diff --git a/operators/constellation-node-operator/go.mod b/operators/constellation-node-operator/go.mod
index cce234ba8..7361708c8 100644
--- a/operators/constellation-node-operator/go.mod
+++ b/operators/constellation-node-operator/go.mod
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.16.5
 	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.18.1
 	github.com/spf13/afero v1.9.2
-	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.5
+	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0
 	go.etcd.io/etcd/api/v3 v3.5.4
 	go.etcd.io/etcd/client/pkg/v3 v3.5.4
 	go.etcd.io/etcd/client/v3 v3.5.4
diff --git a/operators/constellation-node-operator/go.sum b/operators/constellation-node-operator/go.sum
index 45b822acc..f0135cd4b 100644
--- a/operators/constellation-node-operator/go.sum
+++ b/operators/constellation-node-operator/go.sum
@@ -559,8 +559,8 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.5.1/go.mod h1:5W2xD1RspED5o8YsWQXVCued0rvSQ+mT+I5
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-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.5 h1:s5PTfem8p8EbKQOctVV53k6jCJt3UX4IEJzwh+C324Q=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.5/go.mod h1:yNjHg4UonilssWZ8iaSj1OCr/vHnekPRkoO+kdMU+MU=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0 h1:pSgiaMZlXftHpm5L7V1+rVB+AZJydKsMxsQBIJw4PKk=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0/go.mod h1:yNjHg4UonilssWZ8iaSj1OCr/vHnekPRkoO+kdMU+MU=
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