diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 70228689b..e12cfc065 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/status-im/keycard-go v0.0.0-20190424133014-d95853db0f48 // indirect
 	github.com/steakknife/bloomfilter v0.0.0-20180922174646-6819c0d2a570 // indirect
 	github.com/steakknife/hamming v0.0.0-20180906055917-c99c65617cd3 // indirect
-	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.4.0
+	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.5.1
 	github.com/tendermint/go-amino v0.15.1
 	github.com/tendermint/tendermint v0.32.8
 	github.com/tendermint/tm-db v0.2.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 56964ac5e..50b457ba8 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -343,6 +343,8 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.3.0 h1:TivCn/peBQ7UY8ooIcPgZFpTNSz0Q2U6UrFlUfqbe0
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.3.0/go.mod h1:M5WIy9Dh21IEIfnGCwXGc5bZfKNJtfHm1UVUgZn+9EI=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.4.0 h1:2E4SXV/wtOkTonXsotYi4li6zVWxYlZuYNCXe9XRJyk=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.4.0/go.mod h1:j7eGeouHqKxXV5pUuKE4zz7dFj8WfuZ+81PSLYec5m4=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.5.1 h1:nOGnQDM7FYENwehXlg/kFVnos3rEvtKTjRvOWSzb6H4=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.5.1/go.mod h1:5W2xD1RspED5o8YsWQXVCued0rvSQ+mT+I5cxcmMvtA=
 github.com/stumble/gorocksdb v0.0.3 h1:9UU+QA1pqFYJuf9+5p7z1IqdE5k0mma4UAeu2wmX8kA=
 github.com/stumble/gorocksdb v0.0.3/go.mod h1:v6IHdFBXk5DJ1K4FZ0xi+eY737quiiBxYtSWXadLybY=
 github.com/subosito/gotenv v1.2.0 h1:Slr1R9HxAlEKefgq5jn9U+DnETlIUa6HfgEzj0g5d7s=