diff --git a/packages/@jsii/go-runtime/jsii-runtime-go/go.mod b/packages/@jsii/go-runtime/jsii-runtime-go/go.mod
index cbd188501c..b4c56dce82 100644
--- a/packages/@jsii/go-runtime/jsii-runtime-go/go.mod
+++ b/packages/@jsii/go-runtime/jsii-runtime-go/go.mod
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ go 1.16
 
 require (
 	github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3 v3.1.1
-	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.5
+	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0
 )
 
 retract v1.27.0
diff --git a/packages/@jsii/go-runtime/jsii-runtime-go/go.sum b/packages/@jsii/go-runtime/jsii-runtime-go/go.sum
index 4063e8522e..c082b0202a 100644
--- a/packages/@jsii/go-runtime/jsii-runtime-go/go.sum
+++ b/packages/@jsii/go-runtime/jsii-runtime-go/go.sum
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZN
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.4.0/go.mod h1:YvHI0jy2hoMjB+UWwv71VJQ9isScKT/TqJzVSSt89Yw=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.1/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
-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=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405 h1:yhCVgyC4o1eVCa2tZl7eS0r+SDo693bJlVdllGtEeKM=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=