diff --git a/ruledocsgen/go.mod b/ruledocsgen/go.mod
index 7b9ed4dc0..39b8c036e 100644
--- a/ruledocsgen/go.mod
+++ b/ruledocsgen/go.mod
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ replace github.com/jandelgado/gcov2lcov => github.com/jandelgado/gcov2lcov v1.0.
 require (
 	github.com/JohannesKaufmann/html-to-markdown v1.3.3
 	github.com/arduino/arduino-lint v0.0.0
-	github.com/arduino/go-paths-helper v1.6.1
+	github.com/arduino/go-paths-helper v1.7.0
 	github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter v0.0.5
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0
 )
diff --git a/ruledocsgen/go.sum b/ruledocsgen/go.sum
index 863d3cb81..b5a0dd68c 100644
--- a/ruledocsgen/go.sum
+++ b/ruledocsgen/go.sum
@@ -104,8 +104,9 @@ github.com/arduino/board-discovery v0.0.0-20180823133458-1ba29327fb0c/go.mod h1:
 github.com/arduino/go-paths-helper v1.0.1/go.mod h1:HpxtKph+g238EJHq4geEPv9p+gl3v5YYu35Yb+w31Ck=
 github.com/arduino/go-paths-helper v1.2.0/go.mod h1:HpxtKph+g238EJHq4geEPv9p+gl3v5YYu35Yb+w31Ck=
 github.com/arduino/go-paths-helper v1.3.2/go.mod h1:HpxtKph+g238EJHq4geEPv9p+gl3v5YYu35Yb+w31Ck=
-github.com/arduino/go-paths-helper v1.6.1 h1:lha+/BuuBsx0qTZ3gy6IO1kU23lObWdQ/UItkzVWQ+0=
 github.com/arduino/go-paths-helper v1.6.1/go.mod h1:V82BWgAAp4IbmlybxQdk9Bpkz8M4Qyx+RAFKaG9NuvU=
+github.com/arduino/go-paths-helper v1.7.0 h1:S9l5BP2aogz1CgyqqnncXt0PLpK4yvwOW/wu/LaR3tc=
+github.com/arduino/go-paths-helper v1.7.0/go.mod h1:V82BWgAAp4IbmlybxQdk9Bpkz8M4Qyx+RAFKaG9NuvU=
 github.com/arduino/go-properties-orderedmap v1.3.0/go.mod h1:DKjD2VXY/NZmlingh4lSFMEYCVubfeArCsGPGDwb2yk=
 github.com/arduino/go-properties-orderedmap v1.7.0 h1:8bxVibJP+LjnyTFqsg3LsvgpAzovpuv0QQ6mXZXOxRs=
 github.com/arduino/go-properties-orderedmap v1.7.0/go.mod h1:DKjD2VXY/NZmlingh4lSFMEYCVubfeArCsGPGDwb2yk=