diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index d5b7fdf..d0f3415 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ module github.com/giantswarm/microerror
 
 go 1.13
 
-require github.com/google/go-cmp v0.3.1
+require github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.2
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index a6ddb1d..2b51a98 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
-github.com/google/go-cmp v0.3.1 h1:Xye71clBPdm5HgqGwUkwhbynsUJZhDbS20FvLhQ2izg=
-github.com/google/go-cmp v0.3.1/go.mod h1:8QqcDgzrUqlUb/G2PQTWiueGozuR1884gddMywk6iLU=
+github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.2 h1:X2ev0eStA3AbceY54o37/0PQ/UWqKEiiO2dKL5OPaFM=
+github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.2/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/gNBxE=
+golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191204190536-9bdfabe68543 h1:E7g+9GITq07hpfrRu66IVDexMakfv52eLZ2CXBWiKr4=
+golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191204190536-9bdfabe68543/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=