diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 96f0bdb..ca85982 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.6.0
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
 	github.com/spf13/viper v1.13.0
-	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0
+	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
 	github.com/syndtr/goleveldb v1.0.1-0.20210819022825-2ae1ddf74ef7
 	github.com/tendermint/tendermint v0.34.23
 	github.com/tendermint/tm-db v0.6.7
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index ead54e3..1576cbe 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -725,8 +725,8 @@ github.com/streadway/handy v0.0.0-20190108123426-d5acb3125c2a/go.mod h1:qNTQ5P5J
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.1/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.2.0/go.mod h1:qt09Ya8vawLte6SNmTgCsAVtYtaKzEcn8ATUoHMkEqE=
-github.com/stretchr/objx v0.4.0 h1:M2gUjqZET1qApGOWNSnZ49BAIMX4F/1plDv3+l31EJ4=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.4.0/go.mod h1:YvHI0jy2hoMjB+UWwv71VJQ9isScKT/TqJzVSSt89Yw=
+github.com/stretchr/objx v0.5.2 h1:xuMeJ0Sdp5ZMRXx/aWO6RZxdr3beISkG5/G/aIRr3pY=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.2.2/go.mod h1:a8OnRcib4nhh0OaRAV+Yts87kKdq0PP7pXfy6kDkUVs=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.3.0/go.mod h1:M5WIy9Dh21IEIfnGCwXGc5bZfKNJtfHm1UVUgZn+9EI=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.4.0/go.mod h1:j7eGeouHqKxXV5pUuKE4zz7dFj8WfuZ+81PSLYec5m4=
@@ -734,8 +734,9 @@ 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 v1.8.0 h1:pSgiaMZlXftHpm5L7V1+rVB+AZJydKsMxsQBIJw4PKk=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0/go.mod h1:yNjHg4UonilssWZ8iaSj1OCr/vHnekPRkoO+kdMU+MU=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0 h1:HtqpIVDClZ4nwg75+f6Lvsy/wHu+3BoSGCbBAcpTsTg=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0/go.mod h1:r2ic/lqez/lEtzL7wO/rwa5dbSLXVDPFyf8C91i36aY=
 github.com/subosito/gotenv v1.4.1 h1:jyEFiXpy21Wm81FBN71l9VoMMV8H8jG+qIK3GCpY6Qs=
 github.com/subosito/gotenv v1.4.1/go.mod h1:ayKnFf/c6rvx/2iiLrJUk1e6plDbT3edrFNGqEflhK0=
 github.com/syndtr/goleveldb v1.0.1-0.20200815110645-5c35d600f0ca/go.mod h1:u2MKkTVTVJWe5D1rCvame8WqhBd88EuIwODJZ1VHCPM=