diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index d313b97c5..dc63a2cd5 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
 	github.com/spf13/cast v1.5.0
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.5.0
-	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.5
+	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0
 	github.com/tendermint/spm v0.1.9
 	github.com/tendermint/tendermint v0.34.19
 	github.com/tendermint/tm-db v0.6.7
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 5739bdbe1..05451efce 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -943,8 +943,8 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.5.1/go.mod h1:5W2xD1RspED5o8YsWQXVCued0rvSQ+mT+I5
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.6.1/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
 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 v1.7.5 h1:s5PTfem8p8EbKQOctVV53k6jCJt3UX4IEJzwh+C324Q=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.5/go.mod h1:yNjHg4UonilssWZ8iaSj1OCr/vHnekPRkoO+kdMU+MU=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0 h1:pSgiaMZlXftHpm5L7V1+rVB+AZJydKsMxsQBIJw4PKk=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0/go.mod h1:yNjHg4UonilssWZ8iaSj1OCr/vHnekPRkoO+kdMU+MU=
 github.com/subosito/gotenv v1.2.0 h1:Slr1R9HxAlEKefgq5jn9U+DnETlIUa6HfgEzj0g5d7s=
 github.com/subosito/gotenv v1.2.0/go.mod h1:N0PQaV/YGNqwC0u51sEeR/aUtSLEXKX9iv69rRypqCw=
 github.com/syndtr/gocapability v0.0.0-20200815063812-42c35b437635/go.mod h1:hkRG7XYTFWNJGYcbNJQlaLq0fg1yr4J4t/NcTQtrfww=