diff --git a/x/staking/go.mod b/x/staking/go.mod
index ed19cb3b39c9..4dc26d3d5571 100644
--- a/x/staking/go.mod
+++ b/x/staking/go.mod
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ require (
 	cosmossdk.io/math v1.3.0
 	cosmossdk.io/store v1.1.1-0.20240418092142-896cdf1971bc
 	github.com/cometbft/cometbft v1.0.0-rc1.0.20240908111210-ab0be101882f // indirect
-	github.com/cometbft/cometbft/api v1.0.0-rc.1 // indirect
+	github.com/cometbft/cometbft/api v1.0.0-rc.1
 	github.com/cosmos/cosmos-proto v1.0.0-beta.5
 	github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk v0.53.0
 	github.com/cosmos/gogoproto v1.7.0