diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 7674aa8dc..edfdf1920 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/rs/zerolog v1.23.0
 	github.com/sasha-s/go-deadlock v0.2.1-0.20190427202633-1595213edefa
 	github.com/snikch/goodman v0.0.0-20171125024755-10e37e294daa
-	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.2.0
+	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.2.1
 	github.com/spf13/viper v1.8.1
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0
 	github.com/tendermint/tm-db v0.6.4
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index a98a6d660..0d6af1130 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -502,8 +502,8 @@ github.com/spf13/cast v1.3.0/go.mod h1:Qx5cxh0v+4UWYiBimWS+eyWzqEqokIECu5etghLkU
 github.com/spf13/cast v1.3.1 h1:nFm6S0SMdyzrzcmThSipiEubIDy8WEXKNZ0UOgiRpng=
 github.com/spf13/cast v1.3.1/go.mod h1:Qx5cxh0v+4UWYiBimWS+eyWzqEqokIECu5etghLkUJE=
 github.com/spf13/cobra v0.0.5/go.mod h1:3K3wKZymM7VvHMDS9+Akkh4K60UwM26emMESw8tLCHU=
-github.com/spf13/cobra v1.2.0 h1:IHGo93KUJjih0Gz449MCBDKuaWPqcKcbuUM7GXWFnlw=
-github.com/spf13/cobra v1.2.0/go.mod h1:ExllRjgxM/piMAM+3tAZvg8fsklGAf3tPfi+i8t68Nk=
+github.com/spf13/cobra v1.2.1 h1:+KmjbUw1hriSNMF55oPrkZcb27aECyrj8V2ytv7kWDw=
+github.com/spf13/cobra v1.2.1/go.mod h1:ExllRjgxM/piMAM+3tAZvg8fsklGAf3tPfi+i8t68Nk=
 github.com/spf13/jwalterweatherman v1.0.0/go.mod h1:cQK4TGJAtQXfYWX+Ddv3mKDzgVb68N+wFjFa4jdeBTo=
 github.com/spf13/jwalterweatherman v1.1.0 h1:ue6voC5bR5F8YxI5S67j9i582FU4Qvo2bmqnqMYADFk=
 github.com/spf13/jwalterweatherman v1.1.0/go.mod h1:aNWZUN0dPAAO/Ljvb5BEdw96iTZ0EXowPYD95IqWIGo=