diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 100cad2b6d..4f48ca673d 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/spf13/jwalterweatherman v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.3
 	github.com/spf13/viper v1.3.2
-	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.3.0
+	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.4.0
 	github.com/tendermint/btcd v0.1.1
 	github.com/tendermint/crypto v0.0.0-20190823183015-45b1026d81ae
 	github.com/tendermint/go-amino v0.15.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 775fd5d644..ba43801064 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -162,10 +162,13 @@ github.com/spf13/viper v1.0.0/go.mod h1:A8kyI5cUJhb8N+3pkfONlcEcZbueH6nhAm0Fq7Sr
 github.com/spf13/viper v1.3.2 h1:VUFqw5KcqRf7i70GOzW7N+Q7+gxVBkSSqiXB12+JQ4M=
 github.com/spf13/viper v1.3.2/go.mod h1:ZiWeW+zYFKm7srdB9IoDzzZXaJaI5eL9QjNiN/DMA2s=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
+github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.1 h1:2vfRuCMp5sSVIDSqO8oNnWJq7mPa6KVP3iPIwFBuy8A=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.1/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.2.2/go.mod h1:a8OnRcib4nhh0OaRAV+Yts87kKdq0PP7pXfy6kDkUVs=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.3.0 h1:TivCn/peBQ7UY8ooIcPgZFpTNSz0Q2U6UrFlUfqbe0Q=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.3.0/go.mod h1:M5WIy9Dh21IEIfnGCwXGc5bZfKNJtfHm1UVUgZn+9EI=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.4.0 h1:2E4SXV/wtOkTonXsotYi4li6zVWxYlZuYNCXe9XRJyk=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.4.0/go.mod h1:j7eGeouHqKxXV5pUuKE4zz7dFj8WfuZ+81PSLYec5m4=
 github.com/syndtr/goleveldb v1.0.1-0.20190318030020-c3a204f8e965 h1:1oFLiOyVl+W7bnBzGhf7BbIv9loSFQcieWWYIjLqcAw=
 github.com/syndtr/goleveldb v1.0.1-0.20190318030020-c3a204f8e965/go.mod h1:9OrXJhf154huy1nPWmuSrkgjPUtUNhA+Zmy+6AESzuA=
 github.com/tendermint/btcd v0.1.1 h1:0VcxPfflS2zZ3RiOAHkBiFUcPvbtRj5O7zHmcJWHV7s=