diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 6206d4b8c8..fe0c53dc07 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-envparse v0.1.0
 	github.com/hodgesds/perf-utils v0.7.0
 	github.com/illumos/go-kstat v0.0.0-20210513183136-173c9b0a9973
-	github.com/jsimonetti/rtnetlink/v2 v2.0.5
+	github.com/jsimonetti/rtnetlink/v2 v2.1.0
 	github.com/lufia/iostat v1.2.1
 	github.com/mattn/go-xmlrpc v0.0.3
 	github.com/mdlayher/ethtool v0.5.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 83d459e0cd..eee96dbbdb 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ github.com/illumos/go-kstat v0.0.0-20210513183136-173c9b0a9973/go.mod h1:PoK3ejP
 github.com/jessevdk/go-flags v1.4.0/go.mod h1:4FA24M0QyGHXBuZZK/XkWh8h0e1EYbRYJSGM75WSRxI=
 github.com/jpillora/backoff v1.0.0 h1:uvFg412JmmHBHw7iwprIxkPMI+sGQ4kzOWsMeHnm2EA=
 github.com/jpillora/backoff v1.0.0/go.mod h1:J/6gKK9jxlEcS3zixgDgUAsiuZ7yrSoa/FX5e0EB2j4=
-github.com/jsimonetti/rtnetlink/v2 v2.0.5 h1:l5S9iedrSW4thUfgiU+Hzsnk1cOR0upGD5ttt6mirHw=
-github.com/jsimonetti/rtnetlink/v2 v2.0.5/go.mod h1:9yTlq3Ojr1rbmh/Y5L30/KIojpFhTRph2xKeZ+y+Pic=
+github.com/jsimonetti/rtnetlink/v2 v2.1.0 h1:3sSPD0k+Qvia3wbv6kZXCN0Dlz6Swv7RHjvvonuOcKE=
+github.com/jsimonetti/rtnetlink/v2 v2.1.0/go.mod h1:hPPUTE+ekH3HD+zCEGAGLxzFY9HrJCyD1aN7JJ3SHIY=
 github.com/klauspost/compress v1.18.0 h1:c/Cqfb0r+Yi+JtIEq73FWXVkRonBlf0CRNYc8Zttxdo=
 github.com/klauspost/compress v1.18.0/go.mod h1:2Pp+KzxcywXVXMr50+X0Q/Lsb43OQHYWRCY2AiWywWQ=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.1 h1:flRD4NNwYAUpkphVc1HcthR4KEIFJ65n8Mw5qdRn3LE=