diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 7c012f00..dd4cdb28 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ module github.com/prometheus/common
 go 1.18
 
 require (
+	github.com/alecthomas/kingpin/v2 v2.3.1
 	github.com/go-kit/log v0.2.1
 	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.2
 	github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12
@@ -13,12 +14,10 @@ require (
 	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.3.0
 	golang.org/x/net v0.7.0
 	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.3.0
-	gopkg.in/alecthomas/kingpin.v2 v2.2.6
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0
 )
 
 require (
-	github.com/alecthomas/template v0.0.0-20190718012654-fb15b899a751 // indirect
 	github.com/alecthomas/units v0.0.0-20190924025748-f65c72e2690d // indirect
 	github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.1.2 // indirect
@@ -28,6 +27,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.2 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.8.0 // indirect
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0 // indirect
+	github.com/xhit/go-str2duration v1.2.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.5.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.7.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/appengine v1.6.7 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index ec8105f7..07181d81 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-github.com/alecthomas/template v0.0.0-20190718012654-fb15b899a751 h1:JYp7IbQjafoB+tBA3gMyHYHrpOtNuDiK/uB5uXxq5wM=
-github.com/alecthomas/template v0.0.0-20190718012654-fb15b899a751/go.mod h1:LOuyumcjzFXgccqObfd/Ljyb9UuFJ6TxHnclSeseNhc=
+github.com/alecthomas/kingpin/v2 v2.3.1 h1:ANLJcKmQm4nIaog7xdr/id6FM6zm5hHnfZrvtKPxqGg=
+github.com/alecthomas/kingpin/v2 v2.3.1/go.mod h1:oYL5vtsvEHZGHxU7DMp32Dvx+qL+ptGn6lWaot2vCNE=
+github.com/alecthomas/units v0.0.0-20151022065526-2efee857e7cf/go.mod h1:ybxpYRFXyAe+OPACYpWeL0wqObRcbAqCMya13uyzqw0=
 github.com/alecthomas/units v0.0.0-20190924025748-f65c72e2690d h1:UQZhZ2O0vMHr2cI+DC1Mbh0TJxzA3RcLoMsFw+aXw7E=
 github.com/alecthomas/units v0.0.0-20190924025748-f65c72e2690d/go.mod h1:rBZYJk541a8SKzHPHnH3zbiI+7dagKZ0cgpgrD7Fyho=
 github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.1 h1:VlbKKnNfV8bJzeqoa4cOKqO6bYr3WgKZxO8Z16+hsOM=
@@ -52,11 +53,14 @@ github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.8.0 h1:ODq8ZFEaYeCaZOJlZZdJA2AbQR98dSHSM1KW/You5
 github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.8.0/go.mod h1:z7EfXMXOkbkqb9IINtpCn86r/to3BnA0uaxHdg830/4=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.4.0/go.mod h1:YvHI0jy2hoMjB+UWwv71VJQ9isScKT/TqJzVSSt89Yw=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.2.2/go.mod h1:a8OnRcib4nhh0OaRAV+Yts87kKdq0PP7pXfy6kDkUVs=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.3.0/go.mod h1:M5WIy9Dh21IEIfnGCwXGc5bZfKNJtfHm1UVUgZn+9EI=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.4.0/go.mod h1:j7eGeouHqKxXV5pUuKE4zz7dFj8WfuZ+81PSLYec5m4=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.1/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0 h1:pSgiaMZlXftHpm5L7V1+rVB+AZJydKsMxsQBIJw4PKk=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0/go.mod h1:yNjHg4UonilssWZ8iaSj1OCr/vHnekPRkoO+kdMU+MU=
+github.com/xhit/go-str2duration v1.2.0 h1:BcV5u025cITWxEQKGWr1URRzrcXtu7uk8+luz3Yuhwc=
+github.com/xhit/go-str2duration v1.2.0/go.mod h1:3cPSlfZlUHVlneIVfePFWcJZsuwf+P1v2SRTV4cUmp4=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2/go.mod h1:djNgcEr1/C05ACkg1iLfiJU5Ep61QUkGW8qpdssI0+w=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190603091049-60506f45cf65/go.mod h1:HSz+uSET+XFnRR8LxR5pz3Of3rY3CfYBVs4xY44aLks=
 golang.org/x/net v0.7.0 h1:rJrUqqhjsgNp7KqAIc25s9pZnjU7TUcSY7HcVZjdn1g=
@@ -79,8 +83,6 @@ google.golang.org/protobuf v1.26.0-rc.1/go.mod h1:jlhhOSvTdKEhbULTjvd4ARK9grFBp0
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.26.0/go.mod h1:9q0QmTI4eRPtz6boOQmLYwt+qCgq0jsYwAQnmE0givc=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.28.1 h1:d0NfwRgPtno5B1Wa6L2DAG+KivqkdutMf1UhdNx175w=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.28.1/go.mod h1:HV8QOd/L58Z+nl8r43ehVNZIU/HEI6OcFqwMG9pJV4I=
-gopkg.in/alecthomas/kingpin.v2 v2.2.6 h1:jMFz6MfLP0/4fUyZle81rXUoxOBFi19VUFKVDOQfozc=
-gopkg.in/alecthomas/kingpin.v2 v2.2.6/go.mod h1:FMv+mEhP44yOT+4EoQTLFTRgOQ1FBLkstjWtayDeSgw=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20201130134442-10cb98267c6c h1:Hei/4ADfdWqJk1ZMxUNpqntNwaWcugrBjAiHlqqRiVk=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20201130134442-10cb98267c6c/go.mod h1:JHkPIbrfpd72SG/EVd6muEfDQjcINNoR0C8j2r3qZ4Q=
diff --git a/promlog/flag/flag.go b/promlog/flag/flag.go
index ec55008b..c25d818d 100644
--- a/promlog/flag/flag.go
+++ b/promlog/flag/flag.go
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
 package flag
 
 import (
+	kingpin "github.com/alecthomas/kingpin/v2"
 	"github.com/prometheus/common/promlog"
-	kingpin "gopkg.in/alecthomas/kingpin.v2"
 )
 
 // LevelFlagName is the canonical flag name to configure the allowed log level