diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 2693e5ec9b..031194cb84 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/spf13/cast v1.5.0
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.6.1
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
-	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.1
+	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.3
 	github.com/syndtr/goleveldb v1.0.1-0.20210819022825-2ae1ddf74ef7
 	github.com/tendermint/tendermint v0.34.24
 	github.com/tendermint/tm-db v0.6.7
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index a9a717e7ea..a6beb2d6b8 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -758,8 +758,9 @@ 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 v1.8.3 h1:RP3t2pwF7cMEbC1dqtB6poj3niw/9gnV4Cjg5oW5gtY=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.3/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 v1.0.1-0.20200815110645-5c35d600f0ca/go.mod h1:u2MKkTVTVJWe5D1rCvame8WqhBd88EuIwODJZ1VHCPM=