diff --git a/server/v2/flags.go b/server/v2/flags.go
index 46925cc526e5..f065556b50ef 100644
--- a/server/v2/flags.go
+++ b/server/v2/flags.go
@@ -10,8 +10,9 @@ func prefix(f string) string {
 }
 
 var (
-	FlagMinGasPrices = prefix("minimum-gas-prices")
-	FlagCPUProfiling = prefix("cpu-profile")
+	FlagMinGasPrices       = prefix("minimum-gas-prices")
+	FlagCPUProfiling       = prefix("cpu-profile")
+	FlagUnsafeSkipUpgrades = prefix("unsafe-skip-upgrades")
 )
 
 const (
diff --git a/server/v2/server.go b/server/v2/server.go
index 191c42d0651d..5dd8a73d76ad 100644
--- a/server/v2/server.go
+++ b/server/v2/server.go
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ func (s *Server[T]) StartCmdFlags() *pflag.FlagSet {
 	flags := pflag.NewFlagSet(s.Name(), pflag.ExitOnError)
 	flags.String(FlagMinGasPrices, "", "Minimum gas prices to accept for transactions; Any fee in a tx must meet this minimum (e.g. 0.01photino;0.0001stake)")
 	flags.String(FlagCPUProfiling, "", "Enable CPU profiling and write to the specified file")
+	flags.IntSlice(FlagUnsafeSkipUpgrades, []int{}, "Skip a set of upgrade heights to continue the old binary")
 
 	return flags
 }
diff --git a/x/upgrade/depinject.go b/x/upgrade/depinject.go
index 01b93356fdf0..d12c0ea9a3b3 100644
--- a/x/upgrade/depinject.go
+++ b/x/upgrade/depinject.go
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ import (
 	authtypes "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/auth/types"
 )
 
+// flagUnsafeSkipUpgradesV2 is a custom flag that allows the user to skip upgrades
+// It is used in a v2 chain.
+const flagUnsafeSkipUpgradesV2 = "server.unsafe-skip-upgrades"
+
 var _ depinject.OnePerModuleType = AppModule{}
 
 // IsOnePerModuleType implements the depinject.OnePerModuleType interface.
@@ -36,6 +40,7 @@ func ProvideConfig(key depinject.OwnModuleKey) coreserver.ModuleConfigMap {
 		Module: depinject.ModuleKey(key).Name(),
 		Config: coreserver.ConfigMap{
 			server.FlagUnsafeSkipUpgrades: []int{},
+			flagUnsafeSkipUpgradesV2:      []int{},
 			flags.FlagHome:                "",
 		},
 	}
@@ -66,10 +71,14 @@ func ProvideModule(in ModuleInputs) ModuleOutputs {
 		skipUpgradeHeights = make(map[int64]bool)
 	)
 
-	skipUpgrades, ok := in.ConfigMap[server.FlagUnsafeSkipUpgrades]
+	skipUpgrades, ok := in.ConfigMap[flagUnsafeSkipUpgradesV2] // check v2
 	if !ok || skipUpgrades == nil {
-		skipUpgrades = []int{}
+		skipUpgrades, ok = in.ConfigMap[server.FlagUnsafeSkipUpgrades] // check v1
+		if !ok || skipUpgrades == nil {
+			skipUpgrades = []int{}
+		}
 	}
+
 	heights := cast.ToIntSlice(skipUpgrades) // safe to use cast here as we've handled nil case
 	for _, h := range heights {
 		skipUpgradeHeights[int64(h)] = true