diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 4f6bb74934..f9bc93225e 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.6.1
 	github.com/tendermint/btcd v0.1.1
 	github.com/tendermint/crypto v0.0.0-20191022145703-50d29ede1e15
-	github.com/tendermint/go-amino v0.15.1
+	github.com/tendermint/go-amino v0.16.0
 	github.com/tendermint/tendermint v0.34.0-rc3.0.20200907055413-3359e0bf2f84
 	github.com/tendermint/tm-db v0.6.2
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20200820211705-5c72a883971a
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index eea6e5fdb8..092fefbd1c 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -580,6 +580,8 @@ github.com/tendermint/crypto v0.0.0-20191022145703-50d29ede1e15 h1:hqAk8riJvK4RM
 github.com/tendermint/crypto v0.0.0-20191022145703-50d29ede1e15/go.mod h1:z4YtwM70uOnk8h0pjJYlj3zdYwi9l03By6iAIF5j/Pk=
 github.com/tendermint/go-amino v0.15.1 h1:D2uk35eT4iTsvJd9jWIetzthE5C0/k2QmMFkCN+4JgQ=
 github.com/tendermint/go-amino v0.15.1/go.mod h1:TQU0M1i/ImAo+tYpZi73AU3V/dKeCoMC9Sphe2ZwGME=
+github.com/tendermint/go-amino v0.16.0 h1:GyhmgQKvqF82e2oZeuMSp9JTN0N09emoSZlb2lyGa2E=
+github.com/tendermint/go-amino v0.16.0/go.mod h1:TQU0M1i/ImAo+tYpZi73AU3V/dKeCoMC9Sphe2ZwGME=
 github.com/tendermint/tendermint v0.34.0-rc3 h1:d7Fsd5rdbxq4GmJ0kRfx7l7LesQM7e70f0ytWLTQ/Go=
 github.com/tendermint/tendermint v0.34.0-rc3/go.mod h1:BoHcEpjfpBHc1Be7RQz3AHaXFNObcDG7SNHCev6Or4g=
 github.com/tendermint/tendermint v0.34.0-rc3.0.20200907055413-3359e0bf2f84 h1:BI/EhLLh6SAlOtMaHePo8BNFLsNRiFNCtJ8cMBX+OE8=