diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 823ac43..06778fe 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/rakyll/statik v0.1.7
 	github.com/spf13/cast v1.5.0
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.6.1
-	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.1
+	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
 	github.com/tendermint/tendermint v0.34.23
 	github.com/tendermint/tm-db v0.6.7
 	go.opencensus.io v0.23.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 5b9076e..0eda8ec 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -820,8 +820,8 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.6.1/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.1/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0/go.mod h1:yNjHg4UonilssWZ8iaSj1OCr/vHnekPRkoO+kdMU+MU=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.1 h1:w7B6lhMri9wdJUVmEZPGGhZzrYTPvgJArz7wNPgYKsk=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.1/go.mod h1:w2LPCIKwWwSfY2zedu0+kehJoqGctiVI29o6fzry7u4=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4 h1:CcVxjf3Q8PM0mHUKJCdn+eZZtm5yQwehR5yeSVQQcUk=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4/go.mod h1:sz/lmYIOXD/1dqDmKjjqLyZ2RngseejIcXlSw2iwfAo=
 github.com/subosito/gotenv v1.4.1 h1:jyEFiXpy21Wm81FBN71l9VoMMV8H8jG+qIK3GCpY6Qs=
 github.com/subosito/gotenv v1.4.1/go.mod h1:ayKnFf/c6rvx/2iiLrJUk1e6plDbT3edrFNGqEflhK0=
 github.com/syndtr/goleveldb v1.0.1-0.20200815110645-5c35d600f0ca/go.mod h1:u2MKkTVTVJWe5D1rCvame8WqhBd88EuIwODJZ1VHCPM=