiiKuK0DeXSqfyo=
 github.com/miekg/dns v1.1.30/go.mod h1:KNUDUusw/aVsxyTYZM1oqvCicbwhgbNgztCETuNZ7xM=
 github.com/miekg/dns v1.1.35/go.mod h1:KNUDUusw/aVsxyTYZM1oqvCicbwhgbNgztCETuNZ7xM=
+github.com/miekg/dns v1.1.40/go.mod h1:KNUDUusw/aVsxyTYZM1oqvCicbwhgbNgztCETuNZ7xM=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
 github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.0.1 h1:lPqVAte+HuHNfhJ/0LC98ESWRz8afy9tM/0RK8m9o+Q=
 github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.0.1/go.mod h1:+Rmxgy9KzJVeS9/2gXHxylqXiyQDYRxCVz55jmeOWTM=