diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 54b845b6c848..3454eec5c1ce 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/chzyer/readline v1.5.1
 	github.com/cockroachdb/apd/v2 v2.0.2
 	github.com/cockroachdb/errors v1.11.1
-	github.com/cometbft/cometbft v0.38.0-rc3
+	github.com/cometbft/cometbft v0.38.0
 	github.com/cosmos/btcutil v1.0.5
 	github.com/cosmos/cosmos-db v1.0.0
 	github.com/cosmos/cosmos-proto v1.0.0-beta.3
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 798984738221..982683537bca 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -168,8 +168,8 @@ github.com/cockroachdb/redact v1.1.5/go.mod h1:BVNblN9mBWFyMyqK1k3AAiSxhvhfK2oOZ
 github.com/cockroachdb/tokenbucket v0.0.0-20230807174530-cc333fc44b06 h1:zuQyyAKVxetITBuuhv3BI9cMrmStnpT18zmgmTxunpo=
 github.com/cockroachdb/tokenbucket v0.0.0-20230807174530-cc333fc44b06/go.mod h1:7nc4anLGjupUW/PeY5qiNYsdNXj7zopG+eqsS7To5IQ=
 github.com/codahale/hdrhistogram v0.0.0-20161010025455-3a0bb77429bd/go.mod h1:sE/e/2PUdi/liOCUjSTXgM1o87ZssimdTWN964YiIeI=
-github.com/cometbft/cometbft v0.38.0-rc3 h1:Ly3eVPWoFu0y68PmZwLljucPdEBtfigZtqm+OV1W6dE=
-github.com/cometbft/cometbft v0.38.0-rc3/go.mod h1:5Jz0Z8YsHSf0ZaAqGvi/ifioSdVFPtEGrm8Y9T/993k=
+github.com/cometbft/cometbft v0.38.0 h1:ogKnpiPX7gxCvqTEF4ly25/wAxUqf181t30P3vqdpdc=
+github.com/cometbft/cometbft v0.38.0/go.mod h1:5Jz0Z8YsHSf0ZaAqGvi/ifioSdVFPtEGrm8Y9T/993k=
 github.com/cometbft/cometbft-db v0.7.0 h1:uBjbrBx4QzU0zOEnU8KxoDl18dMNgDh+zZRUE0ucsbo=
 github.com/cometbft/cometbft-db v0.7.0/go.mod h1:yiKJIm2WKrt6x8Cyxtq9YTEcIMPcEe4XPxhgX59Fzf0=
 github.com/containerd/continuity v0.3.0 h1:nisirsYROK15TAMVukJOUyGJjz4BNQJBVsNvAXZJ/eg=