diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index 4ee93a670..779ee6ae6 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -303,8 +303,8 @@ go_repository(
 go_repository(
     name = "com_github_gofrs_flock",
     importpath = "github.com/gofrs/flock",
-    sum = "h1:JFTFz3HZTGmgMz4E1TabNBNJljROSYgja1b4l50FNVs=",
-    version = "v0.6.1-0.20180915234121-886344bea079",
+    sum = "h1:MSdYClljsF3PbENUUEx85nkWfJSGfzYI9yEBZOJz6CY=",
+    version = "v0.8.0",
 )
 
 go_repository(
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 0774d2930..870fb0b83 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/docker/docker v1.4.2-0.20191028175130-9e7d5ac5ea55 // indirect
 	github.com/docker/go-connections v0.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/docker/go-events v0.0.0-20190806004212-e31b211e4f1c // indirect
-	github.com/gofrs/flock v0.6.1-0.20180915234121-886344bea079 // indirect
+	github.com/gofrs/flock v0.8.0 // indirect
 	github.com/gogo/googleapis v1.4.0 // indirect
 	github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.1 // indirect
 	github.com/golang/mock v1.4.4 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 9d7ef2243..bd3d0b0f7 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -135,6 +135,8 @@ github.com/godbus/dbus/v5 v5.0.3 h1:ZqHaoEF7TBzh4jzPmqVhE/5A1z9of6orkAe5uHoAeME=
 github.com/godbus/dbus/v5 v5.0.3/go.mod h1:xhWf0FNVPg57R7Z0UbKHbJfkEywrmjJnf7w5xrFpKfA=
 github.com/gofrs/flock v0.6.1-0.20180915234121-886344bea079 h1:JFTFz3HZTGmgMz4E1TabNBNJljROSYgja1b4l50FNVs=
 github.com/gofrs/flock v0.6.1-0.20180915234121-886344bea079/go.mod h1:F1TvTiK9OcQqauNUHlbJvyl9Qa1QvF/gOUDKA14jxHU=
+github.com/gofrs/flock v0.8.0 h1:MSdYClljsF3PbENUUEx85nkWfJSGfzYI9yEBZOJz6CY=
+github.com/gofrs/flock v0.8.0/go.mod h1:F1TvTiK9OcQqauNUHlbJvyl9Qa1QvF/gOUDKA14jxHU=
 github.com/gogo/googleapis v1.4.0 h1:zgVt4UpGxcqVOw97aRGxT4svlcmdK35fynLNctY32zI=
 github.com/gogo/googleapis v1.4.0/go.mod h1:5YRNX2z1oM5gXdAkurHa942MDgEJyk02w4OecKY87+c=
 github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.2.2-0.20190723190241-65acae22fc9d/go.mod h1:SlYgWuQ5SjCEi6WLHjHCa1yvBfUnHcTbrrZtXPKa29o=
diff --git a/nogo.yaml b/nogo.yaml
index 96e3aeccc..c0445a837 100644
--- a/nogo.yaml
+++ b/nogo.yaml
@@ -46,8 +46,6 @@ global:
       - "(field|method|struct|type) .* should be .*"
       # Generated proto code sometimes duplicates imports with aliases.
       - "duplicate import"
-      # TODO(b/179817829): Upgrade to flock to v0.8.0.
-      - "flock.NewFlock is deprecated: Use New instead"
   internal:
     suppress:
       # We use ALL_CAPS for system definitions,
diff --git a/runsc/container/state_file.go b/runsc/container/state_file.go
index 4ed73eb84..0399903a0 100644
--- a/runsc/container/state_file.go
+++ b/runsc/container/state_file.go
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ type StateFile struct {
 // lock globally locks all locking operations for the container.
 func (s *StateFile) lock() error {
 	s.once.Do(func() {
-		s.flock = flock.NewFlock(s.lockPath())
+		s.flock = flock.New(s.lockPath())
 	})
 
 	if err := s.flock.Lock(); err != nil {