diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 9be7a5f32..cdb17135f 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ go 1.15
 require (
 	github.com/StackExchange/wmi v0.0.0-20190523213315-cbe66965904d // indirect
 	github.com/cbergoon/merkletree v0.2.0
-	github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk v0.40.0-rc5
+	github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk v0.41.0
 	github.com/cosmos/iavl v0.15.3
 	github.com/go-ole/go-ole v1.2.4 // indirect
 	github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20190911185100-cd5d95a43a6e
 	google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20201119123407-9b1e624d6bc4
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.35.0
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.25.0
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0
 )
 
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 60a4f3de4..049cc7b78 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -393,13 +393,8 @@ github.com/maticnetwork/bor v0.2.1 h1:iWVexnhYmL2Y4jFADNfDuaxdh6ufmsXEzyQhHXWgOq
 github.com/maticnetwork/bor v0.2.1/go.mod h1:NJu+4Fk6z7ejVArbea5a/ytlDscDAQ1cmfwgDEix4dM=
 github.com/maticnetwork/bor v0.2.2-0.20200807103547-4d42b15906aa h1:T5Fx3HKWQdho9ldDNE8t3QzR6sR1z9783sBVPsr+vM8=
 github.com/maticnetwork/bor v0.2.2-0.20200807103547-4d42b15906aa/go.mod h1:uqsK1HCAHuCmEMGgOr6qLnzV1No/obnuu5Nz3nkMKNQ=
-github.com/maticnetwork/cosmos-sdk v0.37.5-0.20201211110634-320b75b282ae h1:KKCS3phDH3ZRDiFmyjKWpEIJbqEAqAJyfZkoW/F2ATw=
-github.com/maticnetwork/cosmos-sdk v0.37.5-0.20201211110634-320b75b282ae/go.mod h1:rdaxNAhIvydwHxOIUIB7+ntEZjQDpfwtotJTBXRFn+E=
 github.com/maticnetwork/cosmos-sdk v0.37.5-0.20210120102128-8ce53e585ef6 h1:6DG56GUXU1QnQ9CSRTss7tJpQqSRhsguB46EX8wIGiI=
 github.com/maticnetwork/cosmos-sdk v0.37.5-0.20210120102128-8ce53e585ef6/go.mod h1:dP8jLBm3qZCM12U0v1rtCobwoejFUo+HpuS5u15og0M=
-github.com/maticnetwork/cosmos-sdk v0.38.3 h1:e4nxtsXXY9mNqz8JWu0MYeepot72+9/FKC81JOei96Y=
-github.com/maticnetwork/tendermint v0.26.0-dev0.0.20201206065638-7f88f460383c h1:D551kWhgn4KRDxKiBsgbx7hZAOSLwU3lYXvA2RXKZdQ=
-github.com/maticnetwork/tendermint v0.26.0-dev0.0.20201206065638-7f88f460383c/go.mod h1:eE3UfvrRJy1n/jKkqaCKHnU3D72/D0/KYvb9xPv6ym4=
 github.com/maticnetwork/tendermint v0.26.0-dev0.0.20210120100900-c8adb2516be0 h1:9N7a1qsqoyaSQkGQZSU1NWmVcQARfofIPIV2QfFPT2g=
 github.com/maticnetwork/tendermint v0.26.0-dev0.0.20210120100900-c8adb2516be0/go.mod h1:eE3UfvrRJy1n/jKkqaCKHnU3D72/D0/KYvb9xPv6ym4=
 github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.0.9/go.mod h1:9vuHe8Xs5qXnSaW/c/ABM9alt+Vo+STaOChaDxuIBZU=