diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 3fd4f24aaf..e62ae7c2bc 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ go 1.21
 toolchain go1.21.0
 
 require (
-	github.com/celestiaorg/nmt v0.19.0
+	github.com/celestiaorg/nmt v0.20.0
 	github.com/celestiaorg/quantum-gravity-bridge v2.1.0+incompatible
 	github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum v1.13.1
 	github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.3
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 086ef94c2b..7c1fbe51a8 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -184,8 +184,8 @@ github.com/celestiaorg/knuu v0.8.2 h1:x63nYTO46j293VkNP7VcRHtYHSize6dM/h7xME2Vgi
 github.com/celestiaorg/knuu v0.8.2/go.mod h1:zBrMXhFl7irCPOVJyHS8sBg7K9Hux5dLy9VChA40LTo=
 github.com/celestiaorg/merkletree v0.0.0-20210714075610-a84dc3ddbbe4 h1:CJdIpo8n5MFP2MwK0gSRcOVlDlFdQJO1p+FqdxYzmvc=
 github.com/celestiaorg/merkletree v0.0.0-20210714075610-a84dc3ddbbe4/go.mod h1:fzuHnhzj1pUygGz+1ZkB3uQbEUL4htqCGJ4Qs2LwMZA=
-github.com/celestiaorg/nmt v0.19.0 h1:9VXFeI/gt+q8h5HeCE0RjXJhOxsFzxJUjHrkvF9CMYE=
-github.com/celestiaorg/nmt v0.19.0/go.mod h1:Oz15Ub6YPez9uJV0heoU4WpFctxazuIhKyUtaYNio7E=
+github.com/celestiaorg/nmt v0.20.0 h1:9i7ultZ8Wv5ytt8ZRaxKQ5KOOMo4A2K2T/aPGjIlSas=
+github.com/celestiaorg/nmt v0.20.0/go.mod h1:Oz15Ub6YPez9uJV0heoU4WpFctxazuIhKyUtaYNio7E=
 github.com/celestiaorg/quantum-gravity-bridge v2.1.0+incompatible h1:KtkdUPsujcFa53b5GXZOGftL76kkk84Mn8Wmq5VTw+Q=
 github.com/celestiaorg/quantum-gravity-bridge v2.1.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:6WOajINTDEUXpSj5UZzod16UZ96ZVB/rFNKyM+Mt1gI=
 github.com/celestiaorg/rsmt2d v0.11.0 h1:lcto/637WyTEZR3dLRoNvyuExfnUbxvdvKi3qz/2V4k=