diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index d96ada98837..7acd4a5197a 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.3
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.0
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
-	github.com/spf13/viper v1.18.0
+	github.com/spf13/viper v1.18.1
 	github.com/sryoya/protorand v0.0.0-20230821135621-5e0808bbd3d8
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
 	github.com/vishvananda/netlink v1.2.1-beta.2.0.20231127184239-0ced8385386a
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 6cc791a25ae..1ccaef82ff9 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -512,8 +512,8 @@ github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.0 h1:7aJaZx1B85qltLMc546zn58BxxfZdR/W22ej9CFoEf0=
 github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.0/go.mod h1:WXLWApfZ71AjXPya3WOlMsY9yMs7YeiHhFVlvLyhcho=
 github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 h1:iy+VFUOCP1a+8yFto/drg2CJ5u0yRoB7fZw3DKv/JXA=
 github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5/go.mod h1:McXfInJRrz4CZXVZOBLb0bTZqETkiAhM9Iw0y3An2Bg=
-github.com/spf13/viper v1.18.0 h1:pN6W1ub/G4OfnM+NR9p7xP9R6TltLUzp5JG9yZD3Qg0=
-github.com/spf13/viper v1.18.0/go.mod h1:EKmWIqdnk5lOcmR72yw6hS+8OPYcwD0jteitLMVB+yk=
+github.com/spf13/viper v1.18.1 h1:rmuU42rScKWlhhJDyXZRKJQHXFX02chSVW1IvkPGiVM=
+github.com/spf13/viper v1.18.1/go.mod h1:EKmWIqdnk5lOcmR72yw6hS+8OPYcwD0jteitLMVB+yk=
 github.com/sryoya/protorand v0.0.0-20230821135621-5e0808bbd3d8 h1:ycURGtB/l/SlFdlMCQCJbTdln5PgNn+wxba82/8N0pU=
 github.com/sryoya/protorand v0.0.0-20230821135621-5e0808bbd3d8/go.mod h1:9a23nlv6vzBeVlQq6JQCjljZ6sfzsB6aha1m5Ly1W2Y=
 github.com/stoewer/go-strcase v1.3.0 h1:g0eASXYtp+yvN9fK8sH94oCIk0fau9uV1/ZdJ0AVEzs=
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/spf13/viper/viper.go b/vendor/github.com/spf13/viper/viper.go
index 714b2f2ccbf..122280b1152 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/spf13/viper/viper.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/spf13/viper/viper.go
@@ -1179,7 +1179,14 @@ func (v *Viper) UnmarshalExact(rawVal any, opts ...DecoderConfigOption) error {
 	config := defaultDecoderConfig(rawVal, opts...)
 	config.ErrorUnused = true
 
-	return decode(v.AllSettings(), config)
+	// TODO: make this optional?
+	structKeys, err := v.decodeStructKeys(rawVal, opts...)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// TODO: struct keys should be enough?
+	return decode(v.getSettings(append(v.AllKeys(), structKeys...)), config)
 }
 
 // BindPFlags binds a full flag set to the configuration, using each flag's long
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index c085d08cb34..74753c294c2 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -701,7 +701,7 @@ github.com/spf13/cobra/doc
 # github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
 ## explicit; go 1.12
 github.com/spf13/pflag
-# github.com/spf13/viper v1.18.0
+# github.com/spf13/viper v1.18.1
 ## explicit; go 1.18
 github.com/spf13/viper
 github.com/spf13/viper/internal/encoding