diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 2819fe3..0966b71 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/rs/zerolog v1.28.0
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.6.1
 	github.com/spf13/viper v1.15.0
-	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.2
+	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
 	github.com/tendermint/tendermint v0.34.27
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.1.0
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.53.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index b89a5ec..b03dc02 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -934,8 +934,8 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/
 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/go.mod h1:w2LPCIKwWwSfY2zedu0+kehJoqGctiVI29o6fzry7u4=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.2 h1:+h33VjcLVPDHtOdpUCuF+7gSuG3yGIftsP1YvFihtJ8=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.2/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 v1.4.2 h1:X1TuBLAMDFbaTAChgCBLu3DU3UPyELpnF2jjJ2cz/S8=
 github.com/subosito/gotenv v1.4.2/go.mod h1:ayKnFf/c6rvx/2iiLrJUk1e6plDbT3edrFNGqEflhK0=
 github.com/syndtr/goleveldb v1.0.1-0.20210819022825-2ae1ddf74ef7 h1:epCh84lMvA70Z7CTTCmYQn2CKbY8j86K7/FAIr141uY=