diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 655060cf7..c9c271784 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 module github.com/onsi/ginkgo
 
 require (
-	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.4.9 // indirect
-	github.com/nxadm/tail v1.4.4
+	github.com/nxadm/tail v1.4.8
 	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.10.1
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210112080510-489259a85091
 	golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20201224043029-2b0845dc783e
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 56a493f9d..70a1d5c0e 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ github.com/google/go-cmp v0.4.0/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/
 github.com/hpcloud/tail v1.0.0/go.mod h1:ab1qPbhIpdTxEkNHXyeSf5vhxWSCs/tWer42PpOxQnU=
 github.com/nxadm/tail v1.4.4 h1:DQuhQpB1tVlglWS2hLQ5OV6B5r8aGxSrPc5Qo6uTN78=
 github.com/nxadm/tail v1.4.4/go.mod h1:kenIhsEOeOJmVchQTgglprH7qJGnHDVpk1VPCcaMI8A=
+github.com/nxadm/tail v1.4.8 h1:nPr65rt6Y5JFSKQO7qToXr7pePgD6Gwiw05lkbyAQTE=
+github.com/nxadm/tail v1.4.8/go.mod h1:+ncqLTQzXmGhMZNUePPaPqPvBxHAIsmXswZKocGu+AU=
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.6.0/go.mod h1:lLunBs/Ym6LB5Z9jYTR76FiuTmxDTDusOGeTQH+WWjE=
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.12.1/go.mod h1:zj2OWP4+oCPe1qIXoGWkgMRwljMUYCdkwsT2108oapk=
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.7.1/go.mod h1:XdKZgCCFLUoM/7CFJVPcG8C1xQ1AJ0vpAezJrB7JYyY=