diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 6ecab9dcc..9fa9e5ae8 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.9 // indirect
 	github.com/infobloxopen/go-trees v0.0.0-20190313150506-2af4e13f9062
 	github.com/matttproud/golang_protobuf_extensions v1.0.1
-	github.com/miekg/dns v1.1.38
+	github.com/miekg/dns v1.1.40
 	github.com/opentracing/opentracing-go v1.2.0
 	github.com/openzipkin-contrib/zipkin-go-opentracing v0.4.5
 	github.com/openzipkin/zipkin-go v0.2.2
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 74b372aab..78b157204 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -337,6 +337,7 @@ github.com/miekg/dns v1.0.14/go.mod h1:W1PPwlIAgtquWBMBEV9nkV9Cazfe8ScdGz/Lj7v3N
 github.com/miekg/dns v1.1.31/go.mod h1:KNUDUusw/aVsxyTYZM1oqvCicbwhgbNgztCETuNZ7xM=
 github.com/miekg/dns v1.1.38 h1:MtIY+fmHUVVgv1AXzmKMWcwdCYxTRPG1EDjpqF4RCEw=
 github.com/miekg/dns v1.1.38/go.mod h1:KNUDUusw/aVsxyTYZM1oqvCicbwhgbNgztCETuNZ7xM=
+github.com/miekg/dns v1.1.40/go.mod h1:KNUDUusw/aVsxyTYZM1oqvCicbwhgbNgztCETuNZ7xM=
 github.com/mitchellh/cli v1.0.0/go.mod h1:hNIlj7HEI86fIcpObd7a0FcrxTWetlwJDGcceTlRvqc=
 github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir v1.0.0/go.mod h1:SfyaCUpYCn1Vlf4IUYiD9fPX4A5wJrkLzIz1N1q0pr0=
 github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir v1.1.0 h1:lukF9ziXFxDFPkA1vsr5zpc1XuPDn/wFntq5mG+4E0Y=