diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index e10abd2cd..4c3b680f6 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/spf13/viper v1.7.1
 	github.com/status-im/keycard-go v0.0.0-20190424133014-d95853db0f48
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.6.1
-	github.com/tendermint/tendermint v0.33.7
+	github.com/tendermint/tendermint v0.33.9
 	github.com/tendermint/tm-db v0.5.1
 	github.com/tyler-smith/go-bip39 v1.0.1-0.20181017060643-dbb3b84ba2ef
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20200622213623-75b288015ac9
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index dccf44184..d444c780b 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -643,6 +643,8 @@ github.com/tendermint/iavl v0.14.0/go.mod h1:QmfViflFiXzxKLQE4tAUuWQHq+RSuQFxabl
 github.com/tendermint/tendermint v0.33.5/go.mod h1:0yUs9eIuuDq07nQql9BmI30FtYGcEC60Tu5JzB5IezM=
 github.com/tendermint/tendermint v0.33.7 h1:b5CQD8ggDtl4u0EbXzabi0MaOw9NrcXker6ijEkAE74=
 github.com/tendermint/tendermint v0.33.7/go.mod h1:0yUs9eIuuDq07nQql9BmI30FtYGcEC60Tu5JzB5IezM=
+github.com/tendermint/tendermint v0.33.9 h1:rRKIfu5qAXX5f9bwX1oUXSZz/ALFJjDuivhkbGUQxiU=
+github.com/tendermint/tendermint v0.33.9/go.mod h1:0yUs9eIuuDq07nQql9BmI30FtYGcEC60Tu5JzB5IezM=
 github.com/tendermint/tm-db v0.5.1 h1:H9HDq8UEA7Eeg13kdYckkgwwkQLBnJGgX4PgLJRhieY=
 github.com/tendermint/tm-db v0.5.1/go.mod h1:g92zWjHpCYlEvQXvy9M168Su8V1IBEeawpXVVBaK4f4=
 github.com/tjfoc/gmsm v1.0.1/go.mod h1:XxO4hdhhrzAd+G4CjDqaOkd0hUzmtPR/d3EiBBMn/wc=