diff --git a/execution/evm/test/go.mod b/execution/evm/test/go.mod
index a1f5f4def..8ba9d0894 100644
--- a/execution/evm/test/go.mod
+++ b/execution/evm/test/go.mod
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/cockroachdb/pebble v1.1.5 // indirect
 	github.com/cockroachdb/redact v1.1.5 // indirect
 	github.com/cockroachdb/tokenbucket v0.0.0-20230807174530-cc333fc44b06 // indirect
-	github.com/cometbft/cometbft v0.38.20 // indirect
+	github.com/cometbft/cometbft v0.38.21 // indirect
 	github.com/cometbft/cometbft-db v0.14.1 // indirect
 	github.com/consensys/gnark-crypto v0.18.2 // indirect
 	github.com/containerd/errdefs v1.0.0 // indirect
diff --git a/execution/evm/test/go.sum b/execution/evm/test/go.sum
index 316f45ea3..274a7d514 100644
--- a/execution/evm/test/go.sum
+++ b/execution/evm/test/go.sum
@@ -104,8 +104,8 @@ github.com/cockroachdb/redact v1.1.5 h1:u1PMllDkdFfPWaNGMyLD1+so+aq3uUItthCFqzwP
 github.com/cockroachdb/redact v1.1.5/go.mod h1:BVNblN9mBWFyMyqK1k3AAiSxhvhfK2oOZZ2lK+dpvRg=
 github.com/cockroachdb/tokenbucket v0.0.0-20230807174530-cc333fc44b06 h1:zuQyyAKVxetITBuuhv3BI9cMrmStnpT18zmgmTxunpo=
 github.com/cockroachdb/tokenbucket v0.0.0-20230807174530-cc333fc44b06/go.mod h1:7nc4anLGjupUW/PeY5qiNYsdNXj7zopG+eqsS7To5IQ=
-github.com/cometbft/cometbft v0.38.20 h1:i9v9rvh3Z4CZvGSWrByAOpiqNq5WLkat3r/tE/B49RU=
-github.com/cometbft/cometbft v0.38.20/go.mod h1:UCu8dlHqvkAsmAFmWDRWNZJPlu6ya2fTWZlDrWsivwo=
+github.com/cometbft/cometbft v0.38.21 h1:qcIJSH9LiwU5s6ZgKR5eRbsLNucbubfraDs5bzgjtOI=
+github.com/cometbft/cometbft v0.38.21/go.mod h1:UCu8dlHqvkAsmAFmWDRWNZJPlu6ya2fTWZlDrWsivwo=
 github.com/cometbft/cometbft-db v0.14.1 h1:SxoamPghqICBAIcGpleHbmoPqy+crij/++eZz3DlerQ=
 github.com/cometbft/cometbft-db v0.14.1/go.mod h1:KHP1YghilyGV/xjD5DP3+2hyigWx0WTp9X+0Gnx0RxQ=
 github.com/consensys/gnark-crypto v0.18.2 h1:+unEU7+M6vc9JszZPNTcRTwtrJg85tb57+5Gkyrz3hU=