diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 06517f653a0..02be40c9301 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
 	github.com/spf13/viper v1.12.0
 	github.com/spiffe/go-spiffe/v2 v2.1.0
-	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.5
+	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0
 	github.com/theupdateframework/go-tuf v0.3.0
 	github.com/titanous/rocacheck v0.0.0-20171023193734-afe73141d399
 	github.com/transparency-dev/merkle v0.0.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 1896d7e64f6..21a1133d805 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -2136,8 +2136,8 @@ 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 v1.7.2/go.mod h1:R6va5+xMeoiuVRoj+gSkQ7d3FALtqAAGI1FQKckRals=
-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/go.mod h1:N0PQaV/YGNqwC0u51sEeR/aUtSLEXKX9iv69rRypqCw=
 github.com/subosito/gotenv v1.3.0 h1:mjC+YW8QpAdXibNi+vNWgzmgBH4+5l5dCXv8cNysBLI=
 github.com/subosito/gotenv v1.3.0/go.mod h1:YzJjq/33h7nrwdY+iHMhEOEEbW0ovIz0tB6t6PwAXzs=