diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/go.mod b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/go.mod
index bfed698afd91f..02ce15d3f2ebf 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/go.mod
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/go.mod
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/coreos/pkg v0.0.0-20180928190104-399ea9e2e55f
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1
 	github.com/dustin/go-humanize v1.0.0 // indirect
-	github.com/emicklei/go-restful v2.9.5+incompatible
+	github.com/emicklei/go-restful v2.16.0+incompatible
 	github.com/evanphx/json-patch v4.9.0+incompatible
 	github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.4
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/go.sum b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/go.sum
index ec85664e0a971..1f9aa3b332f6c 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/go.sum
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/go.sum
@@ -98,8 +98,8 @@ github.com/dustin/go-humanize v1.0.0 h1:VSnTsYCnlFHaM2/igO1h6X3HA71jcobQuxemgkq4
 github.com/dustin/go-humanize v1.0.0/go.mod h1:HtrtbFcZ19U5GC7JDqmcUSB87Iq5E25KnS6fMYU6eOk=
 github.com/elazarl/goproxy v0.0.0-20180725130230-947c36da3153/go.mod h1:/Zj4wYkgs4iZTTu3o/KG3Itv/qCCa8VVMlb3i9OVuzc=
 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/evanphx/json-patch v4.9.0+incompatible h1:kLcOMZeuLAJvL2BPWLMIj5oaZQobrkAqrL+WFZwQses=