diff --git a/samples/dumper-server/go.mod b/samples/dumper-server/go.mod
index d5ac2b49..2c9a2f97 100644
--- a/samples/dumper-server/go.mod
+++ b/samples/dumper-server/go.mod
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.1
 	github.com/go-logr/zapr v1.3.0
 	github.com/vmware-tanzu/cartographer-conventions/webhook v0.5.1
-	go.uber.org/zap v1.26.0
+	go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0
 )
 
diff --git a/samples/dumper-server/go.sum b/samples/dumper-server/go.sum
index f8de4afe..b21be2a7 100644
--- a/samples/dumper-server/go.sum
+++ b/samples/dumper-server/go.sum
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ go.uber.org/goleak v1.3.0 h1:2K3zAYmnTNqV73imy9J1T3WC+gmCePx2hEGkimedGto=
 go.uber.org/goleak v1.3.0/go.mod h1:CoHD4mav9JJNrW/WLlf7HGZPjdw8EucARQHekz1X6bE=
 go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0 h1:blXXJkSxSSfBVBlC76pxqeO+LN3aDfLQo+309xJstO0=
 go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0/go.mod h1:20+QtiLqy0Nd6FdQB9TLXag12DsQkrbs3htMFfDN80Y=
-go.uber.org/zap v1.26.0 h1:sI7k6L95XOKS281NhVKOFCUNIvv9e0w4BF8N3u+tCRo=
-go.uber.org/zap v1.26.0/go.mod h1:dtElttAiwGvoJ/vj4IwHBS/gXsEu/pZ50mUIRWuG0so=
+go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0 h1:aJMhYGrd5QSmlpLMr2MftRKl7t8J8PTZPA732ud/XR8=
+go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0/go.mod h1:GB2qFLM7cTU87MWRP2mPIjqfIDnGu+VIO4V/SdhGo2E=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2/go.mod h1:djNgcEr1/C05ACkg1iLfiJU5Ep61QUkGW8qpdssI0+w=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20191011191535-87dc89f01550/go.mod h1:yigFU9vqHzYiE8UmvKecakEJjdnWj3jj499lnFckfCI=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20200622213623-75b288015ac9/go.mod h1:LzIPMQfyMNhhGPhUkYOs5KpL4U8rLKemX1yGLhDgUto=