diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 7a9b1beb..0a1aed50 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
 	github.com/spf13/viper v1.12.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.1
+	github.com/syndtr/goleveldb v1.0.1-0.20210819022825-2ae1ddf74ef7
 	github.com/tendermint/btcd v0.1.1
 	github.com/tendermint/crypto v0.0.0-20191022145703-50d29ede1e15
 	github.com/tendermint/go-amino v0.16.0
@@ -119,7 +120,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/spf13/afero v1.8.2 // indirect
 	github.com/spf13/jwalterweatherman v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/subosito/gotenv v1.4.0 // indirect
-	github.com/syndtr/goleveldb v1.0.1-0.20210819022825-2ae1ddf74ef7 // indirect
 	github.com/zondax/hid v0.9.0 // indirect
 	go.etcd.io/bbolt v1.3.6 // indirect
 	go.opencensus.io v0.23.0 // indirect
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ replace (
 	github.com/gin-gonic/gin => github.com/gin-gonic/gin v1.7.0
 	github.com/gogo/protobuf => github.com/regen-network/protobuf v1.3.3-alpha.regen.1
 
-	github.com/tendermint/tendermint => ../sei-tendermint
+	github.com/tendermint/tendermint => github.com/sei-protocol/sei-tendermint v0.2.9
 
 	// latest grpc doesn't work with with our modified proto compiler, so we need to enforce
 	// the following version across all dependencies.
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index f4464bca..a282c524 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -689,8 +689,8 @@ github.com/sean-/seed v0.0.0-20170313163322-e2103e2c3529/go.mod h1:DxrIzT+xaE7yg
 github.com/segmentio/fasthash v1.0.3/go.mod h1:waKX8l2N8yckOgmSsXJi7x1ZfdKZ4x7KRMzBtS3oedY=
 github.com/sei-protocol/sei-iavl v0.1.2 h1:jEYkZv83DbTRapJtkT5gBFa2uEBwD4udw8AiYx0gcsI=
 github.com/sei-protocol/sei-iavl v0.1.2/go.mod h1:7PfkEVT5dcoQE+s/9KWdoXJ8VVVP1QpYYPLdxlkSXFk=
-github.com/sei-protocol/sei-tendermint v0.1.181 h1:ycC21MKAorOGFhdzN5HjZlA0qtIAX4iMlXTSErTLqtM=
-github.com/sei-protocol/sei-tendermint v0.1.181/go.mod h1:+BtDvAwTkE64BlxzpH9ZP7S6vUYT9wRXiZa/WW8/o4g=
+github.com/sei-protocol/sei-tendermint v0.2.9 h1:iqiKjt3cEWR22wCfd9SeEOmDu47XjoMGKyIF0N9yGEU=
+github.com/sei-protocol/sei-tendermint v0.2.9/go.mod h1:+BtDvAwTkE64BlxzpH9ZP7S6vUYT9wRXiZa/WW8/o4g=
 github.com/sei-protocol/sei-tm-db v0.0.5 h1:3WONKdSXEqdZZeLuWYfK5hP37TJpfaUa13vAyAlvaQY=
 github.com/sei-protocol/sei-tm-db v0.0.5/go.mod h1:Cpa6rGyczgthq7/0pI31jys2Fw0Nfrc+/jKdP1prVqY=
 github.com/shirou/gopsutil v2.20.5+incompatible/go.mod h1:5b4v6he4MtMOwMlS0TUMTu2PcXUg8+E1lC7eC3UO/RA=