diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 32653721c27..c41551106fa 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/libp2p/go-socket-activation v0.1.0
 	github.com/libp2p/go-tcp-transport v0.5.1
 	github.com/libp2p/go-ws-transport v0.6.0
-	github.com/miekg/dns v1.1.48
+	github.com/miekg/dns v1.1.50
 	github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir v1.1.0
 	github.com/multiformats/go-multiaddr v0.5.0
 	github.com/multiformats/go-multiaddr-dns v0.3.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 17d387cc087..26c44da8507 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1182,8 +1182,9 @@ github.com/miekg/dns v1.1.28/go.mod h1:KNUDUusw/aVsxyTYZM1oqvCicbwhgbNgztCETuNZ7
 github.com/miekg/dns v1.1.31/go.mod h1:KNUDUusw/aVsxyTYZM1oqvCicbwhgbNgztCETuNZ7xM=
 github.com/miekg/dns v1.1.41/go.mod h1:p6aan82bvRIyn+zDIv9xYNUpwa73JcSh9BKwknJysuI=
 github.com/miekg/dns v1.1.43/go.mod h1:+evo5L0630/F6ca/Z9+GAqzhjGyn8/c+TBaOyfEl0V4=
-github.com/miekg/dns v1.1.48 h1:Ucfr7IIVyMBz4lRE8qmGUuZ4Wt3/ZGu9hmcMT3Uu4tQ=
 github.com/miekg/dns v1.1.48/go.mod h1:e3IlAVfNqAllflbibAZEWOXOQ+Ynzk/dDozDxY7XnME=
+github.com/miekg/dns v1.1.50 h1:DQUfb9uc6smULcREF09Uc+/Gd46YWqJd5DbpPE9xkcA=
+github.com/miekg/dns v1.1.50/go.mod h1:e3IlAVfNqAllflbibAZEWOXOQ+Ynzk/dDozDxY7XnME=
 github.com/mikioh/tcp v0.0.0-20190314235350-803a9b46060c h1:bzE/A84HN25pxAuk9Eej1Kz9OUelF97nAc82bDquQI8=
 github.com/mikioh/tcp v0.0.0-20190314235350-803a9b46060c/go.mod h1:0SQS9kMwD2VsyFEB++InYyBJroV/FRmBgcydeSUcJms=
 github.com/mikioh/tcpinfo v0.0.0-20190314235526-30a79bb1804b h1:z78hV3sbSMAUoyUMM0I83AUIT6Hu17AWfgjzIbtrYFc=