diff --git a/NOTICE.txt b/NOTICE.txt
index 5aeb427785..ca892b35a6 100644
--- a/NOTICE.txt
+++ b/NOTICE.txt
@@ -2883,11 +2883,11 @@ SOFTWARE.
 
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Module  : github.com/stretchr/testify
-Version : v1.8.3
-Time    : 2023-05-10T21:42:04Z
+Version : v1.8.4
+Time    : 2023-05-30T09:38:40Z
 Licence : MIT
 
-Contents of probable licence file $GOMODCACHE/github.com/stretchr/testify@v1.8.3/LICENSE:
+Contents of probable licence file $GOMODCACHE/github.com/stretchr/testify@v1.8.4/LICENSE:
 
 MIT License
 
diff --git a/docs/reference/dependencies.asciidoc b/docs/reference/dependencies.asciidoc
index 3ab35287e0..a16d3bad27 100644
--- a/docs/reference/dependencies.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/dependencies.asciidoc
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ This page lists the third-party dependencies used to build {n}.
 | link:https://github.com/spf13/cobra[$$github.com/spf13/cobra$$] | v1.7.0 | Apache-2.0
 | link:https://github.com/spf13/pflag[$$github.com/spf13/pflag$$] | v1.0.5 | BSD-3-Clause
 | link:https://github.com/spf13/viper[$$github.com/spf13/viper$$] | v1.15.0 | MIT
-| link:https://github.com/stretchr/testify[$$github.com/stretchr/testify$$] | v1.8.3 | MIT
+| link:https://github.com/stretchr/testify[$$github.com/stretchr/testify$$] | v1.8.4 | MIT
 | link:https://go.elastic.co/apm/module/apmelasticsearch/v2[$$go.elastic.co/apm/module/apmelasticsearch/v2$$] | v2.4.2 | Apache-2.0
 | link:https://go.elastic.co/apm/module/apmhttp/v2[$$go.elastic.co/apm/module/apmhttp/v2$$] | v2.4.2 | Apache-2.0
 | link:https://go.elastic.co/apm/module/apmzap/v2[$$go.elastic.co/apm/module/apmzap/v2$$] | v2.4.2 | Apache-2.0
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 69845619b6..1722d662f0 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.7.0
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
 	github.com/spf13/viper v1.15.0
-	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.3
+	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
 	go.elastic.co/apm/module/apmelasticsearch/v2 v2.4.2
 	go.elastic.co/apm/module/apmhttp/v2 v2.4.2
 	go.elastic.co/apm/module/apmzap/v2 v2.4.2
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 6cec5148de..b5ce6657df 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -372,8 +372,8 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.1/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0/go.mod h1:yNjHg4UonilssWZ8iaSj1OCr/vHnekPRkoO+kdMU+MU=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.1/go.mod h1:w2LPCIKwWwSfY2zedu0+kehJoqGctiVI29o6fzry7u4=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.3 h1:RP3t2pwF7cMEbC1dqtB6poj3niw/9gnV4Cjg5oW5gtY=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.3/go.mod h1:sz/lmYIOXD/1dqDmKjjqLyZ2RngseejIcXlSw2iwfAo=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4 h1:CcVxjf3Q8PM0mHUKJCdn+eZZtm5yQwehR5yeSVQQcUk=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4/go.mod h1:sz/lmYIOXD/1dqDmKjjqLyZ2RngseejIcXlSw2iwfAo=
 github.com/subosito/gotenv v1.4.2 h1:X1TuBLAMDFbaTAChgCBLu3DU3UPyELpnF2jjJ2cz/S8=
 github.com/subosito/gotenv v1.4.2/go.mod h1:ayKnFf/c6rvx/2iiLrJUk1e6plDbT3edrFNGqEflhK0=
 github.com/urfave/cli v1.22.12/go.mod h1:sSBEIC79qR6OvcmsD4U3KABeOTxDqQtdDnaFuUN30b8=
diff --git a/hack/release-notes/go.mod b/hack/release-notes/go.mod
index 8f1eeed88f..972b345f75 100644
--- a/hack/release-notes/go.mod
+++ b/hack/release-notes/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module github.com/elastic/cloud-on-k8s/v2/hack/release-notes
 go 1.19
 
 require (
-	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.3
+	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
 	golang.org/x/net v0.10.0
 	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.8.0
 )
diff --git a/hack/release-notes/go.sum b/hack/release-notes/go.sum
index 47ffe9ab36..130869f42c 100644
--- a/hack/release-notes/go.sum
+++ b/hack/release-notes/go.sum
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.2 h1:+h33VjcLVPDHtOdpUCuF+7gSuG3yGIftsP1YvFihtJ
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.2/go.mod h1:w2LPCIKwWwSfY2zedu0+kehJoqGctiVI29o6fzry7u4=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.3 h1:RP3t2pwF7cMEbC1dqtB6poj3niw/9gnV4Cjg5oW5gtY=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.3/go.mod h1:sz/lmYIOXD/1dqDmKjjqLyZ2RngseejIcXlSw2iwfAo=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4 h1:CcVxjf3Q8PM0mHUKJCdn+eZZtm5yQwehR5yeSVQQcUk=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4/go.mod h1:sz/lmYIOXD/1dqDmKjjqLyZ2RngseejIcXlSw2iwfAo=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2/go.mod h1:djNgcEr1/C05ACkg1iLfiJU5Ep61QUkGW8qpdssI0+w=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190311183353-d8887717615a h1:oWX7TPOiFAMXLq8o0ikBYfCJVlRHBcsciT5bXOrH628=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190311183353-d8887717615a/go.mod h1:t9HGtf8HONx5eT2rtn7q6eTqICYqUVnKs3thJo3Qplg=