diff --git a/NOTICE.txt b/NOTICE.txt
index 97385dbd48d5..a7644ba5e563 100644
--- a/NOTICE.txt
+++ b/NOTICE.txt
@@ -15223,11 +15223,11 @@ Contents of probable licence file $GOMODCACHE/github.com/elastic/go-sysinfo@v1.1
 
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Dependency : github.com/elastic/go-ucfg
-Version: v0.8.7
+Version: v0.8.8
 Licence type (autodetected): Apache-2.0
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-Contents of probable licence file $GOMODCACHE/github.com/elastic/go-ucfg@v0.8.7/LICENSE:
+Contents of probable licence file $GOMODCACHE/github.com/elastic/go-ucfg@v0.8.8/LICENSE:
 
                                  Apache License
                            Version 2.0, January 2004
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 8d635c7fc96d..5d284dfbb914 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/elastic/go-seccomp-bpf v1.4.0
 	github.com/elastic/go-structform v0.0.10
 	github.com/elastic/go-sysinfo v1.13.1
-	github.com/elastic/go-ucfg v0.8.7
+	github.com/elastic/go-ucfg v0.8.8
 	github.com/elastic/gosigar v0.14.3
 	github.com/fatih/color v1.15.0
 	github.com/fearful-symmetry/gorapl v0.0.4
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index e16a2e8839bd..5e1125cea1b3 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -713,8 +713,8 @@ github.com/elastic/go-structform v0.0.10 h1:oy08o/Ih2hHTkNcRY/1HhaYvIp5z6t8si8gn
 github.com/elastic/go-structform v0.0.10/go.mod h1:CZWf9aIRYY5SuKSmOhtXScE5uQiLZNqAFnwKR4OrIM4=
 github.com/elastic/go-sysinfo v1.13.1 h1:U5Jlx6c/rLkR72O8wXXXo1abnGlWGJU/wbzNJ2AfQa4=
 github.com/elastic/go-sysinfo v1.13.1/go.mod h1:GKqR8bbMK/1ITnez9NIsIfXQr25aLhRJa7AfT8HpBFQ=
-github.com/elastic/go-ucfg v0.8.7 h1:/bKaN553LY3MsfEIz2XOEEs+tRw03TzJCARrnVPpOyc=
-github.com/elastic/go-ucfg v0.8.7/go.mod h1:4E8mPOLSUV9hQ7sgLEJ4bvt0KhMuDJa8joDT2QGAEKA=
+github.com/elastic/go-ucfg v0.8.8 h1:54KIF/2zFKfl0MzsSOCGOsZ3O2bnjFQJ0nDJcLhviyk=
+github.com/elastic/go-ucfg v0.8.8/go.mod h1:4E8mPOLSUV9hQ7sgLEJ4bvt0KhMuDJa8joDT2QGAEKA=
 github.com/elastic/go-windows v1.0.1 h1:AlYZOldA+UJ0/2nBuqWdo90GFCgG9xuyw9SYzGUtJm0=
 github.com/elastic/go-windows v1.0.1/go.mod h1:FoVvqWSun28vaDQPbj2Elfc0JahhPB7WQEGa3c814Ss=
 github.com/elastic/gopacket v1.1.20-0.20211202005954-d412fca7f83a h1:8WfL/X6fK11iyX5t3Dd9dDMMNqPfEZNc//JsWGIhEgQ=