diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index f8b44c2a3..1ed350a87 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/getgauge/common v0.0.0-20200824023809-24587c106922
 	github.com/getgauge/gauge-proto/go/gauge_messages v0.0.0-20210112094005-73ca40cb5ac4
 	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.0
-	github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.4
+	github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.5
 	github.com/natefinch/lumberjack v2.0.0+incompatible
 	github.com/op/go-logging v0.0.0-20160315200505-970db520ece7
 	github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.1.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 18c9a0d0d..004282016 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -153,8 +153,8 @@ github.com/kr/pty v1.1.1/go.mod h1:pFQYn66WHrOpPYNljwOMqo10TkYh1fy3cYio2l3bCsQ=
 github.com/kr/text v0.1.0 h1:45sCR5RtlFHMR4UwH9sdQ5TC8v0qDQCHnXt+kaKSTVE=
 github.com/kr/text v0.1.0/go.mod h1:4Jbv+DJW3UT/LiOwJeYQe1efqtUx/iVham/4vfdArNI=
 github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.1/go.mod h1:PppfXfuXeibc/6YijjN8zIbojt8czPbwD3XqdrwzmxQ=
-github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.4 h1:8KGKTcQQGm0Kv7vEbKFErAoAOFyyacLStRtQSeYtvkY=
-github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.4/go.mod h1:y3VJvCyxH9uVvJTWEGAELF3aiYNyPKd5NZ3oSwXrF60=
+github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.5 h1:b6kJs+EmPFMYGkow9GiUyCyOvIwYetYJ3fSaWak/Gls=
+github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.5/go.mod h1:y3VJvCyxH9uVvJTWEGAELF3aiYNyPKd5NZ3oSwXrF60=
 github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.0.9/go.mod h1:9vuHe8Xs5qXnSaW/c/ABM9alt+Vo+STaOChaDxuIBZU=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.3 h1:ns/ykhmWi7G9O+8a448SecJU3nSMBXJfqQkl0upE1jI=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.3/go.mod h1:M+lRXTBqGeGNdLjl/ufCoiOlB5xdOkqRJdNxMWT7Zi4=