diff --git a/core/go.mod b/core/go.mod
index 3807e6a20..01bc0fe46 100644
--- a/core/go.mod
+++ b/core/go.mod
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ require (
 	cosmossdk.io/depinject v1.0.0-alpha.3
 	cosmossdk.io/math v1.0.0-beta.3
 	github.com/cosmos/cosmos-proto v1.0.0-alpha8
-	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0
+	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.1
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.28.1
 	gotest.tools/v3 v3.4.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.3.0
diff --git a/core/go.sum b/core/go.sum
index d356a87c0..a32437b72 100644
--- a/core/go.sum
+++ b/core/go.sum
@@ -32,9 +32,11 @@ github.com/regen-network/gocuke v0.6.2 h1:pHviZ0kKAq2U2hN2q3smKNxct6hS0mGByFMHGn
 github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.8.1 h1:geMPLpDpQOgVyCg5z5GoRwLHepNdb71NXb67XFkP+Eg=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.4.0/go.mod h1:YvHI0jy2hoMjB+UWwv71VJQ9isScKT/TqJzVSSt89Yw=
+github.com/stretchr/objx v0.5.0/go.mod h1:Yh+to48EsGEfYuaHDzXPcE3xhTkx73EhmCGUpEOglKo=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.1/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0 h1:pSgiaMZlXftHpm5L7V1+rVB+AZJydKsMxsQBIJw4PKk=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0/go.mod h1:yNjHg4UonilssWZ8iaSj1OCr/vHnekPRkoO+kdMU+MU=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.1 h1:w7B6lhMri9wdJUVmEZPGGhZzrYTPvgJArz7wNPgYKsk=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.1/go.mod h1:w2LPCIKwWwSfY2zedu0+kehJoqGctiVI29o6fzry7u4=
 github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.2.1/go.mod h1:3hX8gzYuyVAZsxl0MRgGTJEmQBFcNTphYh9decYSb74=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2/go.mod h1:djNgcEr1/C05ACkg1iLfiJU5Ep61QUkGW8qpdssI0+w=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20191011191535-87dc89f01550/go.mod h1:yigFU9vqHzYiE8UmvKecakEJjdnWj3jj499lnFckfCI=