diff --git a/tools/go.mod b/tools/go.mod
index d3119982..d9760fee 100644
--- a/tools/go.mod
+++ b/tools/go.mod
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/elastic/go-licenser v0.4.2
 	go.elastic.co/go-licence-detector v0.10.0
 	golang.org/x/tools v0.43.0
-	honnef.co/go/tools v0.6.1
+	honnef.co/go/tools v0.7.0
 )
 
 require (
@@ -19,5 +19,4 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.20.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.42.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/telemetry v0.0.0-20260311193753-579e4da9a98c // indirect
-	golang.org/x/tools/go/expect v0.1.1-deprecated // indirect
 )
diff --git a/tools/go.sum b/tools/go.sum
index 653f99f1..2ae62f80 100644
--- a/tools/go.sum
+++ b/tools/go.sum
@@ -49,5 +49,5 @@ gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.4/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0/go.mod h1:RDklbk79AGWmwhnvt/jBztapEOGDOx6ZbXqjP6csGnQ=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
-honnef.co/go/tools v0.6.1 h1:R094WgE8K4JirYjBaOpz/AvTyUu/3wbmAoskKN/pxTI=
-honnef.co/go/tools v0.6.1/go.mod h1:3puzxxljPCe8RGJX7BIy1plGbxEOZni5mR2aXe3/uk4=
+honnef.co/go/tools v0.7.0 h1:w6WUp1VbkqPEgLz4rkBzH/CSU6HkoqNLp6GstyTx3lU=
+honnef.co/go/tools v0.7.0/go.mod h1:pm29oPxeP3P82ISxZDgIYeOaf9ta6Pi0EWvCFoLG2vc=