diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 74f49bec0e..4f9177cd71 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/celestiaorg/go-fraud v0.2.0
 	github.com/celestiaorg/go-header v0.3.1
 	github.com/celestiaorg/go-libp2p-messenger v0.2.0
-	github.com/celestiaorg/nmt v0.19.0
+	github.com/celestiaorg/nmt v0.20.0
 	github.com/celestiaorg/rsmt2d v0.11.0
 	github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk v0.46.14
 	github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/api v0.1.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 8363974ccb..8bee85e543 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -377,8 +377,8 @@ github.com/celestiaorg/go-libp2p-messenger v0.2.0 h1:/0MuPDcFamQMbw9xTZ73yImqgTO
 github.com/celestiaorg/go-libp2p-messenger v0.2.0/go.mod h1:s9PIhMi7ApOauIsfBcQwbr7m+HBzmVfDIS+QLdgzDSo=
 github.com/celestiaorg/merkletree v0.0.0-20210714075610-a84dc3ddbbe4 h1:CJdIpo8n5MFP2MwK0gSRcOVlDlFdQJO1p+FqdxYzmvc=
 github.com/celestiaorg/merkletree v0.0.0-20210714075610-a84dc3ddbbe4/go.mod h1:fzuHnhzj1pUygGz+1ZkB3uQbEUL4htqCGJ4Qs2LwMZA=
-github.com/celestiaorg/nmt v0.19.0 h1:9VXFeI/gt+q8h5HeCE0RjXJhOxsFzxJUjHrkvF9CMYE=
-github.com/celestiaorg/nmt v0.19.0/go.mod h1:Oz15Ub6YPez9uJV0heoU4WpFctxazuIhKyUtaYNio7E=
+github.com/celestiaorg/nmt v0.20.0 h1:9i7ultZ8Wv5ytt8ZRaxKQ5KOOMo4A2K2T/aPGjIlSas=
+github.com/celestiaorg/nmt v0.20.0/go.mod h1:Oz15Ub6YPez9uJV0heoU4WpFctxazuIhKyUtaYNio7E=
 github.com/celestiaorg/quantum-gravity-bridge v1.3.0 h1:9zPIp7w1FWfkPnn16y3S4FpFLnQtS7rm81CUVcHEts0=
 github.com/celestiaorg/quantum-gravity-bridge v1.3.0/go.mod h1:6WOajINTDEUXpSj5UZzod16UZ96ZVB/rFNKyM+Mt1gI=
 github.com/celestiaorg/rsmt2d v0.11.0 h1:lcto/637WyTEZR3dLRoNvyuExfnUbxvdvKi3qz/2V4k=