diff --git a/x/upgrade/go.mod b/x/upgrade/go.mod
index b1ed9fb7c09f..0692ba6e8423 100644
--- a/x/upgrade/go.mod
+++ b/x/upgrade/go.mod
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ require (
 	cosmossdk.io/store v1.0.0
 	cosmossdk.io/x/auth v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000
 	cosmossdk.io/x/gov v0.0.0-20230925135524-a1bc045b3190
-	github.com/cometbft/cometbft v0.38.0
+	github.com/cometbft/cometbft v0.38.1
 	github.com/cosmos/cosmos-db v1.0.0
 	github.com/cosmos/cosmos-proto v1.0.0-beta.3
 	github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk v0.51.0
diff --git a/x/upgrade/go.sum b/x/upgrade/go.sum
index 62b41286a27f..a76af693fe02 100644
--- a/x/upgrade/go.sum
+++ b/x/upgrade/go.sum
@@ -327,8 +327,8 @@ github.com/cockroachdb/redact v1.1.5/go.mod h1:BVNblN9mBWFyMyqK1k3AAiSxhvhfK2oOZ
 github.com/cockroachdb/tokenbucket v0.0.0-20230807174530-cc333fc44b06 h1:zuQyyAKVxetITBuuhv3BI9cMrmStnpT18zmgmTxunpo=
 github.com/cockroachdb/tokenbucket v0.0.0-20230807174530-cc333fc44b06/go.mod h1:7nc4anLGjupUW/PeY5qiNYsdNXj7zopG+eqsS7To5IQ=
 github.com/codahale/hdrhistogram v0.0.0-20161010025455-3a0bb77429bd/go.mod h1:sE/e/2PUdi/liOCUjSTXgM1o87ZssimdTWN964YiIeI=
-github.com/cometbft/cometbft v0.38.0 h1:ogKnpiPX7gxCvqTEF4ly25/wAxUqf181t30P3vqdpdc=
-github.com/cometbft/cometbft v0.38.0/go.mod h1:5Jz0Z8YsHSf0ZaAqGvi/ifioSdVFPtEGrm8Y9T/993k=
+github.com/cometbft/cometbft v0.38.1 h1:hflfGk/VrPapfHco3rgCqn2YpOglAqJshSdyrM2zSLk=
+github.com/cometbft/cometbft v0.38.1/go.mod h1:PIi48BpzwlHqtV3mzwPyQgOyOnU94BNBimLS2ebBHOg=
 github.com/cometbft/cometbft-db v0.8.0 h1:vUMDaH3ApkX8m0KZvOFFy9b5DZHBAjsnEuo9AKVZpjo=
 github.com/cometbft/cometbft-db v0.8.0/go.mod h1:6ASCP4pfhmrCBpfk01/9E1SI29nD3HfVHrY4PG8x5c0=
 github.com/containerd/continuity v0.3.0 h1:nisirsYROK15TAMVukJOUyGJjz4BNQJBVsNvAXZJ/eg=