diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 640668047c..cac7deb733 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 - [#1292](https://github.com/crypto-org-chain/cronos/pull/1292) memiavl cancel background snapshot rewriting when graceful shutdown.
 - [#1294](https://github.com/crypto-org-chain/cronos/pull/1294) Update ethermint to fix and improve of debug_traceCall and eth_feeHistory.
 - [#1302](https://github.com/crypto-org-chain/cronos/pull/1302) Fix concurrent map access in rootmulti store.
+- [#1304](https://github.com/crypto-org-chain/cronos/pull/1304) Write versiondb with fsync, and relax the version requirement on startup.
 
 *January 5, 2024*
 
diff --git a/app/app.go b/app/app.go
index 18d7f49672..f89989d42b 100644
--- a/app/app.go
+++ b/app/app.go
@@ -900,8 +900,9 @@ func New(
 		if qms != nil {
 			v1 := qms.LatestVersion()
 			v2 := app.LastBlockHeight()
-			if v1 > 0 && v1 != v2 {
-				tmos.Exit(fmt.Sprintf("versiondb lastest version %d don't match iavl latest version %d", v1, v2))
+			if v1 > 0 && v1 < v2 {
+				// try to prevent gap being created in versiondb
+				tmos.Exit(fmt.Sprintf("versiondb version %d lag behind iavl version %d", v1, v2))
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/versiondb/tsrocksdb/store.go b/versiondb/tsrocksdb/store.go
index ebecd19717..b927ea36b9 100644
--- a/versiondb/tsrocksdb/store.go
+++ b/versiondb/tsrocksdb/store.go
@@ -26,10 +26,15 @@ var (
 
 	_ versiondb.VersionStore = Store{}
 
-	defaultWriteOpts = grocksdb.NewDefaultWriteOptions()
-	defaultReadOpts  = grocksdb.NewDefaultReadOptions()
+	defaultWriteOpts     = grocksdb.NewDefaultWriteOptions()
+	defaultSyncWriteOpts = grocksdb.NewDefaultWriteOptions()
+	defaultReadOpts      = grocksdb.NewDefaultReadOptions()
 )
 
+func init() {
+	defaultSyncWriteOpts.SetSync(true)
+}
+
 type Store struct {
 	db       *grocksdb.DB
 	cfHandle *grocksdb.ColumnFamilyHandle
@@ -77,7 +82,7 @@ func (s Store) PutAtVersion(version int64, changeSet []types.StoreKVPair) error
 		}
 	}
 
-	return s.db.Write(defaultWriteOpts, batch)
+	return s.db.Write(defaultSyncWriteOpts, batch)
 }
 
 func (s Store) GetAtVersionSlice(storeKey string, key []byte, version *int64) (*grocksdb.Slice, error) {