diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 291bbaaa6f18..5aebb88462bf 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.40.45 // indirect
 	github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/bgentry/go-netrc v0.0.0-20140422174119-9fd32a8b3d3d // indirect
-	github.com/celestiaorg/nmt v0.19.0 // indirect
+	github.com/celestiaorg/nmt v0.20.0 // indirect
 	github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.1.3 // indirect
 	github.com/cespare/xxhash v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.2.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 1c9bac176fb9..c55968ee4b36 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -165,8 +165,8 @@ 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/celestia-core v1.26.2-tm-v0.34.28 h1:2efXQaggLFknz0wQufr4nUEz5G7pSVHS1j7NuJDsvII=
 github.com/celestiaorg/celestia-core v1.26.2-tm-v0.34.28/go.mod h1:++dNzzzjP9jYg+NopN9G8sg1HEZ58lv1TPtg71evZ0E=
-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/cenkalti/backoff v2.2.1+incompatible h1:tNowT99t7UNflLxfYYSlKYsBpXdEet03Pg2g16Swow4=
 github.com/cenkalti/backoff v2.2.1+incompatible/go.mod h1:90ReRw6GdpyfrHakVjL/QHaoyV4aDUVVkXQJJJ3NXXM=
 github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.1.1/go.mod h1:scbssz8iZGpm3xbr14ovlUdkxfGXNInqkPWOWmG2CLw=