diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 93c8c90831..03135e2dbf 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/spacemeshos/economics v0.1.4
 	github.com/spacemeshos/fixed v0.1.2
 	github.com/spacemeshos/go-scale v1.2.1
-	github.com/spacemeshos/merkle-tree v0.2.4
+	github.com/spacemeshos/merkle-tree v0.2.5
 	github.com/spacemeshos/poet v0.10.4
 	github.com/spacemeshos/post v0.12.10
 	github.com/spf13/afero v1.11.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 4eca5bbcfc..21153d9a53 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -637,8 +637,8 @@ github.com/spacemeshos/fixed v0.1.2 h1:pENQ8pXFAqin3f15ZLoOVVeSgcmcFJ0IFdFm4+9u4
 github.com/spacemeshos/fixed v0.1.2/go.mod h1:OekUZD7FA9Ji8H/WEf5VuGYxPB+mWfXjbUI7I3qcT48=
 github.com/spacemeshos/go-scale v1.2.1 h1:+IJ6KmFl9tF1Om8B1NvEwilGpBG1ebr4Se8A0Fe4puE=
 github.com/spacemeshos/go-scale v1.2.1/go.mod h1:fpO6tCoKdUmvF6o9zkUtq2erSOH5t4ik02Zwdm31qOs=
-github.com/spacemeshos/merkle-tree v0.2.4 h1:kA7uRGadeyULOFlBxsWRwN0v1U2B4PD4OluR1l3d4nE=
-github.com/spacemeshos/merkle-tree v0.2.4/go.mod h1:yTJd262m3pjnw8mH0j5vt3w0J+2mpM6g0xyc5Pr2zIw=
+github.com/spacemeshos/merkle-tree v0.2.5 h1:4iWiW4SvDEBGYRUvFUjArHeTHjvOa52JQ/iLW6wBzUs=
+github.com/spacemeshos/merkle-tree v0.2.5/go.mod h1:lxMuC/C2qhN6wdH6iSXW0HM8FS6fnKnyLWjCAKsCtr8=
 github.com/spacemeshos/poet v0.10.4 h1:MHGG1dhMVwy5DdlsmwdRLDQTTqlPA21lSQB2PVd8MSk=
 github.com/spacemeshos/poet v0.10.4/go.mod h1:hz21GMyHb9h29CqNhVeKxCD5dxZdQK27nAqLpT46gjE=
 github.com/spacemeshos/post v0.12.10 h1:S4THKvy/uGdNzoZkTI5qqIo2H8/W4xktKtYzxKsYNVU=