diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 69d4af5e1..bb57771fd 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ require (
 // The k8s "sub-"packages do not have 'semver' compatible versions. Thus, we
 // need to override with commits (corresponding their kubernetes-* tags)
 replace (
+	// force version of x/text due CVE-2020-14040
+	golang.org/x/text => golang.org/x/text v0.3.3
 	k8s.io/api => k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20200121193204-7ea599edc7fd
 	k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver => k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.0.0-20200121201129-111e9ba415da
 	k8s.io/apimachinery => k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20191121175448-79c2a76c473a
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index a20707e5a..2e150456b 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -611,12 +611,8 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190616124812-15dcb6c0061f/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7w
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190813064441-fde4db37ae7a/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190826190057-c7b8b68b1456 h1:ng0gs1AKnRRuEMZoTLLlbOd+C17zUDepwGQBb/n+JVg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190826190057-c7b8b68b1456/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
-golang.org/x/text v0.0.0-20160726164857-2910a502d2bf/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
-golang.org/x/text v0.0.0-20170915090833-1cbadb444a80/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
-golang.org/x/text v0.3.0/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
-golang.org/x/text v0.3.1-0.20180807135948-17ff2d5776d2/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
-golang.org/x/text v0.3.2 h1:tW2bmiBqwgJj/UpqtC8EpXEZVYOwU0yG4iWbprSVAcs=
-golang.org/x/text v0.3.2/go.mod h1:bEr9sfX3Q8Zfm5fL9x+3itogRgK3+ptLWKqgva+5dAk=
+golang.org/x/text v0.3.3 h1:cokOdA+Jmi5PJGXLlLllQSgYigAEfHXJAERHVMaCc2k=
+golang.org/x/text v0.3.3/go.mod h1:5Zoc/QRtKVWzQhOtBMvqHzDpF6irO9z98xDceosuGiQ=
 golang.org/x/time v0.0.0-20180412165947-fbb02b2291d2/go.mod h1:tRJNPiyCQ0inRvYxbN9jk5I+vvW/OXSQhTDSoE431IQ=
 golang.org/x/time v0.0.0-20181108054448-85acf8d2951c/go.mod h1:tRJNPiyCQ0inRvYxbN9jk5I+vvW/OXSQhTDSoE431IQ=
 golang.org/x/time v0.0.0-20190308202827-9d24e82272b4 h1:SvFZT6jyqRaOeXpc5h/JSfZenJ2O330aBsf7JfSUXmQ=