diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 33a7dd6a..b3ab85ac 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ replace github.com/gdamore/tcell/v2 => github.com/derailed/tcell/v2 v2.3.1-rc.2
 require (
 	github.com/adrg/xdg v0.4.0
 	github.com/atotto/clipboard v0.1.4
-	github.com/cenkalti/backoff v2.2.1+incompatible
 	github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.1.3
 	github.com/derailed/popeye v0.10.1
 	github.com/derailed/tview v0.7.2
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 3a7c5c6f..e95f7596 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -118,8 +118,6 @@ github.com/bshuster-repo/logrus-logstash-hook v1.0.0 h1:e+C0SB5R1pu//O4MQ3f9cFuP
 github.com/bugsnag/bugsnag-go v0.0.0-20141110184014-b1d153021fcd h1:rFt+Y/IK1aEZkEHchZRSq9OQbsSzIT/OrI8YFFmRIng=
 github.com/bugsnag/osext v0.0.0-20130617224835-0dd3f918b21b h1:otBG+dV+YK+Soembjv71DPz3uX/V/6MMlSyD9JBQ6kQ=
 github.com/bugsnag/panicwrap v0.0.0-20151223152923-e2c28503fcd0 h1:nvj0OLI3YqYXer/kZD8Ri1aaunCxIEsOst1BVJswV0o=
-github.com/cenkalti/backoff v2.2.1+incompatible h1:tNowT99t7UNflLxfYYSlKYsBpXdEet03Pg2g16Swow4=
-github.com/cenkalti/backoff v2.2.1+incompatible/go.mod h1:90ReRw6GdpyfrHakVjL/QHaoyV4aDUVVkXQJJJ3NXXM=
 github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.1.3 h1:cFAlzYUlVYDysBEH2T5hyJZMh3+5+WCBvSnK6Q8UtC4=
 github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.1.3/go.mod h1:scbssz8iZGpm3xbr14ovlUdkxfGXNInqkPWOWmG2CLw=
 github.com/census-instrumentation/opencensus-proto v0.2.1/go.mod h1:f6KPmirojxKA12rnyqOA5BBL4O983OfeGPqjHWSTneU=
diff --git a/internal/model/helpers.go b/internal/model/helpers.go
index 47431344..c09cd5e5 100644
--- a/internal/model/helpers.go
+++ b/internal/model/helpers.go
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/cenkalti/backoff"
+	"github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4"
 	"github.com/derailed/tview"
 	runewidth "github.com/mattn/go-runewidth"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
diff --git a/internal/view/app.go b/internal/view/app.go
index 9463130a..96228f5f 100644
--- a/internal/view/app.go
+++ b/internal/view/app.go
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"syscall"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/cenkalti/backoff"
+	"github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4"
 	"github.com/derailed/k9s/internal"
 	"github.com/derailed/k9s/internal/client"
 	"github.com/derailed/k9s/internal/config"