diff --git a/.changelog/unreleased/dependencies/2277-bump-ibc.md b/.changelog/unreleased/dependencies/2277-bump-ibc.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3a82701784
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/unreleased/dependencies/2277-bump-ibc.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+- Bump [ibc-go](https://github.com/cosmos/ibc-go) to
+  [v8.5.1](https://github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/releases/tag/v8.5.1).
+  ([\#2277](https://github.com/cosmos/interchain-security/pull/2277))
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index bbf21ef4cd..c65a0fbb51 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ require (
 	cosmossdk.io/x/upgrade v0.1.4
 	github.com/cosmos/cosmos-db v1.0.2
 	github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/modules/capability v1.0.1
-	github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/v8 v8.5.0
+	github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/v8 v8.5.1
 	github.com/informalsystems/itf-go v0.0.1
 	github.com/spf13/viper v1.19.0
 	golang.org/x/mod v0.20.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index c4caa52710..d5f0e78f4e 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -361,8 +361,8 @@ github.com/cosmos/iavl v1.1.2 h1:zL9FK7C4L/P4IF1Dm5fIwz0WXCnn7Bp1M2FxH0ayM7Y=
 github.com/cosmos/iavl v1.1.2/go.mod h1:jLeUvm6bGT1YutCaL2fIar/8vGUE8cPZvh/gXEWDaDM=
 github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/modules/capability v1.0.1 h1:ibwhrpJ3SftEEZRxCRkH0fQZ9svjthrX2+oXdZvzgGI=
 github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/modules/capability v1.0.1/go.mod h1:rquyOV262nGJplkumH+/LeYs04P3eV8oB7ZM4Ygqk4E=
-github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/v8 v8.5.0 h1:OjaSXz480JT8ZuMrASxGgS7XzloZ2NuuJPwZB/fKDgE=
-github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/v8 v8.5.0/go.mod h1:P5hkAvq0Qbg0h18uLxDVA9q1kOJ0l36htMsskiNwXbo=
+github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/v8 v8.5.1 h1:3JleEMKBjRKa3FeTKt4fjg22za/qygLBo7mDkoYTNBs=
+github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/v8 v8.5.1/go.mod h1:P5hkAvq0Qbg0h18uLxDVA9q1kOJ0l36htMsskiNwXbo=
 github.com/cosmos/ics23/go v0.11.0 h1:jk5skjT0TqX5e5QJbEnwXIS2yI2vnmLOgpQPeM5RtnU=
 github.com/cosmos/ics23/go v0.11.0/go.mod h1:A8OjxPE67hHST4Icw94hOxxFEJMBG031xIGF/JHNIY0=
 github.com/cosmos/ledger-cosmos-go v0.13.3 h1:7ehuBGuyIytsXbd4MP43mLeoN2LTOEnk5nvue4rK+yM=