diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index f0a508da10..928c4003f3 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/maxbrunsfeld/counterfeiter/v6 v6.8.1
 	github.com/nginxinc/nginx-plus-go-client v1.2.0
 	github.com/nginxinc/nginx-prometheus-exporter v1.1.0
-	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.15.0
+	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.16.0
 	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.31.1
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.19.0
 	github.com/prometheus/common v0.49.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 3bb3cd8bb1..81a0e103dd 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -120,8 +120,8 @@ 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 v1.16.5 h1:8xi0RTUf59SOSfEtZMvwTvXYMzG4gV23XVHOZiXNtnE=
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.16.5/go.mod h1:+E8gABHa3K6zRBolWtd+ROzc/U5bkGt0FwiG042wbpU=
-github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.15.0 h1:79HwNRBAZHOEwrczrgSOPy+eFTTlIGELKy5as+ClttY=
-github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.15.0/go.mod h1:HlxMHtYF57y6Dpf+mc5529KKmSq9h2FpCF+/ZkwUxKM=
+github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.16.0 h1:7q1w9frJDzninhXxjZd+Y/x54XNjG/UlRLIYPZafsPM=
+github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.16.0/go.mod h1:llBI3WDLL9Z6taip6f33H76YcWtJv+7R3HigUjbIBOs=
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.31.1 h1:KYppCUK+bUgAZwHOu7EXVBKyQA6ILvOESHkn/tgoqvo=
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.31.1/go.mod h1:y40C95dwAD1Nz36SsEnxvfFe8FFfNxzI5eJ0EYGyAy0=
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 h1:FEBLx1zS214owpjy7qsBeixbURkuhQAwrK5UwLGTwt4=