diff --git a/cmd/otelcorecol/go.mod b/cmd/otelcorecol/go.mod
index f5bbab6d097..4547fb9ddcd 100644
--- a/cmd/otelcorecol/go.mod
+++ b/cmd/otelcorecol/go.mod
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ go 1.18
 require (
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector v0.61.0
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220808155132-1c4a2a72c664
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.25.0
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/cmd/otelcorecol/go.sum b/cmd/otelcorecol/go.sum
index d673eb41d13..254e7d4abe9 100644
--- a/cmd/otelcorecol/go.sum
+++ b/cmd/otelcorecol/go.sum
@@ -608,8 +608,8 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220114195835-da31bd327af9/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBc
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220128215802-99c3d69c2c27/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220520151302-bc2c85ada10a/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220708085239-5a0f0661e09d/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220808155132-1c4a2a72c664 h1:v1W7bwXHsnLLloWYTVEdvGvA7BHMeBYsPcF0GLDxIRs=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220808155132-1c4a2a72c664/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.25.0 h1:r+8e+loiHxRqhXVl6ML1nO3l1+oFoWbnlu2Ehimmi34=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.25.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20201126162022-7de9c90e9dd1/go.mod h1:bj7SfCRtBDWHUb9snDiAeCFNEtKQo2Wmx5Cou7ajbmo=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20210927222741-03fcf44c2211/go.mod h1:jbD1KX2456YbFQfuXm/mYQcufACuNUgVhRMnK/tPxf8=
 golang.org/x/text v0.0.0-20170915032832-14c0d48ead0c/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=