diff --git a/vendor.mod b/vendor.mod
index 1948849ad5..b8d1cd594f 100644
--- a/vendor.mod
+++ b/vendor.mod
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/RackSec/srslog v0.0.0-20180709174129-a4725f04ec91
 	github.com/armon/go-radix v0.0.0-20180808171621-7fddfc383310
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.31.6
-	github.com/bsphere/le_go v0.0.0-20170215134836-7a984a84b549
+	github.com/bsphere/le_go v0.0.0-20200109081728-fc06dab2caa8
 	github.com/cloudflare/cfssl v0.0.0-20180323000720-5d63dbd981b5
 	github.com/containerd/cgroups v1.0.3
 	github.com/containerd/containerd v1.5.10
diff --git a/vendor.sum b/vendor.sum
index 8138755a24..b64ecc30b0 100644
--- a/vendor.sum
+++ b/vendor.sum
@@ -90,8 +90,8 @@ github.com/blang/semver v3.5.1+incompatible/go.mod h1:kRBLl5iJ+tD4TcOOxsy/0fnweb
 github.com/bmizerany/assert v0.0.0-20160611221934-b7ed37b82869 h1:DDGfHa7BWjL4YnC6+E63dPcxHo2sUxDIu8g3QgEJdRY=
 github.com/bmizerany/assert v0.0.0-20160611221934-b7ed37b82869/go.mod h1:Ekp36dRnpXw/yCqJaO+ZrUyxD+3VXMFFr56k5XYrpB4=
 github.com/bshuster-repo/logrus-logstash-hook v0.4.1/go.mod h1:zsTqEiSzDgAa/8GZR7E1qaXrhYNDKBYy5/dWPTIflbk=
-github.com/bsphere/le_go v0.0.0-20170215134836-7a984a84b549 h1:QJJnIXZ34OUK5JfWlq1l3n0SfO9g1amiLFIcTECgpq0=
-github.com/bsphere/le_go v0.0.0-20170215134836-7a984a84b549/go.mod h1:313oBJKClgRD/+t59eUnrfG7/xHXZJd7v+SjCacDm4Q=
+github.com/bsphere/le_go v0.0.0-20200109081728-fc06dab2caa8 h1:fcONpniVVbh9+duVZYYbJuc+yGGdLRxTqpk7pTTz/qI=
+github.com/bsphere/le_go v0.0.0-20200109081728-fc06dab2caa8/go.mod h1:GrjfimWtH8h8EqJSfbO+sTQYV/fAjL/VN7dMeU8XP2Y=
 github.com/buger/jsonparser v0.0.0-20180808090653-f4dd9f5a6b44/go.mod h1:bbYlZJ7hK1yFx9hf58LP0zeX7UjIGs20ufpu3evjr+s=
 github.com/bugsnag/bugsnag-go v0.0.0-20141110184014-b1d153021fcd/go.mod h1:2oa8nejYd4cQ/b0hMIopN0lCRxU0bueqREvZLWFrtK8=
 github.com/bugsnag/osext v0.0.0-20130617224835-0dd3f918b21b/go.mod h1:obH5gd0BsqsP2LwDJ9aOkm/6J86V6lyAXCoQWGw3K50=
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/bsphere/le_go/.travis.yml b/vendor/github.com/bsphere/le_go/.travis.yml
index aa1b91fe6c..6c604df110 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/bsphere/le_go/.travis.yml
+++ b/vendor/github.com/bsphere/le_go/.travis.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 language: go
 
 go:
-  - 1.4
\ No newline at end of file
+  - 1.12.x
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/bsphere/le_go/le.go b/vendor/github.com/bsphere/le_go/le.go
index 553e4c7054..a536743e80 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/bsphere/le_go/le.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/bsphere/le_go/le.go
@@ -127,9 +127,22 @@ func (logger *Logger) Flags() int {
 
 // Output does the actual writing to the TCP connection
 func (logger *Logger) Output(calldepth int, s string) error {
-	_, err := logger.Write([]byte(s))
-
-	return err
+	var (
+		err        error
+		waitPeriod = time.Millisecond
+	)
+	for {
+		_, err = logger.Write([]byte(s))
+		if err != nil {
+			if connectionErr := logger.openConnection(); connectionErr != nil {
+				return connectionErr
+			}
+			waitPeriod *= 2
+			time.Sleep(waitPeriod)
+			continue
+		}
+		return err
+	}
 }
 
 // Panic is same as Print() but calls to panic
@@ -159,18 +172,18 @@ func (logger *Logger) Prefix() string {
 }
 
 // Print logs a message
-func (logger *Logger) Print(v ...interface{}) {
-	logger.Output(2, fmt.Sprint(v...))
+func (logger *Logger) Print(v ...interface{}) error {
+	return logger.Output(2, fmt.Sprint(v...))
 }
 
 // Printf logs a formatted message
-func (logger *Logger) Printf(format string, v ...interface{}) {
-	logger.Output(2, fmt.Sprintf(format, v...))
+func (logger *Logger) Printf(format string, v ...interface{}) error {
+	return logger.Output(2, fmt.Sprintf(format, v...))
 }
 
 // Println logs a message with a linebreak
-func (logger *Logger) Println(v ...interface{}) {
-	logger.Output(2, fmt.Sprintln(v...))
+func (logger *Logger) Println(v ...interface{}) error {
+	return logger.Output(2, fmt.Sprintln(v...))
 }
 
 // SetFlags sets the logger flags
@@ -187,11 +200,10 @@ func (logger *Logger) SetPrefix(prefix string) {
 // it adds the access token and prefix and also replaces
 // line breaks with the unicode \u2028 character
 func (logger *Logger) Write(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
+	logger.mu.Lock()
 	if err := logger.ensureOpenConnection(); err != nil {
 		return 0, err
 	}
-
-	logger.mu.Lock()
 	defer logger.mu.Unlock()
 
 	logger.makeBuf(p)
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index 86c97d8391..c1b64c8716 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -102,8 +102,8 @@ github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/sts/stsiface
 # github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.1
 ## explicit; go 1.11
 github.com/beorn7/perks/quantile
-# github.com/bsphere/le_go v0.0.0-20170215134836-7a984a84b549
-## explicit
+# github.com/bsphere/le_go v0.0.0-20200109081728-fc06dab2caa8
+## explicit; go 1.12
 github.com/bsphere/le_go
 # github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.1.2
 ## explicit; go 1.11