diff --git a/tools/cosmovisor/go.mod b/tools/cosmovisor/go.mod
index be877d6bdb0d..6c147f470eac 100644
--- a/tools/cosmovisor/go.mod
+++ b/tools/cosmovisor/go.mod
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ require (
 	cosmossdk.io/x/upgrade v0.0.0-20230614103911-b3da8bb4e801
 	github.com/otiai10/copy v1.11.0
 	github.com/rs/zerolog v1.32.0
-	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.0
+	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.1
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
 )
 
diff --git a/tools/cosmovisor/go.sum b/tools/cosmovisor/go.sum
index b27f222e4522..e34104c4a74a 100644
--- a/tools/cosmovisor/go.sum
+++ b/tools/cosmovisor/go.sum
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ github.com/cosmos/ledger-cosmos-go v0.13.3 h1:7ehuBGuyIytsXbd4MP43mLeoN2LTOEnk5n
 github.com/cosmos/ledger-cosmos-go v0.13.3/go.mod h1:HENcEP+VtahZFw38HZ3+LS3Iv5XV6svsnkk9vdJtLr8=
 github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man v1.0.10/go.mod h1:SmD6nW6nTyfqj6ABTjUi3V3JVMnlJmwcJI5acqYI6dE=
 github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.0-20190314233015-f79a8a8ca69d/go.mod h1:maD7wRr/U5Z6m/iR4s+kqSMx2CaBsrgA7czyZG/E6dU=
-github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.3/go.mod h1:tgQtvFlXSQOSOSIRvRPT7W67SCa46tRHOmNcaadrF8o=
+github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.4/go.mod h1:tgQtvFlXSQOSOSIRvRPT7W67SCa46tRHOmNcaadrF8o=
 github.com/creack/pty v1.1.7/go.mod h1:lj5s0c3V2DBrqTV7llrYr5NG6My20zk30Fl46Y7DoTY=
 github.com/creack/pty v1.1.9/go.mod h1:oKZEueFk5CKHvIhNR5MUki03XCEU+Q6VDXinZuGJ33E=
 github.com/danieljoos/wincred v1.1.2 h1:QLdCxFs1/Yl4zduvBdcHB8goaYk9RARS2SgLLRuAyr0=
@@ -937,8 +937,8 @@ github.com/spf13/cast v1.6.0 h1:GEiTHELF+vaR5dhz3VqZfFSzZjYbgeKDpBxQVS4GYJ0=
 github.com/spf13/cast v1.6.0/go.mod h1:ancEpBxwJDODSW/UG4rDrAqiKolqNNh2DX3mk86cAdo=
 github.com/spf13/cobra v0.0.3/go.mod h1:1l0Ry5zgKvJasoi3XT1TypsSe7PqH0Sj9dhYf7v3XqQ=
 github.com/spf13/cobra v0.0.5/go.mod h1:3K3wKZymM7VvHMDS9+Akkh4K60UwM26emMESw8tLCHU=
-github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.0 h1:7aJaZx1B85qltLMc546zn58BxxfZdR/W22ej9CFoEf0=
-github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.0/go.mod h1:WXLWApfZ71AjXPya3WOlMsY9yMs7YeiHhFVlvLyhcho=
+github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.1 h1:e5/vxKd/rZsfSJMUX1agtjeTDf+qv1/JdBF8gg5k9ZM=
+github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.1/go.mod h1:wHxEcudfqmLYa8iTfL+OuZPbBZkmvliBWKIezN3kD9Y=
 github.com/spf13/jwalterweatherman v1.0.0/go.mod h1:cQK4TGJAtQXfYWX+Ddv3mKDzgVb68N+wFjFa4jdeBTo=
 github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.1/go.mod h1:DYY7MBk1bdzusC3SYhjObp+wFpr4gzcvqqNjLnInEg4=
 github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.3/go.mod h1:DYY7MBk1bdzusC3SYhjObp+wFpr4gzcvqqNjLnInEg4=