diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 265b7988..3a665ffb 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/rs/cors v1.7.0
 	github.com/spf13/cast v1.3.1
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.1.3
-	github.com/spf13/viper v1.8.0
+	github.com/spf13/viper v1.8.1
 	github.com/status-im/keycard-go v0.0.0-20200402102358-957c09536969 // indirect
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0
 	github.com/tendermint/tendermint v0.34.11
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index c7985594..7ee23832 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -894,8 +894,8 @@ github.com/spf13/viper v1.3.2/go.mod h1:ZiWeW+zYFKm7srdB9IoDzzZXaJaI5eL9QjNiN/DM
 github.com/spf13/viper v1.4.0/go.mod h1:PTJ7Z/lr49W6bUbkmS1V3by4uWynFiR9p7+dSq/yZzE=
 github.com/spf13/viper v1.7.0/go.mod h1:8WkrPz2fc9jxqZNCJI/76HCieCp4Q8HaLFoCha5qpdg=
 github.com/spf13/viper v1.7.1/go.mod h1:8WkrPz2fc9jxqZNCJI/76HCieCp4Q8HaLFoCha5qpdg=
-github.com/spf13/viper v1.8.0 h1:QRwDgoG8xX+kp69di68D+YYTCWfYEckbZRfUlEIAal0=
-github.com/spf13/viper v1.8.0/go.mod h1:o0Pch8wJ9BVSWGQMbra6iw0oQ5oktSIBaujf1rJH9Ns=
+github.com/spf13/viper v1.8.1 h1:Kq1fyeebqsBfbjZj4EL7gj2IO0mMaiyjYUWcUsl2O44=
+github.com/spf13/viper v1.8.1/go.mod h1:o0Pch8wJ9BVSWGQMbra6iw0oQ5oktSIBaujf1rJH9Ns=
 github.com/status-im/keycard-go v0.0.0-20190316090335-8537d3370df4/go.mod h1:RZLeN1LMWmRsyYjvAu+I6Dm9QmlDaIIt+Y+4Kd7Tp+Q=
 github.com/status-im/keycard-go v0.0.0-20200402102358-957c09536969 h1:Oo2KZNP70KE0+IUJSidPj/BFS/RXNHmKIJOdckzml2E=
 github.com/status-im/keycard-go v0.0.0-20200402102358-957c09536969/go.mod h1:RZLeN1LMWmRsyYjvAu+I6Dm9QmlDaIIt+Y+4Kd7Tp+Q=