diff --git a/src/cmd/go/internal/test/flagdefs.go b/src/cmd/go/internal/test/flagdefs.go
index 12d506862d..baa0cdf4c6 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/internal/test/flagdefs.go
+++ b/src/cmd/go/internal/test/flagdefs.go
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ var passFlagToTest = map[string]bool{
 }
 
 var passAnalyzersToVet = map[string]bool{
+	"appends":          true,
 	"asmdecl":          true,
 	"assign":           true,
 	"atomic":           true,
diff --git a/src/cmd/vendor/golang.org/x/tools/go/analysis/passes/appends/appends.go b/src/cmd/vendor/golang.org/x/tools/go/analysis/passes/appends/appends.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f0b90a4920
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cmd/vendor/golang.org/x/tools/go/analysis/passes/appends/appends.go
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+// Copyright 2023 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+// Package appends defines an Analyzer that detects
+// if there is only one variable in append.
+package appends
+
+import (
+	_ "embed"
+	"go/ast"
+	"go/types"
+
+	"golang.org/x/tools/go/analysis"
+	"golang.org/x/tools/go/analysis/passes/inspect"
+	"golang.org/x/tools/go/analysis/passes/internal/analysisutil"
+	"golang.org/x/tools/go/ast/inspector"
+)
+
+//go:embed doc.go
+var doc string
+
+var Analyzer = &analysis.Analyzer{
+	Name:     "appends",
+	Doc:      analysisutil.MustExtractDoc(doc, "appends"),
+	URL:      "https://pkg.go.dev/golang.org/x/tools/go/analysis/passes/appends",
+	Requires: []*analysis.Analyzer{inspect.Analyzer},
+	Run:      run,
+}
+
+func run(pass *analysis.Pass) (interface{}, error) {
+	inspect := pass.ResultOf[inspect.Analyzer].(*inspector.Inspector)
+
+	nodeFilter := []ast.Node{
+		(*ast.CallExpr)(nil),
+	}
+	inspect.Preorder(nodeFilter, func(n ast.Node) {
+		call := n.(*ast.CallExpr)
+		if ident, ok := call.Fun.(*ast.Ident); ok && ident.Name == "append" {
+			if _, ok := pass.TypesInfo.Uses[ident].(*types.Builtin); ok {
+				if len(call.Args) == 1 {
+					pass.ReportRangef(call, "append with no values")
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	})
+
+	return nil, nil
+}
diff --git a/src/cmd/vendor/golang.org/x/tools/go/analysis/passes/appends/doc.go b/src/cmd/vendor/golang.org/x/tools/go/analysis/passes/appends/doc.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2e6a2e010b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cmd/vendor/golang.org/x/tools/go/analysis/passes/appends/doc.go
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+// Copyright 2023 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+// Package appends defines an Analyzer that detects
+// if there is only one variable in append.
+//
+// # Analyzer appends
+//
+// appends: check for missing values after append
+//
+// This checker reports calls to append that pass
+// no values to be appended to the slice.
+//
+//	s := []string{"a", "b", "c"}
+//	_ = append(s)
+//
+// Such calls are always no-ops and often indicate an
+// underlying mistake.
+package appends
diff --git a/src/cmd/vendor/modules.txt b/src/cmd/vendor/modules.txt
index a2b1e248be..74f9d488f1 100644
--- a/src/cmd/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/src/cmd/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ golang.org/x/tools/cmd/bisect
 golang.org/x/tools/cover
 golang.org/x/tools/go/analysis
 golang.org/x/tools/go/analysis/internal/analysisflags
+golang.org/x/tools/go/analysis/passes/appends
 golang.org/x/tools/go/analysis/passes/asmdecl
 golang.org/x/tools/go/analysis/passes/assign
 golang.org/x/tools/go/analysis/passes/atomic
diff --git a/src/cmd/vet/main.go b/src/cmd/vet/main.go
index 2290b95033..c5197284b5 100644
--- a/src/cmd/vet/main.go
+++ b/src/cmd/vet/main.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 
 	"golang.org/x/tools/go/analysis/unitchecker"
 
+	"golang.org/x/tools/go/analysis/passes/appends"
 	"golang.org/x/tools/go/analysis/passes/asmdecl"
 	"golang.org/x/tools/go/analysis/passes/assign"
 	"golang.org/x/tools/go/analysis/passes/atomic"
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ func main() {
 	objabi.AddVersionFlag()
 
 	unitchecker.Main(
+		appends.Analyzer,
 		asmdecl.Analyzer,
 		assign.Analyzer,
 		atomic.Analyzer,
diff --git a/src/cmd/vet/testdata/appends/appends.go b/src/cmd/vet/testdata/appends/appends.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..09ef3d2a33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cmd/vet/testdata/appends/appends.go
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+// Copyright 2023 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+// This file contains tests for the appends checker.
+
+package appends
+
+func AppendsTest() {
+	sli := []string{"a", "b", "c"}
+	sli = append(sli) // ERROR "append with no values"
+}
diff --git a/src/cmd/vet/vet_test.go b/src/cmd/vet/vet_test.go
index 8b29907e81..4bb0de00b3 100644
--- a/src/cmd/vet/vet_test.go
+++ b/src/cmd/vet/vet_test.go
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ func vetCmd(t *testing.T, arg, pkg string) *exec.Cmd {
 func TestVet(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 	for _, pkg := range []string{
+		"appends",
 		"asm",
 		"assign",
 		"atomic",