diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/go.mod b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/go.mod
index a60363431933e..e54f1135aaf24 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/go.mod
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/go.mod
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ module k8s.io/code-generator
 go 1.16
 
 require (
-	github.com/emicklei/go-restful v2.9.5+incompatible // indirect
+	github.com/emicklei/go-restful v2.16.0+incompatible // indirect
 	github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2
 	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.4.3 // indirect
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.4 // indirect
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/go.sum b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/go.sum
index 3cafb637a65df..0732e1f4abea4 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/go.sum
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/go.sum
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/docopt/docopt-go v0.0.0-20180111231733-ee0de3bc6815/go.mod h1:WwZ+bS3ebgob9U8Nd0kOddGdZWjyMGR8Wziv+TBNwSE=
 github.com/emicklei/go-restful v0.0.0-20170410110728-ff4f55a20633/go.mod h1:otzb+WCGbkyDHkqmQmT5YD2WR4BBwUdeQoFo8l/7tVs=
-github.com/emicklei/go-restful v2.9.5+incompatible h1:spTtZBk5DYEvbxMVutUuTyh1Ao2r4iyvLdACqsl/Ljk=
-github.com/emicklei/go-restful v2.9.5+incompatible/go.mod h1:otzb+WCGbkyDHkqmQmT5YD2WR4BBwUdeQoFo8l/7tVs=
+github.com/emicklei/go-restful v2.16.0+incompatible h1:rgqiKNjTnFQA6kkhFe16D8epTksy9HQ1MyrbDXSdYhM=
+github.com/emicklei/go-restful v2.16.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:otzb+WCGbkyDHkqmQmT5YD2WR4BBwUdeQoFo8l/7tVs=
 github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane v0.9.1-0.20191026205805-5f8ba28d4473/go.mod h1:YTl/9mNaCwkRvm6d1a2C3ymFceY/DCBVvsKhRF0iEA4=
 github.com/envoyproxy/protoc-gen-validate v0.1.0/go.mod h1:iSmxcyjqTsJpI2R4NaDN7+kN2VEUnK/pcBlmesArF7c=
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.4.7/go.mod h1:jwhsz4b93w/PPRr/qN1Yymfu8t87LnFCMoQvtojpjFo=