diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 5d50e1e966..07b92eb467 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ require (
 	go.elastic.co/apm v1.11.0
 	go.elastic.co/apm/module/apmot v1.11.0
 	go.uber.org/atomic v1.7.0
-	go.uber.org/automaxprocs v1.2.0
+	go.uber.org/automaxprocs v1.4.0
 	go.uber.org/goleak v1.1.10
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20210513164829-c07d793c2f9a
 	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20210427180440-81ed05c6b58c
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 1560e68f64..6979b9caa5 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1367,8 +1367,9 @@ go.uber.org/atomic v1.5.1/go.mod h1:sABNBOSYdrvTF6hTgEIbc7YasKWGhgEQZyfxyTvoXHQ=
 go.uber.org/atomic v1.6.0/go.mod h1:sABNBOSYdrvTF6hTgEIbc7YasKWGhgEQZyfxyTvoXHQ=
 go.uber.org/atomic v1.7.0 h1:ADUqmZGgLDDfbSL9ZmPxKTybcoEYHgpYfELNoN+7hsw=
 go.uber.org/atomic v1.7.0/go.mod h1:fEN4uk6kAWBTFdckzkM89CLk9XfWZrxpCo0nPH17wJc=
-go.uber.org/automaxprocs v1.2.0 h1:+RUihKM+nmYUoB9w0D0Ov5TJ2PpFO2FgenTxMJiZBZA=
 go.uber.org/automaxprocs v1.2.0/go.mod h1:YfO3fm683kQpzETxlTGZhGIVmXAhaw3gxeBADbpZtnU=
+go.uber.org/automaxprocs v1.4.0 h1:CpDZl6aOlLhReez+8S3eEotD7Jx0Os++lemPlMULQP0=
+go.uber.org/automaxprocs v1.4.0/go.mod h1:/mTEdr7LvHhs0v7mjdxDreTz1OG5zdZGqgOnhWiR/+Q=
 go.uber.org/goleak v1.1.10 h1:z+mqJhf6ss6BSfSM671tgKyZBFPTTJM+HLxnhPC3wu0=
 go.uber.org/goleak v1.1.10/go.mod h1:8a7PlsEVH3e/a/GLqe5IIrQx6GzcnRmZEufDUTk4A7A=
 go.uber.org/multierr v1.1.0/go.mod h1:wR5kodmAFQ0UK8QlbwjlSNy0Z68gJhDJUG5sjR94q/0=