diff --git a/simapp/go.mod b/simapp/go.mod
index 801bfaf93..1097536c6 100644
--- a/simapp/go.mod
+++ b/simapp/go.mod
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000
 	github.com/golang/mock v1.6.0
 	github.com/spf13/cast v1.5.0
-	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.6.0
+	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.6.1
 	github.com/spf13/viper v1.13.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0
 	github.com/tendermint/tendermint v0.37.0-alpha.2
diff --git a/simapp/go.sum b/simapp/go.sum
index 87fd15b1d..c3d6b375b 100644
--- a/simapp/go.sum
+++ b/simapp/go.sum
@@ -746,8 +746,8 @@ github.com/spf13/cast v1.5.0 h1:rj3WzYc11XZaIZMPKmwP96zkFEnnAmV8s6XbB2aY32w=
 github.com/spf13/cast v1.5.0/go.mod h1:SpXXQ5YoyJw6s3/6cMTQuxvgRl3PCJiyaX9p6b155UU=
 github.com/spf13/cobra v0.0.3/go.mod h1:1l0Ry5zgKvJasoi3XT1TypsSe7PqH0Sj9dhYf7v3XqQ=
 github.com/spf13/cobra v0.0.5/go.mod h1:3K3wKZymM7VvHMDS9+Akkh4K60UwM26emMESw8tLCHU=
-github.com/spf13/cobra v1.6.0 h1:42a0n6jwCot1pUmomAp4T7DeMD+20LFv4Q54pxLf2LI=
-github.com/spf13/cobra v1.6.0/go.mod h1:IOw/AERYS7UzyrGinqmz6HLUo219MORXGxhbaJUqzrY=
+github.com/spf13/cobra v1.6.1 h1:o94oiPyS4KD1mPy2fmcYYHHfCxLqYjJOhGsCHFZtEzA=
+github.com/spf13/cobra v1.6.1/go.mod h1:IOw/AERYS7UzyrGinqmz6HLUo219MORXGxhbaJUqzrY=
 github.com/spf13/jwalterweatherman v1.0.0/go.mod h1:cQK4TGJAtQXfYWX+Ddv3mKDzgVb68N+wFjFa4jdeBTo=
 github.com/spf13/jwalterweatherman v1.1.0 h1:ue6voC5bR5F8YxI5S67j9i582FU4Qvo2bmqnqMYADFk=
 github.com/spf13/jwalterweatherman v1.1.0/go.mod h1:aNWZUN0dPAAO/Ljvb5BEdw96iTZ0EXowPYD95IqWIGo=