diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 56335cd180..23c2b6bf12 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/census-instrumentation/opencensus-proto v0.4.1
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1
 	github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.9.0
-	github.com/gobuffalo/flect v1.0.2
+	github.com/gobuffalo/flect v1.0.3
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0
 	github.com/google/gofuzz v1.2.0
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index adc8374744..0d5c5dc76d 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -118,8 +118,8 @@ github.com/go-stack/stack v1.8.0/go.mod h1:v0f6uXyyMGvRgIKkXu+yp6POWl0qKG85gN/me
 github.com/go-task/slim-sprig v0.0.0-20230315185526-52ccab3ef572 h1:tfuBGBXKqDEevZMzYi5KSi8KkcZtzBcTgAUUtapy0OI=
 github.com/go-task/slim-sprig/v3 v3.0.0 h1:sUs3vkvUymDpBKi3qH1YSqBQk9+9D/8M2mN1vB6EwHI=
 github.com/go-task/slim-sprig/v3 v3.0.0/go.mod h1:W848ghGpv3Qj3dhTPRyJypKRiqCdHZiAzKg9hl15HA8=
-github.com/gobuffalo/flect v1.0.2 h1:eqjPGSo2WmjgY2XlpGwo2NXgL3RucAKo4k4qQMNA5sA=
-github.com/gobuffalo/flect v1.0.2/go.mod h1:A5msMlrHtLqh9umBSnvabjsMrCcCpAyzglnDvkbYKHs=
+github.com/gobuffalo/flect v1.0.3 h1:xeWBM2nui+qnVvNM4S3foBhCAL2XgPU+a7FdpelbTq4=
+github.com/gobuffalo/flect v1.0.3/go.mod h1:A5msMlrHtLqh9umBSnvabjsMrCcCpAyzglnDvkbYKHs=
 github.com/gogo/googleapis v1.1.0/go.mod h1:gf4bu3Q80BeJ6H1S1vYPm8/ELATdvryBaNFGgqEef3s=
 github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.1.1/go.mod h1:r8qH/GZQm5c6nD/R0oafs1akxWv10x8SbQlK7atdtwQ=
 github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.2.0/go.mod h1:r8qH/GZQm5c6nD/R0oafs1akxWv10x8SbQlK7atdtwQ=
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/gobuffalo/flect/humanize.go b/vendor/github.com/gobuffalo/flect/humanize.go
index 311c8beed4..5100bfb7e7 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/gobuffalo/flect/humanize.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/gobuffalo/flect/humanize.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 // Humanize returns first letter of sentence capitalized.
 // Common acronyms are capitalized as well.
 // Other capital letters in string are left as provided.
+//
 //	employee_salary = Employee salary
 //	employee_id = employee ID
 //	employee_mobile_number = Employee mobile number
@@ -22,6 +23,10 @@ func (i Ident) Humanize() Ident {
 		return New("")
 	}
 
+	if strings.TrimSpace(i.Original) == "" {
+		return i
+	}
+
 	parts := xappend([]string{}, Titleize(i.Parts[0]))
 	if len(i.Parts) > 1 {
 		parts = xappend(parts, i.Parts[1:]...)
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index 147936bab0..53046b38ef 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ github.com/go-openapi/jsonreference/internal
 # github.com/go-openapi/swag v0.23.0
 ## explicit; go 1.20
 github.com/go-openapi/swag
-# github.com/gobuffalo/flect v1.0.2
+# github.com/gobuffalo/flect v1.0.3
 ## explicit; go 1.16
 github.com/gobuffalo/flect
 # github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2