diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index c9c2fd7a2..f814563aa 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/tendermint/crypto v0.0.0-20191022145703-50d29ede1e15
 	github.com/tendermint/go-amino v0.15.1
 	github.com/tendermint/iavl v0.14.0
-	github.com/tendermint/tendermint v0.33.7
+	github.com/tendermint/tendermint v0.33.8
 	github.com/tendermint/tm-db v0.5.1
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.31.0
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.25.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 9b4de11ce..726e17c3b 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -516,6 +516,8 @@ github.com/tendermint/tendermint v0.33.5 h1:jYgRd9ImkzA9iOyhpmgreYsqSB6tpDa6/rXY
 github.com/tendermint/tendermint v0.33.5/go.mod h1:0yUs9eIuuDq07nQql9BmI30FtYGcEC60Tu5JzB5IezM=
 github.com/tendermint/tendermint v0.33.7 h1:b5CQD8ggDtl4u0EbXzabi0MaOw9NrcXker6ijEkAE74=
 github.com/tendermint/tendermint v0.33.7/go.mod h1:0yUs9eIuuDq07nQql9BmI30FtYGcEC60Tu5JzB5IezM=
+github.com/tendermint/tendermint v0.33.8 h1:Xxu4QhpqcomSE0iQDw1MqLgfsa8fqtPtWFJK6zZOVso=
+github.com/tendermint/tendermint v0.33.8/go.mod h1:0yUs9eIuuDq07nQql9BmI30FtYGcEC60Tu5JzB5IezM=
 github.com/tendermint/tm-db v0.4.1/go.mod h1:JsJ6qzYkCGiGwm5GHl/H5GLI9XLb6qZX7PRe425dHAY=
 github.com/tendermint/tm-db v0.5.0/go.mod h1:lSq7q5WRR/njf1LnhiZ/lIJHk2S8Y1Zyq5oP/3o9C2U=
 github.com/tendermint/tm-db v0.5.1 h1:H9HDq8UEA7Eeg13kdYckkgwwkQLBnJGgX4PgLJRhieY=