diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index e84cabce..0cd465af 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.5.0
 	github.com/spf13/viper v1.12.0
 	github.com/status-im/keycard-go v0.0.0-20200402102358-957c09536969
-	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.5
+	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0
 	github.com/tendermint/tendermint v0.34.20-0.20220517115723-e6f071164839
 	github.com/tendermint/tm-db v0.6.7
 	github.com/tyler-smith/go-bip39 v1.1.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 122ff7a2..52a45b17 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1068,8 +1068,8 @@ 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 v1.7.5 h1:s5PTfem8p8EbKQOctVV53k6jCJt3UX4IEJzwh+C324Q=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.5/go.mod h1:yNjHg4UonilssWZ8iaSj1OCr/vHnekPRkoO+kdMU+MU=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0 h1:pSgiaMZlXftHpm5L7V1+rVB+AZJydKsMxsQBIJw4PKk=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0/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=