diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index d022c8342..7da31d49b 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/btcsuite/btcd/btcec/v2 v2.3.2
 	github.com/btcsuite/btcd/btcutil v1.1.3
 	github.com/bufbuild/buf v1.15.1
-	github.com/celestiaorg/nmt v0.21.0
+	github.com/celestiaorg/nmt v0.22.0
 	github.com/cometbft/cometbft-db v0.7.0
 	github.com/creachadair/taskgroup v0.3.2
 	github.com/fortytw2/leaktest v1.3.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index f914ed370..1933375e2 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -148,8 +148,8 @@ github.com/bufbuild/protocompile v0.5.1/go.mod h1:G5iLmavmF4NsYtpZFvE3B/zFch2GIY
 github.com/butuzov/ireturn v0.1.1 h1:QvrO2QF2+/Cx1WA/vETCIYBKtRjc30vesdoPUNo1EbY=
 github.com/butuzov/ireturn v0.1.1/go.mod h1:Wh6Zl3IMtTpaIKbmwzqi6olnM9ptYQxxVacMsOEFPoc=
 github.com/bwesterb/go-ristretto v1.2.3/go.mod h1:fUIoIZaG73pV5biE2Blr2xEzDoMj7NFEuV9ekS419A0=
-github.com/celestiaorg/nmt v0.21.0 h1:81MBqxNn3orByoiCtdNVjwi5WsLgMkzHwP02ZMhTBHM=
-github.com/celestiaorg/nmt v0.21.0/go.mod h1:ia/EpCk0enD5yO5frcxoNoFToz2Ghtk2i+blmCRjIY8=
+github.com/celestiaorg/nmt v0.22.0 h1:AGtfmBiVgreR1KkIV5R7XFNeMp/H4IUDLlBbLjZZ3zk=
+github.com/celestiaorg/nmt v0.22.0/go.mod h1:ia/EpCk0enD5yO5frcxoNoFToz2Ghtk2i+blmCRjIY8=
 github.com/cenkalti/backoff v2.2.1+incompatible h1:tNowT99t7UNflLxfYYSlKYsBpXdEet03Pg2g16Swow4=
 github.com/cenkalti/backoff v2.2.1+incompatible/go.mod h1:90ReRw6GdpyfrHakVjL/QHaoyV4aDUVVkXQJJJ3NXXM=
 github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.1.3 h1:cFAlzYUlVYDysBEH2T5hyJZMh3+5+WCBvSnK6Q8UtC4=