diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index e32d90a2..46f535b4 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/dustin/go-humanize v1.0.0
 	github.com/flynn/go-docopt v0.0.0-20140912013429-f6dd2ebbb31e
 	github.com/secure-systems-lab/go-securesystemslib v0.4.0
-	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.4
+	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0
 	github.com/syndtr/goleveldb v1.0.1-0.20210819022825-2ae1ddf74ef7
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20211117183948-ae814b36b871
 	golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20210927222741-03fcf44c2211
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 4c036b60..eb7d6464 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.4.0/go.mod h1:YvHI0jy2hoMjB+UWwv71VJQ9isScKT/TqJzVSSt89Yw=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.5.1/go.mod h1:5W2xD1RspED5o8YsWQXVCued0rvSQ+mT+I5cxcmMvtA=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.1/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.4 h1:wZRexSlwd7ZXfKINDLsO4r7WBt3gTKONc6K/VesHvHM=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.4/go.mod h1:yNjHg4UonilssWZ8iaSj1OCr/vHnekPRkoO+kdMU+MU=
+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/syndtr/goleveldb v1.0.1-0.20210819022825-2ae1ddf74ef7 h1:epCh84lMvA70Z7CTTCmYQn2CKbY8j86K7/FAIr141uY=
 github.com/syndtr/goleveldb v1.0.1-0.20210819022825-2ae1ddf74ef7/go.mod h1:q4W45IWZaF22tdD+VEXcAWRA037jwmWEB5VWYORlTpc=
 github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.2.1/go.mod h1:3hX8gzYuyVAZsxl0MRgGTJEmQBFcNTphYh9decYSb74=