diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 9a471beee..df2bc7bf7 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/IBM/go-sdk-core/v5 v5.13.4
 	github.com/IBM/networking-go-sdk v0.42.2
 	github.com/akamai/AkamaiOPEN-edgegrid-golang v1.2.2
-	github.com/alecthomas/kingpin v2.2.6+incompatible
+	github.com/alecthomas/kingpin/v2 v2.3.2
 	github.com/aliyun/alibaba-cloud-sdk-go v1.62.483
 	github.com/ans-group/sdk-go v1.16.6
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.44.311
@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/AzureAD/microsoft-authentication-library-for-go v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/Masterminds/semver v1.4.2 // indirect
 	github.com/Yamashou/gqlgenc v0.14.0 // indirect
-	github.com/alecthomas/template v0.0.0-20190718012654-fb15b899a751 // indirect
 	github.com/alecthomas/units v0.0.0-20211218093645-b94a6e3cc137 // indirect
 	github.com/alexbrainman/sspi v0.0.0-20180613141037-e580b900e9f5 // indirect
 	github.com/ans-group/go-durationstring v1.2.0 // indirect
@@ -181,6 +180,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/subosito/gotenv v1.4.2 // indirect
 	github.com/terra-farm/udnssdk v1.3.5 // indirect
 	github.com/vektah/gqlparser/v2 v2.5.1 // indirect
+	github.com/xhit/go-str2duration/v2 v2.1.0 // indirect
 	go.etcd.io/etcd/client/pkg/v3 v3.5.9 // indirect
 	go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver v1.11.3 // indirect
 	go.opencensus.io v0.24.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index fcb776718..ec8554554 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -112,10 +112,9 @@ github.com/afex/hystrix-go v0.0.0-20180502004556-fa1af6a1f4f5/go.mod h1:SkGFH1ia
 github.com/agnivade/levenshtein v1.0.1/go.mod h1:CURSv5d9Uaml+FovSIICkLbAUZ9S4RqaHDIsdSBg7lM=
 github.com/akamai/AkamaiOPEN-edgegrid-golang v1.2.2 h1:F1j7z+/DKEsYqZNoxC6wvfmaiDneLsQOFQmuq9NADSY=
 github.com/akamai/AkamaiOPEN-edgegrid-golang v1.2.2/go.mod h1:QlXr/TrICfQ/ANa76sLeQyhAJyNR9sEcfNuZBkY9jgY=
-github.com/alecthomas/kingpin v2.2.6+incompatible h1:5svnBTFgJjZvGKyYBtMB0+m5wvrbUHiqye8wRJMlnYI=
-github.com/alecthomas/kingpin v2.2.6+incompatible/go.mod h1:59OFYbFVLKQKq+mqrL6Rw5bR0c3ACQaawgXx0QYndlE=
+github.com/alecthomas/kingpin/v2 v2.3.2 h1:H0aULhgmSzN8xQ3nX1uxtdlTHYoPLu5AhHxWrKI6ocU=
+github.com/alecthomas/kingpin/v2 v2.3.2/go.mod h1:0gyi0zQnjuFk8xrkNKamJoyUo382HRL7ATRpFZCw6tE=
 github.com/alecthomas/template v0.0.0-20160405071501-a0175ee3bccc/go.mod h1:LOuyumcjzFXgccqObfd/Ljyb9UuFJ6TxHnclSeseNhc=
-github.com/alecthomas/template v0.0.0-20190718012654-fb15b899a751 h1:JYp7IbQjafoB+tBA3gMyHYHrpOtNuDiK/uB5uXxq5wM=
 github.com/alecthomas/template v0.0.0-20190718012654-fb15b899a751/go.mod h1:LOuyumcjzFXgccqObfd/Ljyb9UuFJ6TxHnclSeseNhc=
 github.com/alecthomas/units v0.0.0-20151022065526-2efee857e7cf/go.mod h1:ybxpYRFXyAe+OPACYpWeL0wqObRcbAqCMya13uyzqw0=
 github.com/alecthomas/units v0.0.0-20190717042225-c3de453c63f4/go.mod h1:ybxpYRFXyAe+OPACYpWeL0wqObRcbAqCMya13uyzqw0=
@@ -1162,6 +1161,8 @@ github.com/xeipuuv/gojsonreference v0.0.0-20180127040603-bd5ef7bd5415/go.mod h1:
 github.com/xeipuuv/gojsonschema v0.0.0-20180618132009-1d523034197f/go.mod h1:5yf86TLmAcydyeJq5YvxkGPE2fm/u4myDekKRoLuqhs=
 github.com/xeipuuv/gojsonschema v1.1.0/go.mod h1:5yf86TLmAcydyeJq5YvxkGPE2fm/u4myDekKRoLuqhs=
 github.com/xeipuuv/gojsonschema v1.2.0/go.mod h1:anYRn/JVcOK2ZgGU+IjEV4nwlhoK5sQluxsYJ78Id3Y=
+github.com/xhit/go-str2duration/v2 v2.1.0 h1:lxklc02Drh6ynqX+DdPyp5pCKLUQpRT8bp8Ydu2Bstc=
+github.com/xhit/go-str2duration/v2 v2.1.0/go.mod h1:ohY8p+0f07DiV6Em5LKB0s2YpLtXVyJfNt1+BlmyAsU=
 github.com/xi2/xz v0.0.0-20171230120015-48954b6210f8/go.mod h1:HUYIGzjTL3rfEspMxjDjgmT5uz5wzYJKVo23qUhYTos=
 github.com/xiang90/probing v0.0.0-20190116061207-43a291ad63a2/go.mod h1:UETIi67q53MR2AWcXfiuqkDkRtnGDLqkBTpCHuJHxtU=
 github.com/xlab/handysort v0.0.0-20150421192137-fb3537ed64a1/go.mod h1:QcJo0QPSfTONNIgpN5RA8prR7fF8nkF6cTWTcNerRO8=
diff --git a/pkg/apis/externaldns/types.go b/pkg/apis/externaldns/types.go
index b2f69efe3..5d65704c7 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/externaldns/types.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/externaldns/types.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import (
 
 	"sigs.k8s.io/external-dns/endpoint"
 
-	"github.com/alecthomas/kingpin"
+	"github.com/alecthomas/kingpin/v2"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 
 	"sigs.k8s.io/external-dns/source"