diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 81464d821d18e..ba5f17e8a5b48 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/lib/pq v1.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/mailru/easyjson v0.0.0-20180717111219-efc7eb8984d6 // indirect
 	github.com/matttproud/golang_protobuf_extensions v1.0.1
-	github.com/mdlayher/apcupsd v0.0.0-20190314144147-eb3dd99a75fe
+	github.com/mdlayher/apcupsd v0.0.0-20200608131503-2bf01da7bf1b
 	github.com/miekg/dns v1.0.14
 	github.com/mitchellh/go-testing-interface v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/morikuni/aec v1.0.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 866e6d15d95a1..23952fba5a959 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -280,6 +280,7 @@ github.com/google/go-cmp v0.4.0 h1:xsAVV57WRhGj6kEIi8ReJzQlHHqcBYCElAvkovg3B/4=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.4.0 h1:xsAVV57WRhGj6kEIi8ReJzQlHHqcBYCElAvkovg3B/4=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.4.0/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/gNBxE=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.4.0/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/gNBxE=
+github.com/google/go-cmp v0.4.1/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/gNBxE=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.2 h1:X2ev0eStA3AbceY54o37/0PQ/UWqKEiiO2dKL5OPaFM=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.2/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/gNBxE=
 github.com/google/go-github/v32 v32.1.0 h1:GWkQOdXqviCPx7Q7Fj+KyPoGm4SwHRh8rheoPhd27II=
@@ -418,8 +419,8 @@ github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.12 h1:wuysRhFDzyxgEmMf5xjvJ2M9dZoWAXNNr5LSBS7uHX
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.12/go.mod h1:cbi8OIDigv2wuxKPP5vlRcQ1OAZbq2CE4Kysco4FUpU=
 github.com/matttproud/golang_protobuf_extensions v1.0.1 h1:4hp9jkHxhMHkqkrB3Ix0jegS5sx/RkqARlsWZ6pIwiU=
 github.com/matttproud/golang_protobuf_extensions v1.0.1/go.mod h1:D8He9yQNgCq6Z5Ld7szi9bcBfOoFv/3dc6xSMkL2PC0=
-github.com/mdlayher/apcupsd v0.0.0-20190314144147-eb3dd99a75fe h1:yMrL+YorbzaBpj/h3BbLMP+qeslPZYMbzcpHFBNy1Yk=
-github.com/mdlayher/apcupsd v0.0.0-20190314144147-eb3dd99a75fe/go.mod h1:y3mw3VG+t0m20OMqpG8RQqw8cDXvShVb+L8Z8FEnebw=
+github.com/mdlayher/apcupsd v0.0.0-20200608131503-2bf01da7bf1b h1:Kcr+kPbkWZHFHXwl87quXUAmavS4/IMgu2zck3aiE7k=
+github.com/mdlayher/apcupsd v0.0.0-20200608131503-2bf01da7bf1b/go.mod h1:WYK/Z/aXq9cbMFIL5ihcA4sX/r/3/WCas/Qvs/2fXcA=
 github.com/mdlayher/genetlink v1.0.0 h1:OoHN1OdyEIkScEmRgxLEe2M9U8ClMytqA5niynLtfj0=
 github.com/mdlayher/genetlink v1.0.0/go.mod h1:0rJ0h4itni50A86M2kHcgS85ttZazNt7a8H2a2cw0Gc=
 github.com/mdlayher/netlink v0.0.0-20190409211403-11939a169225/go.mod h1:eQB3mZE4aiYnlUsyGGCOpPETfdQq4Jhsgf1fk3cwQaA=
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/apcupsd/apcupsd_test.go b/plugins/inputs/apcupsd/apcupsd_test.go
index e749d5137daba..a7dbd2c7de1b7 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/apcupsd/apcupsd_test.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/apcupsd/apcupsd_test.go
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ func TestApcupsdGather(t *testing.T) {
 					"nominal_battery_voltage": float64(12),
 					"nominal_power":           int(865),
 					"firmware":                string("857.L3 .I USB FW:L3"),
-					"battery_date":            time.Date(2016, time.September, 06, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC),
+					"battery_date":            string("2016-09-06"),
 				},
 				out: genOutput,
 			},