diff --git a/.changelog/unreleased/dependencies/2013-bump-comet.md b/.changelog/unreleased/dependencies/2013-bump-comet.md
deleted file mode 100644
index a68b1e78fe..0000000000
--- a/.changelog/unreleased/dependencies/2013-bump-comet.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-- Bump [CometBFT](https://github.com/cometbft/cometbft) to
-  [v0.38.9](https://github.com/cometbft/cometbft/releases/tag/v0.38.9).
-  ([\#2013](https://github.com/cosmos/interchain-security/pull/2013))
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.changelog/unreleased/dependencies/2053-bump-comet.md b/.changelog/unreleased/dependencies/2053-bump-comet.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c366932934
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/unreleased/dependencies/2053-bump-comet.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+- Bump [CometBFT](https://github.com/cometbft/cometbft) to
+  [v0.38.10](https://github.com/cometbft/cometbft/releases/tag/v0.38.10).
+  ([\#2053](https://github.com/cosmos/interchain-security/pull/2053))
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.changelog/unreleased/state-breaking/2013-bump-comet.md b/.changelog/unreleased/state-breaking/2013-bump-comet.md
deleted file mode 100644
index a68b1e78fe..0000000000
--- a/.changelog/unreleased/state-breaking/2013-bump-comet.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-- Bump [CometBFT](https://github.com/cometbft/cometbft) to
-  [v0.38.9](https://github.com/cometbft/cometbft/releases/tag/v0.38.9).
-  ([\#2013](https://github.com/cosmos/interchain-security/pull/2013))
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.changelog/unreleased/state-breaking/2053-bump-comet.md b/.changelog/unreleased/state-breaking/2053-bump-comet.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c366932934
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/unreleased/state-breaking/2053-bump-comet.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+- Bump [CometBFT](https://github.com/cometbft/cometbft) to
+  [v0.38.10](https://github.com/cometbft/cometbft/releases/tag/v0.38.10).
+  ([\#2053](https://github.com/cosmos/interchain-security/pull/2053))
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 284bcc1e8a..c589d4d360 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ go 1.22.2
 require (
 	cosmossdk.io/errors v1.0.1
 	cosmossdk.io/math v1.3.0
-	github.com/cometbft/cometbft v0.38.9
+	github.com/cometbft/cometbft v0.38.10
 	github.com/cometbft/cometbft-db v0.12.0 // indirect
 	github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk v0.50.8
 	github.com/cosmos/gogoproto v1.5.0
@@ -100,7 +100,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/jmhodges/levigo v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.7 // indirect
 	github.com/lib/pq v1.10.7 // indirect
-	github.com/libp2p/go-buffer-pool v0.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/linxGnu/grocksdb v1.8.14 // indirect
 	github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.7 // indirect
 	github.com/manifoldco/promptui v0.9.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 84755a4af0..4b0f995925 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -330,8 +330,8 @@ 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 v0.38.9 h1:cJBJBG0mPKz+sqelCi/hlfZjadZQGdDNnu6YQ1ZsUHQ=
-github.com/cometbft/cometbft v0.38.9/go.mod h1:xOoGZrtUT+A5izWfHSJgl0gYZUE7lu7Z2XIS1vWG/QQ=
+github.com/cometbft/cometbft v0.38.10 h1:2ePuglchT+j0Iao+cfmt/nw5U7K2lnGDzXSUPGVdXaU=
+github.com/cometbft/cometbft v0.38.10/go.mod h1:jHPx9vQpWzPHEAiYI/7EDKaB1NXhK6o3SArrrY8ExKc=
 github.com/cometbft/cometbft-db v0.12.0 h1:v77/z0VyfSU7k682IzZeZPFZrQAKiQwkqGN0QzAjMi0=
 github.com/cometbft/cometbft-db v0.12.0/go.mod h1:aX2NbCrjNVd2ZajYxt1BsiFf/Z+TQ2MN0VxdicheYuw=
 github.com/containerd/continuity v0.3.0 h1:nisirsYROK15TAMVukJOUyGJjz4BNQJBVsNvAXZJ/eg=
@@ -757,8 +757,6 @@ github.com/leodido/go-urn v1.2.1 h1:BqpAaACuzVSgi/VLzGZIobT2z4v53pjosyNd9Yv6n/w=
 github.com/leodido/go-urn v1.2.1/go.mod h1:zt4jvISO2HfUBqxjfIshjdMTYS56ZS/qv49ictyFfxY=
 github.com/lib/pq v1.10.7 h1:p7ZhMD+KsSRozJr34udlUrhboJwWAgCg34+/ZZNvZZw=
 github.com/lib/pq v1.10.7/go.mod h1:AlVN5x4E4T544tWzH6hKfbfQvm3HdbOxrmggDNAPY9o=
-github.com/libp2p/go-buffer-pool v0.1.0 h1:oK4mSFcQz7cTQIfqbe4MIj9gLW+mnanjyFtc6cdF0Y8=
-github.com/libp2p/go-buffer-pool v0.1.0/go.mod h1:N+vh8gMqimBzdKkSMVuydVDq+UV5QTWy5HSiZacSbPg=
 github.com/lightstep/lightstep-tracer-common/golang/gogo v0.0.0-20190605223551-bc2310a04743/go.mod h1:qklhhLq1aX+mtWk9cPHPzaBjWImj5ULL6C7HFJtXQMM=
 github.com/lightstep/lightstep-tracer-go v0.18.1/go.mod h1:jlF1pusYV4pidLvZ+XD0UBX0ZE6WURAspgAczcDHrL4=
 github.com/linxGnu/grocksdb v1.8.14 h1:HTgyYalNwBSG/1qCQUIott44wU5b2Y9Kr3z7SK5OfGQ=