diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 14ecd17..be3c19c 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module github.com/celestiaorg/go-square/v2
 go 1.22.5
 
 require (
-	github.com/celestiaorg/nmt v0.21.0
+	github.com/celestiaorg/nmt v0.22.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20231206192017-f3f8817b8deb
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.2
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index f11bd61..531aebe 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-github.com/celestiaorg/nmt v0.21.0 h1:81MBqxNn3orByoiCtdNVjwi5WsLgMkzHwP02ZMhTBHM=
-github.com/celestiaorg/nmt v0.21.0/go.mod h1:ia/EpCk0enD5yO5frcxoNoFToz2Ghtk2i+blmCRjIY8=
+github.com/celestiaorg/nmt v0.22.0 h1:AGtfmBiVgreR1KkIV5R7XFNeMp/H4IUDLlBbLjZZ3zk=
+github.com/celestiaorg/nmt v0.22.0/go.mod h1:ia/EpCk0enD5yO5frcxoNoFToz2Ghtk2i+blmCRjIY8=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2 h1:Ov1cvc58UF3b5XjBnZv7+opcTcQFZebYjWzi34vdm4Q=