diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 2b2dce89..6a13031e 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/manifoldco/promptui v0.9.0
 	github.com/neicnordic/crypt4gh v1.9.1
 	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.3
-	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
+	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
 	github.com/vbauerster/mpb/v8 v8.7.2
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20230522175609-2e198f4a06a1
 	gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.67.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 07b7a5c5..9413f41e 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ github.com/spf13/afero v1.2.1/go.mod h1:9ZxEEn6pIJ8Rxe320qSDBk6AsU0r9pR7Q4OcevTd
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.3.0/go.mod h1:M5WIy9Dh21IEIfnGCwXGc5bZfKNJtfHm1UVUgZn+9EI=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
-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/vbauerster/mpb/v8 v8.7.2 h1:SMJtxhNho1MV3OuFgS1DAzhANN1Ejc5Ct+0iSaIkB14=
 github.com/vbauerster/mpb/v8 v8.7.2/go.mod h1:ZFnrjzspgDHoxYLGvxIruiNk73GNTPG4YHgVNpR10VY=
 go.etcd.io/bbolt v1.3.5/go.mod h1:G5EMThwa9y8QZGBClrRx5EY+Yw9kAhnjy3bSjsnlVTQ=