diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index de57b78a5..3700f0ae5 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ require (
 	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 v1.1.3
-	github.com/spf13/viper v1.8.0
+	github.com/spf13/viper v1.8.1
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0
 	github.com/tendermint/tm-db v0.6.4
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20201221181555-eec23a3978ad
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 785b487b0..8c0d53e57 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -550,8 +550,8 @@ github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 h1:iy+VFUOCP1a+8yFto/drg2CJ5u0yRoB7fZw3DKv/JXA=
 github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5/go.mod h1:McXfInJRrz4CZXVZOBLb0bTZqETkiAhM9Iw0y3An2Bg=
 github.com/spf13/viper v1.3.2/go.mod h1:ZiWeW+zYFKm7srdB9IoDzzZXaJaI5eL9QjNiN/DMA2s=
 github.com/spf13/viper v1.7.0/go.mod h1:8WkrPz2fc9jxqZNCJI/76HCieCp4Q8HaLFoCha5qpdg=
-github.com/spf13/viper v1.8.0 h1:QRwDgoG8xX+kp69di68D+YYTCWfYEckbZRfUlEIAal0=
-github.com/spf13/viper v1.8.0/go.mod h1:o0Pch8wJ9BVSWGQMbra6iw0oQ5oktSIBaujf1rJH9Ns=
+github.com/spf13/viper v1.8.1 h1:Kq1fyeebqsBfbjZj4EL7gj2IO0mMaiyjYUWcUsl2O44=
+github.com/spf13/viper v1.8.1/go.mod h1:o0Pch8wJ9BVSWGQMbra6iw0oQ5oktSIBaujf1rJH9Ns=
 github.com/streadway/amqp v0.0.0-20190404075320-75d898a42a94/go.mod h1:AZpEONHx3DKn8O/DFsRAY58/XVQiIPMTMB1SddzLXVw=
 github.com/streadway/amqp v0.0.0-20190827072141-edfb9018d271/go.mod h1:AZpEONHx3DKn8O/DFsRAY58/XVQiIPMTMB1SddzLXVw=
 github.com/streadway/handy v0.0.0-20190108123426-d5acb3125c2a/go.mod h1:qNTQ5P5JnDBl6z3cMAg/SywNDC5ABu5ApDIw6lUbRmI=