diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 163d490f13..b456119afd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ Ref: https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/
 
 ### State Machine Breaking
 
+- (deps) [\#1041](https://github.com/evmos/evmos/pull/1041) Add ics23 dragonberry replace in go.mod as mentioned in the [Cosmos SDK release](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/releases/tag/v0.46.4)
 - (deps) [\#1037](https://github.com/evmos/evmos/pull/1037) Bump Ethermint version to [`v0.20.0-rc2`](https://github.com/evmos/ethermint/releases/tag/v0.20.0-rc2)
 
 ### API Breaking
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 325ef3047d..bc377d6465 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -191,6 +191,10 @@ require (
 )
 
 replace (
+	// use cosmos keyring
 	github.com/99designs/keyring => github.com/cosmos/keyring v1.1.7-0.20210622111912-ef00f8ac3d76
+	// ics23 patch for dragonberry
+	github.com/confio/ics23/go => github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/ics23/go v0.8.0
+	// use cosmos flavored protobufs
 	github.com/gogo/protobuf => github.com/regen-network/protobuf v1.3.3-alpha.regen.1
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 598d542013..b407aafb88 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -222,8 +222,6 @@ github.com/codahale/hdrhistogram v0.0.0-20161010025455-3a0bb77429bd/go.mod h1:sE
 github.com/coinbase/kryptology v1.8.0/go.mod h1:RYXOAPdzOGUe3qlSFkMGn58i3xUA8hmxYHksuq+8ciI=
 github.com/coinbase/rosetta-sdk-go v0.7.9 h1:lqllBjMnazTjIqYrOGv8h8jxjg9+hJazIGZr9ZvoCcA=
 github.com/coinbase/rosetta-sdk-go v0.7.9/go.mod h1:0/knutI7XGVqXmmH4OQD8OckFrbQ8yMsUZTG7FXCR2M=
-github.com/confio/ics23/go v0.7.0 h1:00d2kukk7sPoHWL4zZBZwzxnpA2pec1NPdwbSokJ5w8=
-github.com/confio/ics23/go v0.7.0/go.mod h1:E45NqnlpxGnpfTWL/xauN7MRwEE28T4Dd4uraToOaKg=
 github.com/consensys/bavard v0.1.8-0.20210406032232-f3452dc9b572/go.mod h1:Bpd0/3mZuaj6Sj+PqrmIquiOKy397AKGThQPaGzNXAQ=
 github.com/consensys/bavard v0.1.8-0.20210915155054-088da2f7f54a/go.mod h1:9ItSMtA/dXMAiL7BG6bqW2m3NdSEObYWoH223nGHukI=
 github.com/consensys/gnark-crypto v0.4.1-0.20210426202927-39ac3d4b3f1f/go.mod h1:815PAHg3wvysy0SyIqanF8gZ0Y1wjk/hrDHD/iT88+Q=
@@ -241,6 +239,8 @@ github.com/cosmos/cosmos-proto v1.0.0-alpha7 h1:yqYUOHF2jopwZh4dVQp3xgqwftE5/2hk
 github.com/cosmos/cosmos-proto v1.0.0-alpha7/go.mod h1:dosO4pSAbJF8zWCzCoTWP7nNsjcvSUBQmniFxDg5daw=
 github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk v0.46.4 h1:I4CPfnz7lAPM7cEvvyTxL1h3M/ugbhTNr5ZRcnW8WsU=
 github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk v0.46.4/go.mod h1:b5usG7aBEEvhaatYCdV6orFbDUsj4BG1V6UtKwNcJeQ=
+github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/ics23/go v0.8.0 h1:iKclrn3YEOwk4jQHT2ulgzuXyxmzmPczUalMwW4XH9k=
+github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/ics23/go v0.8.0/go.mod h1:2a4dBq88TUoqoWAU5eu0lGvpFP3wWDPgdHPargtyw30=
 github.com/cosmos/go-bip39 v0.0.0-20180819234021-555e2067c45d/go.mod h1:tSxLoYXyBmiFeKpvmq4dzayMdCjCnu8uqmCysIGBT2Y=
 github.com/cosmos/go-bip39 v1.0.0 h1:pcomnQdrdH22njcAatO0yWojsUnCO3y2tNoV1cb6hHY=
 github.com/cosmos/go-bip39 v1.0.0/go.mod h1:RNJv0H/pOIVgxw6KS7QeX2a0Uo0aKUlfhZ4xuwvCdJw=