diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 6b562101d..ccb739859 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module github.com/tendermint/tendermint
 go 1.16
 
 require (
-	github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.1.0
+	github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.4.0
 	github.com/ChainSafe/go-schnorrkel v0.0.0-20200405005733-88cbf1b4c40d
 	github.com/Workiva/go-datastructures v1.0.53
 	github.com/adlio/schema v1.3.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 2cad254d4..8b9a8c147 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/internal v0.7.0/go.mod h1:yqy467j36fJxcRV2
 github.com/Azure/go-ansiterm v0.0.0-20210617225240-d185dfc1b5a1 h1:UQHMgLO+TxOElx5B5HZ4hJQsoJ/PvUvKRhJHDQXO8P8=
 github.com/Azure/go-ansiterm v0.0.0-20210617225240-d185dfc1b5a1/go.mod h1:xomTg63KZ2rFqZQzSB4Vz2SUXa1BpHTVz9L5PTmPC4E=
 github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.3.1/go.mod h1:xHWCNGjB5oqiDr8zfno3MHue2Ht5sIBksp03qcyfWMU=
-github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.1.0 h1:ksErzDEI1khOiGPgpwuI7x2ebx/uXQNw7xJpn9Eq1+I=
-github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.1.0/go.mod h1:CxXYINrC8qIiEnFrOxCa7Jy5BFHlXnUU2pbicEuybxQ=
+github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.4.0 h1:kuoIxZQy2WRRk1pttg9asf+WVv6tWQuBNVmK8+nqPr0=
+github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.4.0/go.mod h1:ukJfTF/6rtPPRCnwkur4qwRxa8vTRFBF0uk2lLoLwho=
 github.com/BurntSushi/xgb v0.0.0-20160522181843-27f122750802/go.mod h1:IVnqGOEym/WlBOVXweHU+Q+/VP0lqqI8lqeDx9IjBqo=
 github.com/ChainSafe/go-schnorrkel v0.0.0-20200405005733-88cbf1b4c40d h1:nalkkPQcITbvhmL4+C4cKA87NW0tfm3Kl9VXRoPywFg=
 github.com/ChainSafe/go-schnorrkel v0.0.0-20200405005733-88cbf1b4c40d/go.mod h1:URdX5+vg25ts3aCh8H5IFZybJYKWhJHYMTnf+ULtoC4=