diff --git a/go_modules/helpers/go.mod b/go_modules/helpers/go.mod
index 56cf3f640a..df30844a71 100644
--- a/go_modules/helpers/go.mod
+++ b/go_modules/helpers/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module github.com/dependabot/dependabot-core/go_modules/helpers
 go 1.16
 
 require (
-	github.com/Masterminds/vcs v1.13.1
+	github.com/Masterminds/vcs v1.13.3
 	github.com/dependabot/gomodules-extracted v1.4.2
 	golang.org/x/mod v0.5.1
 )
diff --git a/go_modules/helpers/go.sum b/go_modules/helpers/go.sum
index dcd6cdb6e9..7da0513e5e 100644
--- a/go_modules/helpers/go.sum
+++ b/go_modules/helpers/go.sum
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-github.com/Masterminds/vcs v1.13.1 h1:NL3G1X7/7xduQtA2sJLpVpfHTNBALVNSjob6KEjPXNQ=
-github.com/Masterminds/vcs v1.13.1/go.mod h1:N09YCmOQr6RLxC6UNHzuVwAdodYbbnycGHSmwVJjcKA=
+github.com/Masterminds/vcs v1.13.3 h1:IIA2aBdXvfbIM+yl/eTnL4hb1XwdpvuQLglAix1gweE=
+github.com/Masterminds/vcs v1.13.3/go.mod h1:TiE7xuEjl1N4j016moRd6vezp6e6Lz23gypeXfzXeW8=
 github.com/dependabot/gomodules-extracted v1.4.2 h1:3IxvHARuuSojSNUHguc6kzWgs+uQN3fdRCowJMU1kDE=
 github.com/dependabot/gomodules-extracted v1.4.2/go.mod h1:cpzrmDX1COyhSDQXHfkRMw0STb0vmguBFqmrkr51h1I=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2/go.mod h1:djNgcEr1/C05ACkg1iLfiJU5Ep61QUkGW8qpdssI0+w=