diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 6bf61002..64ab9b71 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ module github.com/atc0005/check-vmware
 go 1.22
 
 require (
-	github.com/atc0005/go-nagios v0.17.0-alpha.1
+	github.com/atc0005/go-nagios v0.17.0-alpha.2
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0
 	github.com/rs/zerolog v1.33.0
 	github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.44.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 10ae4252..79c9f9ca 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-github.com/atc0005/go-nagios v0.17.0-alpha.1 h1:TIM68/Ga39sIVfWA6YI2oivNrjxrjnfBApDYOBA22pg=
-github.com/atc0005/go-nagios v0.17.0-alpha.1/go.mod h1:n2RHhsrgI8xiapqkJ240dKLwMXWbWvkOPLE92x0IGaM=
+github.com/atc0005/go-nagios v0.17.0-alpha.2 h1:+BY4jCtBLdJ7C8z/9WpzgzLIi5GDs7Kvf9Z4IdpjqPM=
+github.com/atc0005/go-nagios v0.17.0-alpha.2/go.mod h1:n2RHhsrgI8xiapqkJ240dKLwMXWbWvkOPLE92x0IGaM=
 github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22 v22.5.0/go.mod h1:Y58oyj3AT4RCenI/lSvhwexgC+NSVTIJ3seZv2GcEnc=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/atc0005/go-nagios/nagios.go b/vendor/github.com/atc0005/go-nagios/nagios.go
index f1b43df7..69031854 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/atc0005/go-nagios/nagios.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/atc0005/go-nagios/nagios.go
@@ -467,11 +467,14 @@ func (p *Plugin) AddUniqueError(errs ...error) {
 }
 
 // SetOutputTarget assigns a target for Nagios plugin output. By default
-// output is emitted to os.Stdout.
+// output is emitted to os.Stdout. If given an invalid output target the
+// default output target will be used instead.
 func (p *Plugin) SetOutputTarget(w io.Writer) {
 	// Guard against potential nil argument.
 	if w == nil {
 		p.outputSink = os.Stdout
+
+		return
 	}
 
 	p.outputSink = w
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index 3ef6c016..382d2021 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# github.com/atc0005/go-nagios v0.17.0-alpha.1
+# github.com/atc0005/go-nagios v0.17.0-alpha.2
 ## explicit; go 1.19
 github.com/atc0005/go-nagios
 # github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0