diff --git a/vendor/github.com/hashicorp/hcl/decoder.go b/vendor/github.com/hashicorp/hcl/decoder.go
index cfddbf360..a6938feb3 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/hashicorp/hcl/decoder.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/hashicorp/hcl/decoder.go
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ func (d *decoder) decodeStruct(name string, node ast.Node, result reflect.Value)
 	// the yacc parser would always ensure top-level elements were arrays. The new
 	// parser does not make the same guarantees, thus we need to convert any
 	// top-level literal elements into a list.
-	if _, ok := node.(*ast.LiteralType); ok {
+	if _, ok := node.(*ast.LiteralType); ok && item != nil {
 		node = &ast.ObjectList{Items: []*ast.ObjectItem{item}}
 	}
 
diff --git a/vendor/vendor.json b/vendor/vendor.json
index c1074eabe..f1401fc40 100644
--- a/vendor/vendor.json
+++ b/vendor/vendor.json
@@ -1148,10 +1148,10 @@
 			"revision": "7e3c02b30806fa5779d3bdfc152ce4c6f40e7b38"
 		},
 		{
-			"checksumSHA1": "ydHBPi04mEh+Tir+2JkpSIMckcw=",
+			"checksumSHA1": "8E3sekKdBZ38W0UFwONoZb0txbE=",
 			"path": "github.com/hashicorp/hcl",
-			"revision": "d8c773c4cba11b11539e3d45f93daeaa5dcf1fa1",
-			"revisionTime": "2016-07-11T23:17:52Z"
+			"revision": "bc40da04e8303cb7406e9ed1a2b742d636c5d960",
+			"revisionTime": "2016-08-22T16:37:30Z"
 		},
 		{
 			"checksumSHA1": "IxyvRpCFeoJBGl2obLKJV7RCGjg=",