diff --git a/core/testing/go.mod b/core/testing/go.mod
index 8c20811c6c..95f3b6a38c 100644
--- a/core/testing/go.mod
+++ b/core/testing/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module cosmossdk.io/core/testing
 go 1.23
 
 require (
-	cosmossdk.io/core v1.0.0-alpha.3
+	cosmossdk.io/core v1.0.0-alpha.4
 	github.com/golang/mock v1.6.0
 	github.com/tidwall/btree v1.7.0
 )
diff --git a/core/testing/go.sum b/core/testing/go.sum
index d1db25cac6..9fc6d98fad 100644
--- a/core/testing/go.sum
+++ b/core/testing/go.sum
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-cosmossdk.io/core v1.0.0-alpha.3 h1:pnxaYAas7llXgVz1lM7X6De74nWrhNKnB3yMKe4OUUA=
-cosmossdk.io/core v1.0.0-alpha.3/go.mod h1:3u9cWq1FAVtiiCrDPpo4LhR+9V6k/ycSG4/Y/tREWCY=
+cosmossdk.io/core v1.0.0-alpha.4 h1:9iuroT9ejDYETCsGkzkvs/wAY/5UFl7nCIINFRxyMJY=
+cosmossdk.io/core v1.0.0-alpha.4/go.mod h1:3u9cWq1FAVtiiCrDPpo4LhR+9V6k/ycSG4/Y/tREWCY=
 cosmossdk.io/schema v0.3.0 h1:01lcaM4trhzZ1HQTfTV8z6Ma1GziOZ/YmdzBN3F720c=
 cosmossdk.io/schema v0.3.0/go.mod h1:RDAhxIeNB4bYqAlF4NBJwRrgtnciMcyyg0DOKnhNZQQ=
 github.com/golang/mock v1.6.0 h1:ErTB+efbowRARo13NNdxyJji2egdxLGQhRaY+DUumQc=