diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 1ab2046f..a49c1852 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/StackExchange/wmi v0.0.0-20180725035823-b12b22c5341f
 	github.com/dimchansky/utfbom v1.1.1
 	github.com/go-kit/log v0.2.0
-	github.com/go-ole/go-ole v1.2.5
+	github.com/go-ole/go-ole v1.2.6
 	github.com/leoluk/perflib_exporter v0.1.1-0.20211204221052-9e3696429c20
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.12.2
 	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.2.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 87159919..c336fdf7 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -297,8 +297,8 @@ github.com/go-logfmt/logfmt v0.5.1 h1:otpy5pqBCBZ1ng9RQ0dPu4PN7ba75Y/aA+UpowDyNV
 github.com/go-logfmt/logfmt v0.5.1/go.mod h1:WYhtIu8zTZfxdn5+rREduYbwxfcBr/Vr6KEVveWlfTs=
 github.com/go-logr/logr v0.1.0/go.mod h1:ixOQHD9gLJUVQQ2ZOR7zLEifBX6tGkNJF4QyIY7sIas=
 github.com/go-logr/logr v0.2.0/go.mod h1:z6/tIYblkpsD+a4lm/fGIIU9mZ+XfAiaFtq7xTgseGU=
-github.com/go-ole/go-ole v1.2.5 h1:t4MGB5xEDZvXI+0rMjjsfBsD7yAgp/s9ZDkL1JndXwY=
-github.com/go-ole/go-ole v1.2.5/go.mod h1:pprOEPIfldk/42T2oK7lQ4v4JSDwmV0As9GaiUsvbm0=
+github.com/go-ole/go-ole v1.2.6 h1:/Fpf6oFPoeFik9ty7siob0G6Ke8QvQEuVcuChpwXzpY=
+github.com/go-ole/go-ole v1.2.6/go.mod h1:pprOEPIfldk/42T2oK7lQ4v4JSDwmV0As9GaiUsvbm0=
 github.com/go-openapi/jsonpointer v0.0.0-20160704185906-46af16f9f7b1/go.mod h1:+35s3my2LFTysnkMfxsJBAMHj/DoqoB9knIWoYG/Vk0=
 github.com/go-openapi/jsonpointer v0.19.2/go.mod h1:3akKfEdA7DF1sugOqz1dVQHBcuDBPKZGEoHC/NkiQRg=
 github.com/go-openapi/jsonpointer v0.19.3/go.mod h1:Pl9vOtqEWErmShwVjC8pYs9cog34VGT37dQOVbmoatg=