diff --git a/core/go.mod b/core/go.mod
index add03bb25c5a..2e7a03da756e 100644
--- a/core/go.mod
+++ b/core/go.mod
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ require (
 	cosmossdk.io/depinject v1.0.0
 	cosmossdk.io/math v1.1.2
 	github.com/cosmos/cosmos-db v1.0.0
-	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
+	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.64.1
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.2
 )
diff --git a/core/go.sum b/core/go.sum
index 0e5ade90807e..8f44c51d60e4 100644
--- a/core/go.sum
+++ b/core/go.sum
@@ -120,8 +120,8 @@ github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.3.0/go.mod h1:M5WIy9Dh21IEIfnGCwXGc5bZfKNJtfHm1UVUgZn+9EI=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.5.1/go.mod h1:5W2xD1RspED5o8YsWQXVCued0rvSQ+mT+I5cxcmMvtA=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.2/go.mod h1:R6va5+xMeoiuVRoj+gSkQ7d3FALtqAAGI1FQKckRals=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0 h1:HtqpIVDClZ4nwg75+f6Lvsy/wHu+3BoSGCbBAcpTsTg=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0/go.mod h1:r2ic/lqez/lEtzL7wO/rwa5dbSLXVDPFyf8C91i36aY=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1 h1:7s2iGBzp5EwR7/aIZr8ao5+dra3wiQyKjjFuvgVKu7U=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1/go.mod h1:wZwfW3scLgRK+23gO65QZefKpKQRnfz6sD981Nm4B6U=
 github.com/syndtr/goleveldb v1.0.1-0.20220721030215-126854af5e6d h1:vfofYNRScrDdvS342BElfbETmL1Aiz3i2t0zfRj16Hs=
 github.com/syndtr/goleveldb v1.0.1-0.20220721030215-126854af5e6d/go.mod h1:RRCYJbIwD5jmqPI9XoAFR0OcDxqUctll6zUj/+B4S48=
 github.com/tendermint/go-amino v0.16.0 h1:GyhmgQKvqF82e2oZeuMSp9JTN0N09emoSZlb2lyGa2E=