diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 1830b84bd..9b2a264e3 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/IBM/vpc-go-sdk v0.64.1
 	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.8.0
 	github.com/go-openapi/strfmt v0.23.0
-	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.1
+	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.9.0
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.6
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0
 	gopkg.in/gcfg.v1 v1.2.3
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 63b83922c..18414c842 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ github.com/coreos/go-semver v0.3.1 h1:yi21YpKnrx1gt5R+la8n5WgS0kCrsPp33dmEyHReZr
 github.com/coreos/go-semver v0.3.1/go.mod h1:irMmmIw/7yzSRPWryHsK7EYSg09caPQL03VsM8rvUec=
 github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22 v22.5.0 h1:RrqgGjYQKalulkV8NGVIfkXQf6YYmOyiJKk8iXXhfZs=
 github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22 v22.5.0/go.mod h1:Y58oyj3AT4RCenI/lSvhwexgC+NSVTIJ3seZv2GcEnc=
-github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.4/go.mod h1:tgQtvFlXSQOSOSIRvRPT7W67SCa46tRHOmNcaadrF8o=
+github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.6/go.mod h1:oOW0eioCTA6cOiMLiUPZOpcVxMig6NIQQ7OS05n1F4g=
 github.com/creack/pty v1.1.9/go.mod h1:oKZEueFk5CKHvIhNR5MUki03XCEU+Q6VDXinZuGJ33E=
 github.com/creack/pty v1.1.18 h1:n56/Zwd5o6whRC5PMGretI4IdRLlmBXYNjScPaBgsbY=
 github.com/creack/pty v1.1.18/go.mod h1:MOBLtS5ELjhRRrroQr9kyvTxUAFNvYEK993ew/Vr4O4=
@@ -182,9 +182,8 @@ github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.3 h1:dueUQJ1C2q9oE3F7wvmSGAaVtTmUizReu6fjN8uqzbQ
 github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.3/go.mod h1:naHLuLoDiP4jHNo9R0sCBMtWGeIprob74mVsIT4qYEQ=
 github.com/soheilhy/cmux v0.1.5 h1:jjzc5WVemNEDTLwv9tlmemhC73tI08BNOIGwBOo10Js=
 github.com/soheilhy/cmux v0.1.5/go.mod h1:T7TcVDs9LWfQgPlPsdngu6I6QIoyIFZDDC6sNE1GqG0=
-github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.1 h1:e5/vxKd/rZsfSJMUX1agtjeTDf+qv1/JdBF8gg5k9ZM=
-github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.1/go.mod h1:wHxEcudfqmLYa8iTfL+OuZPbBZkmvliBWKIezN3kD9Y=
-github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5/go.mod h1:McXfInJRrz4CZXVZOBLb0bTZqETkiAhM9Iw0y3An2Bg=
+github.com/spf13/cobra v1.9.0 h1:Py5fIuq/lJsRYxcxfOtsJqpmwJWCMOUy2tMJYV8TNHE=
+github.com/spf13/cobra v1.9.0/go.mod h1:nDyEzZ8ogv936Cinf6g1RU9MRY64Ir93oCnqb9wxYW0=
 github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.6 h1:jFzHGLGAlb3ruxLB8MhbI6A8+AQX/2eW4qeyNZXNp2o=
 github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.6/go.mod h1:McXfInJRrz4CZXVZOBLb0bTZqETkiAhM9Iw0y3An2Bg=
 github.com/stoewer/go-strcase v1.3.0 h1:g0eASXYtp+yvN9fK8sH94oCIk0fau9uV1/ZdJ0AVEzs=
diff --git a/main_test.go b/main_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 122dbc081..000000000
--- a/main_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-/*******************************************************************************
-* IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service, 5737-D43
-* (C) Copyright IBM Corp. 2019, 2021 All Rights Reserved.
-*
-* SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache2.0
-*
-* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-* You may obtain a copy of the License at
-*
-*    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-*
-* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-* limitations under the License.
-*******************************************************************************/
-
-package main
-
-import (
-	"os"
-	"os/exec"
-	"testing"
-)
-
-func TestCommandVersion(t *testing.T) {
-	// if TEST_COMMAND_VERSION is set we are inside the process created below
-	if os.Getenv("TEST_COMMAND_VERSION") == "1" {
-		os.Args = []string{"ibm-cloud-controller-manager", "--version"}
-		main()
-		return
-	}
-
-	// need to run in separate process because --version flag perform os.Exit(0);
-	// which causes normal testing to fail
-	cmdName := os.Args[0]
-	cmd := exec.Command(cmdName, "-test.run=TestCommandVersion")
-	cmd.Env = append(os.Environ(), "TEST_COMMAND_VERSION=1")
-	cmd.Stdout = os.Stdout
-	cmd.Stderr = os.Stderr
-	err := cmd.Run()
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("TestCommandVersion process exited with err: %v", err)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestCommandHelp(t *testing.T) {
-	os.Args = []string{"ibm-cloud-controller-manager", "--help"}
-	main()
-}