diff --git a/.github/workflows/changelog.yml b/.github/workflows/changelog.yml
index 3657e64d02..ae79649f8a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/changelog.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/changelog.yml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: dangoslen/dependabot-changelog-helper@v3
         with:
           version: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.version }}
-          activationLabel: 'dependencies'
+          activationLabels: 'dependencies'
           changelogPath: './CHANGELOG.md'
 
       # This step is required for committing the changes to your branch.
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3120a7d55f..25b4beb6d0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ Ref: https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/
 
 * Fix `MarkerTransferAuthorization` validation to ensure the coins and addresses are all valid [1856](https://github.com/provenance-io/provenance/pull/1856).
 
+### Dependencies
+
+- Bump `github.com/stretchr/testify` from 1.8.4 to 1.9.0 ([#1860](https://github.com/provenance-io/provenance/pull/1860))
+
 ---
 
 ## [v1.18.0-rc2](https://github.com/provenance-io/provenance/releases/tag/v1.18.0-rc2) - 2024-02-22
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index b6446bd2af..f1019f1246 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.0
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
 	github.com/spf13/viper v1.18.2
-	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
+	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
 	github.com/tendermint/tendermint v0.34.28
 	github.com/tendermint/tm-db v0.6.7
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20231006140011-7918f672742d
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index e9587238ef..de77ba7364 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1095,8 +1095,8 @@ github.com/streadway/handy v0.0.0-20190108123426-d5acb3125c2a/go.mod h1:qNTQ5P5J
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.1/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.4.0/go.mod h1:YvHI0jy2hoMjB+UWwv71VJQ9isScKT/TqJzVSSt89Yw=
-github.com/stretchr/objx v0.5.0 h1:1zr/of2m5FGMsad5YfcqgdqdWrIhu+EBEJRhR1U7z/c=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.5.0/go.mod h1:Yh+to48EsGEfYuaHDzXPcE3xhTkx73EhmCGUpEOglKo=
+github.com/stretchr/objx v0.5.2 h1:xuMeJ0Sdp5ZMRXx/aWO6RZxdr3beISkG5/G/aIRr3pY=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.2.0/go.mod h1:a8OnRcib4nhh0OaRAV+Yts87kKdq0PP7pXfy6kDkUVs=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.2.2/go.mod h1:a8OnRcib4nhh0OaRAV+Yts87kKdq0PP7pXfy6kDkUVs=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.3.0/go.mod h1:M5WIy9Dh21IEIfnGCwXGc5bZfKNJtfHm1UVUgZn+9EI=
@@ -1108,8 +1108,9 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.1/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.2/go.mod h1:R6va5+xMeoiuVRoj+gSkQ7d3FALtqAAGI1FQKckRals=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0/go.mod h1:yNjHg4UonilssWZ8iaSj1OCr/vHnekPRkoO+kdMU+MU=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.1/go.mod h1:w2LPCIKwWwSfY2zedu0+kehJoqGctiVI29o6fzry7u4=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4 h1:CcVxjf3Q8PM0mHUKJCdn+eZZtm5yQwehR5yeSVQQcUk=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4/go.mod h1:sz/lmYIOXD/1dqDmKjjqLyZ2RngseejIcXlSw2iwfAo=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0 h1:HtqpIVDClZ4nwg75+f6Lvsy/wHu+3BoSGCbBAcpTsTg=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0/go.mod h1:r2ic/lqez/lEtzL7wO/rwa5dbSLXVDPFyf8C91i36aY=
 github.com/subosito/gotenv v1.6.0 h1:9NlTDc1FTs4qu0DDq7AEtTPNw6SVm7uBMsUCUjABIf8=
 github.com/subosito/gotenv v1.6.0/go.mod h1:Dk4QP5c2W3ibzajGcXpNraDfq2IrhjMIvMSWPKKo0FU=
 github.com/syndtr/goleveldb v1.0.1-0.20210819022825-2ae1ddf74ef7 h1:epCh84lMvA70Z7CTTCmYQn2CKbY8j86K7/FAIr141uY=