diff --git a/test/agent/go.mod b/test/agent/go.mod
index 81506d3f38..296da20ad1 100644
--- a/test/agent/go.mod
+++ b/test/agent/go.mod
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ go 1.22.3
 require (
 	github.com/coreos/go-iptables v0.7.0
 	github.com/vishvananda/netlink v1.1.0
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.19.0
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.20.0
 )
 
 require github.com/vishvananda/netns v0.0.0-20191106174202-0a2b9b5464df // indirect
diff --git a/test/agent/go.sum b/test/agent/go.sum
index 512fba84b6..e830a6b951 100644
--- a/test/agent/go.sum
+++ b/test/agent/go.sum
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@ github.com/vishvananda/netlink v1.1.0/go.mod h1:cTgwzPIzzgDAYoQrMm0EdrjRUBkTqKYp
 github.com/vishvananda/netns v0.0.0-20191106174202-0a2b9b5464df h1:OviZH7qLw/7ZovXvuNyL3XQl8UFofeikI1NW1Gypu7k=
 github.com/vishvananda/netns v0.0.0-20191106174202-0a2b9b5464df/go.mod h1:JP3t17pCcGlemwknint6hfoeCVQrEMVwxRLRjXpq+BU=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190606203320-7fc4e5ec1444/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.19.0 h1:q5f1RH2jigJ1MoAWp2KTp3gm5zAGFUTarQZ5U386+4o=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.19.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.20.0 h1:Od9JTbYCk261bKm4M/mw7AklTlFYIa0bIp9BgSm1S8Y=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.20.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=