diff --git a/test/testground/go.mod b/test/testground/go.mod
index aa3e2e1d42..b3cbecc44c 100644
--- a/test/testground/go.mod
+++ b/test/testground/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module github.com/celestiaorg/celestia-app/test/testground
 go 1.21.6
 
 require (
-	github.com/celestiaorg/celestia-app v1.0.0-rc0.0.20231204021123-ca0e705bbb18
+	github.com/celestiaorg/celestia-app v1.0.0-rc0.0.20240113184340-3c240437c7ef
 	github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk v0.46.14
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
 	github.com/tendermint/tendermint v0.34.28
@@ -106,7 +106,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-immutable-radix v1.3.1 // indirect
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-safetemp v1.0.0 // indirect
-	github.com/hashicorp/go-uuid v1.0.2 // indirect
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-version v1.6.0 // indirect
 	github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru v0.5.5-0.20210104140557-80c98217689d // indirect
 	github.com/hashicorp/hcl v1.0.0 // indirect
@@ -152,7 +151,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/raulk/clock v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/rcrowley/go-metrics v0.0.0-20201227073835-cf1acfcdf475 // indirect
 	github.com/regen-network/cosmos-proto v0.3.1 // indirect
-	github.com/rivo/uniseg v0.4.4 // indirect
 	github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.10.0 // indirect
 	github.com/rs/cors v1.8.3 // indirect
 	github.com/rs/zerolog v1.31.0 // indirect
diff --git a/test/testground/go.sum b/test/testground/go.sum
index 082f19c96d..c8748644b5 100644
--- a/test/testground/go.sum
+++ b/test/testground/go.sum
@@ -336,8 +336,8 @@ github.com/c-bata/go-prompt v0.2.2/go.mod h1:VzqtzE2ksDBcdln8G7mk2RX9QyGjH+OVqOC
 github.com/casbin/casbin/v2 v2.1.2/go.mod h1:YcPU1XXisHhLzuxH9coDNf2FbKpjGlbCg3n9yuLkIJQ=
 github.com/celestiaorg/blobstream-contracts/v3 v3.1.0 h1:h1Y4V3EMQ2mFmNtWt2sIhZIuyASInj1a9ExI8xOsTOw=
 github.com/celestiaorg/blobstream-contracts/v3 v3.1.0/go.mod h1:x4DKyfKOSv1ZJM9NwV+Pw01kH2CD7N5zTFclXIVJ6GQ=
-github.com/celestiaorg/celestia-app v1.0.0-rc0.0.20231204021123-ca0e705bbb18 h1:CzTG4BYhCiFdWweF1ntlwYHj0LGaatolYkmBmI9so/E=
-github.com/celestiaorg/celestia-app v1.0.0-rc0.0.20231204021123-ca0e705bbb18/go.mod h1:GIE87PDQJuYuOofAMsvWlJwgGNpFNZX4ZxibVBZjmKE=
+github.com/celestiaorg/celestia-app v1.0.0-rc0.0.20240113184340-3c240437c7ef h1:MO2cayRncaITrLslxGyJ23rHQi5QKQoXPu2XIP0MpR4=
+github.com/celestiaorg/celestia-app v1.0.0-rc0.0.20240113184340-3c240437c7ef/go.mod h1:xBeiQ2jHtADb/alARv0s9RYeCNeszNIsbh/cho80iqY=
 github.com/celestiaorg/celestia-core v1.31.0-tm-v0.34.29 h1:68p6GlTReEWIw5Wyk2NzAX4tpxNo+9mnwPtufFXABT8=
 github.com/celestiaorg/celestia-core v1.31.0-tm-v0.34.29/go.mod h1:ime8Wp2TLrncpFuduj5rzDZZs/KEo+dM5xWr6p70mgk=
 github.com/celestiaorg/cosmos-sdk v1.20.0-sdk-v0.46.16 h1:L2j5luXXoEMQLzJkxBixeeEWkgcxnGFm6HnwN3X3L9g=