diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index fb9382e50..9e04c2ad2 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module github.com/cometbft/cometbft
 go 1.22.11
 
 require (
-	github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.4.0
+	github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.6.0
 	github.com/adlio/schema v1.3.6
 	github.com/btcsuite/btcd/btcutil v1.1.6
 	github.com/cenkalti/backoff v2.2.1+incompatible // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index cdfcdb544..b2e2ea633 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ dario.cat/mergo v1.0.0/go.mod h1:uNxQE+84aUszobStD9th8a29P2fMDhsBdgRYvZOxGmk=
 github.com/Azure/go-ansiterm v0.0.0-20230124172434-306776ec8161 h1:L/gRVlceqvL25UVaW/CKtUDjefjrs0SPonmDGUVOYP0=
 github.com/Azure/go-ansiterm v0.0.0-20230124172434-306776ec8161/go.mod h1:xomTg63KZ2rFqZQzSB4Vz2SUXa1BpHTVz9L5PTmPC4E=
 github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.3.1/go.mod h1:xHWCNGjB5oqiDr8zfno3MHue2Ht5sIBksp03qcyfWMU=
-github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.4.0 h1:kuoIxZQy2WRRk1pttg9asf+WVv6tWQuBNVmK8+nqPr0=
-github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.4.0/go.mod h1:ukJfTF/6rtPPRCnwkur4qwRxa8vTRFBF0uk2lLoLwho=
+github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.6.0 h1:dRaEfpa2VI55EwlIW72hMRHdWouJeRF7TPYhI+AUQjk=
+github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.6.0/go.mod h1:ukJfTF/6rtPPRCnwkur4qwRxa8vTRFBF0uk2lLoLwho=
 github.com/DATA-DOG/go-sqlmock v1.5.0 h1:Shsta01QNfFxHCfpW6YH2STWB0MudeXXEWMr20OEh60=
 github.com/DATA-DOG/go-sqlmock v1.5.0/go.mod h1:f/Ixk793poVmq4qj/V1dPUg2JEAKC73Q5eFN3EC/SaM=
 github.com/DataDog/zstd v1.4.5 h1:EndNeuB0l9syBZhut0wns3gV1hL8zX8LIu6ZiVHWLIQ=