diff --git a/docs/release-notes/release-notes-0.16.0.md b/docs/release-notes/release-notes-0.16.0.md
index 65e80c773..22cfd7ef4 100644
--- a/docs/release-notes/release-notes-0.16.0.md
+++ b/docs/release-notes/release-notes-0.16.0.md
@@ -201,6 +201,9 @@ certain large transactions](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/7100).
 
 * [Fix loop and other temporary variables being accessed in
   goroutines](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/7188).
+
+* [CI: update test coverage library
+  go-acc](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/7221) v0.2.6 -> v0.2.8
  
 ## Watchtowers
 
@@ -279,5 +282,6 @@ refactor the itest for code health and maintenance.
 * Olaoluwa Osuntokun
 * Oliver Gugger
 * Priyansh Rastogi
+* Robyn Ffrancon
 * Roei Erez
 * Yong Yu
diff --git a/tools/go.mod b/tools/go.mod
index 4859b68b0..9662a0b37 100644
--- a/tools/go.mod
+++ b/tools/go.mod
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ go 1.16
 require (
 	github.com/btcsuite/btcd v0.23.3
 	github.com/golangci/golangci-lint v1.50.1
-	github.com/ory/go-acc v0.2.6
+	github.com/ory/go-acc v0.2.8
 	github.com/rinchsan/gosimports v0.1.5
 )
diff --git a/tools/go.sum b/tools/go.sum
index def758fc5..d36525869 100644
--- a/tools/go.sum
+++ b/tools/go.sum
@@ -725,6 +725,8 @@ github.com/onsi/gomega v1.20.0/go.mod h1:DtrZpjmvpn2mPm4YWQa0/ALMDj9v4YxLgojwPeR
 github.com/opentracing/opentracing-go v1.1.0/go.mod h1:UkNAQd3GIcIGf0SeVgPpRdFStlNbqXla1AfSYxPUl2o=
 github.com/ory/go-acc v0.2.6 h1:YfI+L9dxI7QCtWn2RbawqO0vXhiThdXu/RgizJBbaq0=
 github.com/ory/go-acc v0.2.6/go.mod h1:4Kb/UnPcT8qRAk3IAxta+hvVapdxTLWtrr7bFLlEgpw=
+github.com/ory/go-acc v0.2.8 h1:rOHHAPQjf0u7eHFGWpiXK+gIu/e0GRSJNr9pDukdNC4=
+github.com/ory/go-acc v0.2.8/go.mod h1:iCRZUdGb/7nqvSn8xWZkhfVrtXRZ9Wru2E5rabCjFPI=
 github.com/ory/viper v1.7.5 h1:+xVdq7SU3e1vNaCsk/ixsfxE4zylk1TJUiJrY647jUE=
 github.com/ory/viper v1.7.5/go.mod h1:ypOuyJmEUb3oENywQZRgeAMwqgOyDqwboO1tj3DjTaM=
 github.com/otiai10/copy v1.2.0 h1:HvG945u96iNadPoG2/Ja2+AUJeW5YuFQMixq9yirC+k=