diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index 4f95e4a3..e7034017 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -71,6 +71,15 @@ func (cmd RootCmd) Execute() error {
 	return cmd.cmd.Execute()
 }
 
+func init() {
+	//we use these template functions in the usage templates we set later. It's
+	//important that they're always available, so package init is used.
+	cobra.AddTemplateFunc("WrappedRequiredFlagUsages", WrappedRequiredFlagUsages)
+	cobra.AddTemplateFunc("WrappedOptionalFlagUsages", WrappedOptionalFlagUsages)
+	cobra.AddTemplateFunc("HasRequiredFlags", HasRequiredFlags)
+	cobra.AddTemplateFunc("HasOptionalFlags", HasOptionalFlags)
+}
+
 func NewRootCommand(
 	configService config.Service,
 	analyticsTrackerFn analytics.TrackerFn,
@@ -248,10 +257,6 @@ See each command's help for details on how to use the generated script.`, rootCm
 		rootCmd.Cmd().AddCommand(completionCmd)
 	}
 
-	cobra.AddTemplateFunc("WrappedRequiredFlagUsages", WrappedRequiredFlagUsages)
-	cobra.AddTemplateFunc("WrappedOptionalFlagUsages", WrappedOptionalFlagUsages)
-	cobra.AddTemplateFunc("HasRequiredFlags", HasRequiredFlags)
-	cobra.AddTemplateFunc("HasOptionalFlags", HasOptionalFlags)
 	rootCmd.cmd.SetUsageTemplate(getUsageTemplate())
 
 	err = rootCmd.Execute()
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 82ec70d0..7d0f6478 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/pkg/browser v0.0.0-20240102092130-5ac0b6a4141c
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
 	github.com/samber/lo v1.49.1
-	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.1
+	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.9.1
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.6
 	github.com/spf13/viper v1.19.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index e44ec7fd..8cd03c8b 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ github.com/chzyer/readline v0.0.0-20180603132655-2972be24d48e/go.mod h1:nSuG5e5P
 github.com/chzyer/test v0.0.0-20180213035817-a1ea475d72b1/go.mod h1:Q3SI9o4m/ZMnBNeIyt5eFwwo7qiLfzFZmjNmxjkiQlU=
 github.com/client9/misspell v0.3.4/go.mod h1:qj6jICC3Q7zFZvVWo7KLAzC3yx5G7kyvSDkc90ppPyw=
 github.com/cncf/udpa/go v0.0.0-20191209042840-269d4d468f6f/go.mod h1:M8M6+tZqaGXZJjfX53e64911xZQV5JYwmTeXPW+k8Sc=
-github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.4/go.mod h1:tgQtvFlXSQOSOSIRvRPT7W67SCa46tRHOmNcaadrF8o=
+github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.6/go.mod h1:oOW0eioCTA6cOiMLiUPZOpcVxMig6NIQQ7OS05n1F4g=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.2-0.20180830191138-d8f796af33cc h1:U9qPSI2PIWSS1VwoXQT9A3Wy9MM3WgvqSxFWenqJduM=
@@ -317,9 +317,8 @@ github.com/spf13/afero v1.11.0 h1:WJQKhtpdm3v2IzqG8VMqrr6Rf3UYpEF239Jy9wNepM8=
 github.com/spf13/afero v1.11.0/go.mod h1:GH9Y3pIexgf1MTIWtNGyogA5MwRIDXGUr+hbWNoBjkY=
 github.com/spf13/cast v1.6.0 h1:GEiTHELF+vaR5dhz3VqZfFSzZjYbgeKDpBxQVS4GYJ0=
 github.com/spf13/cast v1.6.0/go.mod h1:ancEpBxwJDODSW/UG4rDrAqiKolqNNh2DX3mk86cAdo=
-github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.1 h1:e5/vxKd/rZsfSJMUX1agtjeTDf+qv1/JdBF8gg5k9ZM=
-github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.1/go.mod h1:wHxEcudfqmLYa8iTfL+OuZPbBZkmvliBWKIezN3kD9Y=
-github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5/go.mod h1:McXfInJRrz4CZXVZOBLb0bTZqETkiAhM9Iw0y3An2Bg=
+github.com/spf13/cobra v1.9.1 h1:CXSaggrXdbHK9CF+8ywj8Amf7PBRmPCOJugH954Nnlo=
+github.com/spf13/cobra v1.9.1/go.mod h1:nDyEzZ8ogv936Cinf6g1RU9MRY64Ir93oCnqb9wxYW0=
 github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.6 h1:jFzHGLGAlb3ruxLB8MhbI6A8+AQX/2eW4qeyNZXNp2o=
 github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.6/go.mod h1:McXfInJRrz4CZXVZOBLb0bTZqETkiAhM9Iw0y3An2Bg=
 github.com/spf13/viper v1.19.0 h1:RWq5SEjt8o25SROyN3z2OrDB9l7RPd3lwTWU8EcEdcI=