diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index e66cda17d..69efcc3d8 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata v1.0.0-rcv0016
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetricgrpc v0.44.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.21.0
-	go.starlark.net v0.0.0-20220328144851-d1966c6b9fcd
+	go.starlark.net v0.0.0-20231121155337-90ade8b19d09
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.17.0
 	golang.org/x/mod v0.14.0
 	golang.org/x/net v0.19.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 5d70b8267..bd52c248d 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -2319,8 +2319,8 @@ go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v0.15.0/go.mod h1:H7XAot3MsfNsj7EXtrA2q5xSNQ10UqI
 go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v0.19.0/go.mod h1:H7XAot3MsfNsj7EXtrA2q5xSNQ10UqI405h3+duxN4U=
 go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v1.0.0 h1:T0TX0tmXU8a3CbNXzEKGeU5mIVOdf0oykP+u2lIVU/I=
 go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v1.0.0/go.mod h1:Sy6pihPLfYHkr3NkUbEhGHFhINUSI/v80hjKIs5JXpM=
-go.starlark.net v0.0.0-20220328144851-d1966c6b9fcd h1:Uo/x0Ir5vQJ+683GXB9Ug+4fcjsbp7z7Ul8UaZbhsRM=
-go.starlark.net v0.0.0-20220328144851-d1966c6b9fcd/go.mod h1:t3mmBBPzAVvK0L0n1drDmrQsJ8FoIx4INCqVMTr/Zo0=
+go.starlark.net v0.0.0-20231121155337-90ade8b19d09 h1:hzy3LFnSN8kuQK8h9tHl4ndF6UruMj47OqwqsS+/Ai4=
+go.starlark.net v0.0.0-20231121155337-90ade8b19d09/go.mod h1:LcLNIzVOMp4oV+uusnpk+VU+SzXaJakUuBjoCSWH5dM=
 go.uber.org/atomic v1.3.2/go.mod h1:gD2HeocX3+yG+ygLZcrzQJaqmWj9AIm7n08wl/qW/PE=
 go.uber.org/atomic v1.4.0/go.mod h1:gD2HeocX3+yG+ygLZcrzQJaqmWj9AIm7n08wl/qW/PE=
 go.uber.org/atomic v1.5.0/go.mod h1:sABNBOSYdrvTF6hTgEIbc7YasKWGhgEQZyfxyTvoXHQ=
diff --git a/plugins/common/starlark/starlark.go b/plugins/common/starlark/starlark.go
index b73cd2f9e..8bfe98b58 100644
--- a/plugins/common/starlark/starlark.go
+++ b/plugins/common/starlark/starlark.go
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ import (
 	"go.starlark.net/lib/json"
 	"go.starlark.net/lib/math"
 	"go.starlark.net/lib/time"
-	"go.starlark.net/resolve"
 	"go.starlark.net/starlark"
+	"go.starlark.net/syntax"
 
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
 )
@@ -121,7 +121,17 @@ func (s *Common) sourceProgram(builtins starlark.StringDict) (*starlark.Program,
 	if s.Source != "" {
 		src = s.Source
 	}
-	_, program, err := starlark.SourceProgram(s.Script, src, builtins.Has)
+
+	// AllowFloat - obsolete, no effect
+	// AllowNestedDef - always on https://github.com/google/starlark-go/pull/328
+	// AllowLambda - always on https://github.com/google/starlark-go/pull/328
+	options := syntax.FileOptions{
+		Recursion:      true,
+		GlobalReassign: true,
+		Set:            true,
+	}
+
+	_, program, err := starlark.SourceProgramOptions(&options, s.Script, src, builtins.Has)
 	return program, err
 }
 
@@ -171,13 +181,3 @@ func LoadFunc(module string, logger telegraf.Logger) (starlark.StringDict, error
 		return nil, errors.New("module " + module + " is not available")
 	}
 }
-
-func init() {
-	// https://github.com/bazelbuild/starlark/issues/20
-	resolve.AllowNestedDef = true
-	resolve.AllowLambda = true
-	resolve.AllowFloat = true
-	resolve.AllowSet = true
-	resolve.AllowGlobalReassign = true
-	resolve.AllowRecursion = true
-}