diff --git a/simapp/go.mod b/simapp/go.mod
index ff14adc27d..01014bf0bc 100644
--- a/simapp/go.mod
+++ b/simapp/go.mod
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/cosmos/iavl v0.20.0-alpha1 // indirect
 	github.com/cosmos/ledger-cosmos-go v0.13.0 // indirect
 	github.com/cosmos/rosetta-sdk-go v0.9.0 // indirect
-	github.com/creachadair/atomicfile v0.2.7 // indirect
+	github.com/creachadair/atomicfile v0.2.8 // indirect
 	github.com/creachadair/taskgroup v0.3.2 // indirect
 	github.com/creachadair/tomledit v0.0.24 // indirect
 	github.com/danieljoos/wincred v1.1.2 // indirect
diff --git a/simapp/go.sum b/simapp/go.sum
index 09cbd09515..2c196976ec 100644
--- a/simapp/go.sum
+++ b/simapp/go.sum
@@ -229,8 +229,8 @@ github.com/cosmos/rosetta-sdk-go v0.9.0/go.mod h1:2v41yXL25xxAXrczVSnbDHcQH9Cgil
 github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man v1.0.10/go.mod h1:SmD6nW6nTyfqj6ABTjUi3V3JVMnlJmwcJI5acqYI6dE=
 github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.0-20190314233015-f79a8a8ca69d/go.mod h1:maD7wRr/U5Z6m/iR4s+kqSMx2CaBsrgA7czyZG/E6dU=
 github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.2/go.mod h1:tgQtvFlXSQOSOSIRvRPT7W67SCa46tRHOmNcaadrF8o=
-github.com/creachadair/atomicfile v0.2.7 h1:LiL/QmAUO7ZDsjSJ6xj3PlsXaYXYKMS8g/Po5S9IIk4=
-github.com/creachadair/atomicfile v0.2.7/go.mod h1:BRq8Une6ckFneYXZQ+kO7p1ZZP3I2fzVzf28JxrIkBc=
+github.com/creachadair/atomicfile v0.2.8 h1:koFZzO/Byf4wRJIf1cvLmlXI7QPnR+pLushHhtTdXB8=
+github.com/creachadair/atomicfile v0.2.8/go.mod h1:Tb31RroXn8ESlNsY/FzDFoKSL1mzdHemTDNL9V1Ml4M=
 github.com/creachadair/taskgroup v0.3.2 h1:zlfutDS+5XG40AOxcHDSThxKzns8Tnr9jnr6VqkYlkM=
 github.com/creachadair/taskgroup v0.3.2/go.mod h1:wieWwecHVzsidg2CsUnFinW1faVN4+kq+TDlRJQ0Wbk=
 github.com/creachadair/tomledit v0.0.24 h1:5Xjr25R2esu1rKCbQEmjZYlrhFkDspoAbAKb6QKQDhQ=
diff --git a/tools/confix/go.mod b/tools/confix/go.mod
index 7bf2878e95..9d09cdddb7 100644
--- a/tools/confix/go.mod
+++ b/tools/confix/go.mod
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ go 1.19
 
 require (
 	github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk v0.47.0-rc1
-	github.com/creachadair/atomicfile v0.2.7
+	github.com/creachadair/atomicfile v0.2.8
 	github.com/creachadair/tomledit v0.0.24
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.6.1
 	github.com/spf13/viper v1.15.0
diff --git a/tools/confix/go.sum b/tools/confix/go.sum
index a8481720ab..0528e96e15 100644
--- a/tools/confix/go.sum
+++ b/tools/confix/go.sum
@@ -166,8 +166,8 @@ github.com/cosmos/rosetta-sdk-go v0.9.0/go.mod h1:2v41yXL25xxAXrczVSnbDHcQH9Cgil
 github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man v1.0.10/go.mod h1:SmD6nW6nTyfqj6ABTjUi3V3JVMnlJmwcJI5acqYI6dE=
 github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.0-20190314233015-f79a8a8ca69d/go.mod h1:maD7wRr/U5Z6m/iR4s+kqSMx2CaBsrgA7czyZG/E6dU=
 github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.2/go.mod h1:tgQtvFlXSQOSOSIRvRPT7W67SCa46tRHOmNcaadrF8o=
-github.com/creachadair/atomicfile v0.2.7 h1:LiL/QmAUO7ZDsjSJ6xj3PlsXaYXYKMS8g/Po5S9IIk4=
-github.com/creachadair/atomicfile v0.2.7/go.mod h1:BRq8Une6ckFneYXZQ+kO7p1ZZP3I2fzVzf28JxrIkBc=
+github.com/creachadair/atomicfile v0.2.8 h1:koFZzO/Byf4wRJIf1cvLmlXI7QPnR+pLushHhtTdXB8=
+github.com/creachadair/atomicfile v0.2.8/go.mod h1:Tb31RroXn8ESlNsY/FzDFoKSL1mzdHemTDNL9V1Ml4M=
 github.com/creachadair/taskgroup v0.3.2 h1:zlfutDS+5XG40AOxcHDSThxKzns8Tnr9jnr6VqkYlkM=
 github.com/creachadair/taskgroup v0.3.2/go.mod h1:wieWwecHVzsidg2CsUnFinW1faVN4+kq+TDlRJQ0Wbk=
 github.com/creachadair/tomledit v0.0.24 h1:5Xjr25R2esu1rKCbQEmjZYlrhFkDspoAbAKb6QKQDhQ=