diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index a7506922256..027efdf5c3a 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 v1.7.2
+	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.3
 	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 f97c79623cb..2ea76689bff 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -2115,8 +2115,9 @@ github.com/stretchr/objx v0.0.0-20180129172003-8a3f7159479f/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.1/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.2.0/go.mod h1:qt09Ya8vawLte6SNmTgCsAVtYtaKzEcn8ATUoHMkEqE=
-github.com/stretchr/objx v0.3.0 h1:NGXK3lHquSN08v5vWalVI/L8XU9hdzE/G6xsrze47As=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.3.0/go.mod h1:qt09Ya8vawLte6SNmTgCsAVtYtaKzEcn8ATUoHMkEqE=
+github.com/stretchr/objx v0.4.0 h1:M2gUjqZET1qApGOWNSnZ49BAIMX4F/1plDv3+l31EJ4=
+github.com/stretchr/objx v0.4.0/go.mod h1:YvHI0jy2hoMjB+UWwv71VJQ9isScKT/TqJzVSSt89Yw=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v0.0.0-20170130113145-4d4bfba8f1d1/go.mod h1:a8OnRcib4nhh0OaRAV+Yts87kKdq0PP7pXfy6kDkUVs=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v0.0.0-20180303142811-b89eecf5ca5d/go.mod h1:a8OnRcib4nhh0OaRAV+Yts87kKdq0PP7pXfy6kDkUVs=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.1.4/go.mod h1:a8OnRcib4nhh0OaRAV+Yts87kKdq0PP7pXfy6kDkUVs=
@@ -2127,8 +2128,9 @@ 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 v1.7.2 h1:4jaiDzPyXQvSd7D0EjG45355tLlV3VOECpq10pLC+8s=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.2/go.mod h1:R6va5+xMeoiuVRoj+gSkQ7d3FALtqAAGI1FQKckRals=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.3 h1:dAm0YRdRQlWojc3CrCRgPBzG5f941d0zvAKu7qY4e+I=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.3/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=