diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 8fc13cf05..d94b5c4a8 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -27,11 +27,10 @@ require (
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.11.0
 	github.com/rcrowley/go-metrics v0.0.0-20200313005456-10cdbea86bc0
 	github.com/rs/cors v1.8.0
-	github.com/rs/zerolog v1.24.0
+	github.com/rs/zerolog v1.25.0
 	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 v1.2.1
-	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 // indirect
 	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 824e128fb..8028907fc 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -767,8 +767,8 @@ github.com/rs/cors v1.8.0/go.mod h1:EBwu+T5AvHOcXwvZIkQFjUN6s8Czyqw12GL/Y0tUyRM=
 github.com/rs/xid v1.2.1/go.mod h1:+uKXf+4Djp6Md1KODXJxgGQPKngRmWyn10oCKFzNHOQ=
 github.com/rs/xid v1.3.0/go.mod h1:trrq9SKmegXys3aeAKXMUTdJsYXVwGY3RLcfgqegfbg=
 github.com/rs/zerolog v1.18.0/go.mod h1:9nvC1axdVrAHcu/s9taAVfBuIdTZLVQmKQyvrUjF5+I=
-github.com/rs/zerolog v1.24.0 h1:76ivFxmVSRs1u2wUwJVg5VZDYQgeH1JpoS6ndgr9Wy8=
-github.com/rs/zerolog v1.24.0/go.mod h1:7KHcEGe0QZPOm2IE4Kpb5rTh6n1h2hIgS5OOnu1rUaI=
+github.com/rs/zerolog v1.25.0 h1:Rj7XygbUHKUlDPcVdoLyR91fJBsduXj5fRxyqIQj/II=
+github.com/rs/zerolog v1.25.0/go.mod h1:7KHcEGe0QZPOm2IE4Kpb5rTh6n1h2hIgS5OOnu1rUaI=
 github.com/russross/blackfriday v1.5.2/go.mod h1:JO/DiYxRf+HjHt06OyowR9PTA263kcR/rfWxYHBV53g=
 github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.0.1/go.mod h1:+Rmxgy9KzJVeS9/2gXHxylqXiyQDYRxCVz55jmeOWTM=
 github.com/ryancurrah/gomodguard v1.2.3 h1:ww2fsjqocGCAFamzvv/b8IsRduuHHeK2MHTcTxZTQX8=