diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 7167793e..d7138a24 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql v1.5.0
 	github.com/go-test/deep v1.0.6 // indirect
 	github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.4.2
-	github.com/goshuirc/irc-go v0.0.0-20201116034710-7e7b0985c4b5
+	github.com/goshuirc/irc-go v0.0.0-20201118022549-7209d10d54a8
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.12.0 // indirect
 	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.9.0 // indirect
 	github.com/oragono/confusables v0.0.0-20201108231250-4ab98ab61fb1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 4a8ae527..0aa4623c 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.4.2/go.mod h1:YR8l580nyteQvAITg2hZ9XVh4b55+EU/ad
 github.com/goshuirc/eventmgr v0.0.0-20170615162049-060479027c93/go.mod h1:bjJFM4iZJWTf9Rka9sNuI3GxszJqFeu5r1r15ZVtemo=
 github.com/goshuirc/irc-go v0.0.0-20201116034710-7e7b0985c4b5 h1:oqOT5hi8MRDGvfu4h7rlsrtper7I/0A41K0GppmBb5w=
 github.com/goshuirc/irc-go v0.0.0-20201116034710-7e7b0985c4b5/go.mod h1:q/JhvvKLmif3y9q8MDQM+gRCnjEKnu5ClF298TTXJug=
+github.com/goshuirc/irc-go v0.0.0-20201118022549-7209d10d54a8 h1:7vZqkY9bwimFNuLhWAzdxM9IM7ym853YLNhWsKAnsrQ=
+github.com/goshuirc/irc-go v0.0.0-20201118022549-7209d10d54a8/go.mod h1:q/JhvvKLmif3y9q8MDQM+gRCnjEKnu5ClF298TTXJug=
 github.com/hpcloud/tail v1.0.0 h1:nfCOvKYfkgYP8hkirhJocXT2+zOD8yUNjXaWfTlyFKI=
 github.com/hpcloud/tail v1.0.0/go.mod h1:ab1qPbhIpdTxEkNHXyeSf5vhxWSCs/tWer42PpOxQnU=
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.6.0/go.mod h1:lLunBs/Ym6LB5Z9jYTR76FiuTmxDTDusOGeTQH+WWjE=
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/goshuirc/irc-go/ircmsg/tags.go b/vendor/github.com/goshuirc/irc-go/ircmsg/tags.go
index 0bc75be8..113b9a35 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/goshuirc/irc-go/ircmsg/tags.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/goshuirc/irc-go/ircmsg/tags.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 
 package ircmsg
 
-import "bytes"
 import "strings"
 
 var (
@@ -39,7 +38,7 @@ func EscapeTagValue(inString string) string {
 // so you don't need to call it yourself after parsing a line.
 func UnescapeTagValue(inString string) string {
 	// buf.Len() == 0 is the fastpath where we have not needed to unescape any chars
-	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	var buf strings.Builder
 	remainder := inString
 	for {
 		backslashPos := strings.IndexByte(remainder, '\\')
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index fda90ab3..81b14111 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql
 # github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.4.2
 ## explicit
 github.com/gorilla/websocket
-# github.com/goshuirc/irc-go v0.0.0-20201116034710-7e7b0985c4b5
+# github.com/goshuirc/irc-go v0.0.0-20201118022549-7209d10d54a8
 ## explicit
 github.com/goshuirc/irc-go/ircfmt
 github.com/goshuirc/irc-go/ircmsg