diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index a27ebd626..a686b65d0 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/cespare/cp v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk v0.34.4-0.20200403200637-7f78e61b93a5
 	github.com/deckarep/golang-set v1.7.1 // indirect
-	github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum v1.9.17
+	github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum v1.9.18
 	github.com/fjl/memsize v0.0.0-20190710130421-bcb5799ab5e5 // indirect
 	github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.1
 	github.com/gorilla/mux v1.7.4
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 279934e91..8b183b102 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -160,10 +160,8 @@ github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane v0.9.1-0.20191026205805-5f8ba28d4473/go.m
 github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane v0.9.4/go.mod h1:6rpuAdCZL397s3pYoYcLgu1mIlRU8Am5FuJP05cCM98=
 github.com/envoyproxy/protoc-gen-validate v0.1.0/go.mod h1:iSmxcyjqTsJpI2R4NaDN7+kN2VEUnK/pcBlmesArF7c=
 github.com/etcd-io/bbolt v1.3.3/go.mod h1:ZF2nL25h33cCyBtcyWeZ2/I3HQOfTP+0PIEvHjkjCrw=
-github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum v1.9.16 h1:WQTmbO9RelgTouA5UlRfd4KnXqSarphmvn7XNXUmvhk=
-github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum v1.9.16/go.mod h1:kihoiSg74VC4dZAXMkmoWp70oQabz48BJg1tuzricFc=
-github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum v1.9.17 h1:2D02O8KcoyQHxfizvMi0vGXXzFIkQTMeKXwt0+4SYEA=
-github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum v1.9.17/go.mod h1:kihoiSg74VC4dZAXMkmoWp70oQabz48BJg1tuzricFc=
+github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum v1.9.18 h1:+vzvufVD7+OfQa07IJP20Z7AGZsJaw0M6JIA/WQcqy8=
+github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum v1.9.18/go.mod h1:JSSTypSMTkGZtAdAChH2wP5dZEvPGh3nUTuDpH+hNrg=
 github.com/facebookgo/ensure v0.0.0-20160127193407-b4ab57deab51 h1:0JZ+dUmQeA8IIVUMzysrX4/AKuQwWhV2dYQuPZdvdSQ=
 github.com/facebookgo/ensure v0.0.0-20160127193407-b4ab57deab51/go.mod h1:Yg+htXGokKKdzcwhuNDwVvN+uBxDGXJ7G/VN1d8fa64=
 github.com/facebookgo/stack v0.0.0-20160209184415-751773369052 h1:JWuenKqqX8nojtoVVWjGfOF9635RETekkoH6Cc9SX0A=
@@ -313,8 +311,8 @@ github.com/hashicorp/logutils v1.0.0/go.mod h1:QIAnNjmIWmVIIkWDTG1z5v++HQmx9WQRO
 github.com/hashicorp/mdns v1.0.0/go.mod h1:tL+uN++7HEJ6SQLQ2/p+z2pH24WQKWjBPkE0mNTz8vQ=
 github.com/hashicorp/memberlist v0.1.3/go.mod h1:ajVTdAv/9Im8oMAAj5G31PhhMCZJV2pPBoIllUwCN7I=
 github.com/hashicorp/serf v0.8.2/go.mod h1:6hOLApaqBFA1NXqRQAsxw9QxuDEvNxSQRwA/JwenrHc=
-github.com/holiman/uint256 v1.1.0 h1:Iye6ze0DW9s+7EMn8y6Q4ebegDzpu28JQHEVM1Bq+Wg=
-github.com/holiman/uint256 v1.1.0/go.mod h1:y4ga/t+u+Xwd7CpDgZESaRcWy0I7XMlTMA25ApIH5Jw=
+github.com/holiman/uint256 v1.1.1 h1:4JywC80b+/hSfljFlEBLHrrh+CIONLDz9NuFl0af4Mw=
+github.com/holiman/uint256 v1.1.1/go.mod h1:y4ga/t+u+Xwd7CpDgZESaRcWy0I7XMlTMA25ApIH5Jw=
 github.com/hpcloud/tail v1.0.0 h1:nfCOvKYfkgYP8hkirhJocXT2+zOD8yUNjXaWfTlyFKI=
 github.com/hpcloud/tail v1.0.0/go.mod h1:ab1qPbhIpdTxEkNHXyeSf5vhxWSCs/tWer42PpOxQnU=
 github.com/hudl/fargo v1.3.0/go.mod h1:y3CKSmjA+wD2gak7sUSXTAoopbhU08POFhmITJgmKTg=