diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index d7b0e4c2f0af..417471e79de5 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/spf13/jwalterweatherman v1.1.0 // indirect; indirects
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
 	github.com/spf13/viper v1.7.1
-	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.6.1
+	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0
 	github.com/tendermint/btcd v0.1.1
 	github.com/tendermint/crypto v0.0.0-20191022145703-50d29ede1e15
 	github.com/tendermint/go-amino v0.16.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index c6f3183a55e4..5d526fc85041 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -546,6 +546,8 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.3.0/go.mod h1:M5WIy9Dh21IEIfnGCwXGc5bZfKNJtfHm1UV
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.4.0/go.mod h1:j7eGeouHqKxXV5pUuKE4zz7dFj8WfuZ+81PSLYec5m4=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.6.1 h1:hDPOHmpOpP40lSULcqw7IrRb/u7w6RpDC9399XyoNd0=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.6.1/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0 h1:nwc3DEeHmmLAfoZucVR881uASk0Mfjw8xYJ99tb5CcY=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
 github.com/subosito/gotenv v1.2.0 h1:Slr1R9HxAlEKefgq5jn9U+DnETlIUa6HfgEzj0g5d7s=
 github.com/subosito/gotenv v1.2.0/go.mod h1:N0PQaV/YGNqwC0u51sEeR/aUtSLEXKX9iv69rRypqCw=
 github.com/syndtr/goleveldb v1.0.1-0.20200815110645-5c35d600f0ca h1:Ld/zXl5t4+D69SiV4JoN7kkfvJdOWlPpfxrzxpLMoUk=