diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 4f609d4..7d9906b 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ replace github.com/gogo/protobuf => github.com/regen-network/protobuf v1.3.3-alp
 
 require (
 	github.com/celestiaorg/nmt v0.20.0
-	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
+	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20231206192017-f3f8817b8deb
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.32.0
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index dbdbc40..b18d49a 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZN
 github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.0.0-20190812154241-14fe0d1b01d4/go.mod h1:xMI15A0UPsDsEKsMN9yxemIoYk6Tm2C1GtYGdfGttqA=
 github.com/regen-network/protobuf v1.3.3-alpha.regen.1 h1:OHEc+q5iIAXpqiqFKeLpu5NwTIkVXUs48vFMwzqpqY4=
 github.com/regen-network/protobuf v1.3.3-alpha.regen.1/go.mod h1:2DjTFR1HhMQhiWC5sZ4OhQ3+NtdbZ6oBDKQwq5Ou+FI=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4 h1:CcVxjf3Q8PM0mHUKJCdn+eZZtm5yQwehR5yeSVQQcUk=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4/go.mod h1:sz/lmYIOXD/1dqDmKjjqLyZ2RngseejIcXlSw2iwfAo=
+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/tidwall/gjson v1.14.4 h1:uo0p8EbA09J7RQaflQ1aBRffTR7xedD2bcIVSYxLnkM=
 github.com/tidwall/gjson v1.14.4/go.mod h1:/wbyibRr2FHMks5tjHJ5F8dMZh3AcwJEMf5vlfC0lxk=
 github.com/tidwall/match v1.1.1 h1:+Ho715JplO36QYgwN9PGYNhgZvoUSc9X2c80KVTi+GA=