diff --git a/receiver/windowseventlogreceiver/go.mod b/receiver/windowseventlogreceiver/go.mod
index 0f890a2e7bd5..e4aa61cddf54 100644
--- a/receiver/windowseventlogreceiver/go.mod
+++ b/receiver/windowseventlogreceiver/go.mod
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/stanza v0.60.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector v0.60.1-0.20220923151520-96e9af35c002
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220808155132-1c4a2a72c664
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.29.0
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/receiver/windowseventlogreceiver/go.sum b/receiver/windowseventlogreceiver/go.sum
index 52729512b89f..0a7a75de50af 100644
--- a/receiver/windowseventlogreceiver/go.sum
+++ b/receiver/windowseventlogreceiver/go.sum
@@ -394,8 +394,8 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210403161142-5e06dd20ab57/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7w
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210510120138-977fb7262007/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210603081109-ebe580a85c40/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220412211240-33da011f77ad/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220808155132-1c4a2a72c664 h1:v1W7bwXHsnLLloWYTVEdvGvA7BHMeBYsPcF0GLDxIRs=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220808155132-1c4a2a72c664/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.29.0 h1:TPYlXGxvx1MGTn2GiZDhnjPA9wZzZeGKHHmKhHYvgaU=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.29.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20201126162022-7de9c90e9dd1/go.mod h1:bj7SfCRtBDWHUb9snDiAeCFNEtKQo2Wmx5Cou7ajbmo=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.0/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.1-0.20181227161524-e6919f6577db/go.mod h1:bEr9sfX3Q8Zfm5fL9x+3itogRgK3+ptLWKqgva+5dAk=