diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bd64e09d5f..c126d1bf84 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -48,8 +48,9 @@ Ref: https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/
 
 ### State Machine Breaking
 
-- [#1326](https://github.com/umee-network/umee/pull/1326) Setting protocol controlled min gas price.
-- [#1401](https://github.com/umee-network/umee/pull/1401) Increased free gas oracle tx limit from 100k to 140k.
+- [1326](https://github.com/umee-network/umee/pull/1326) Setting protocol controlled min gas price.
+- [1401](https://github.com/umee-network/umee/pull/1401) Increased free gas oracle tx limit from 100k to 140k.
+- [1411](https://github.com/umee-network/umee/pull/1411) Set min gas price to zero for v3 release
 
 ### API Breaking
 
diff --git a/ante/fee.go b/ante/fee.go
index 73bdcec30b..5c871bdf18 100644
--- a/ante/fee.go
+++ b/ante/fee.go
@@ -63,7 +63,10 @@ func checkFees(minGasPrices sdk.DecCoins, fees sdk.Coins, gasLimit uint64) error
 		requiredFees[i] = sdk.NewCoin(gp.Denom, fee.Ceil().RoundInt())
 	}
 
-	if !fees.IsAnyGTE(requiredFees) {
+	// Clear any zero coins from requiredFees in the case of zero min gas price
+	requiredFees = sdk.NewCoins(requiredFees...)
+
+	if !requiredFees.Empty() && !fees.IsAnyGTE(requiredFees) {
 		return sdkerrors.ErrInsufficientFee.Wrapf(
 			"insufficient fees; got: %s required: %s", fees, requiredFees)
 	}
@@ -105,16 +108,12 @@ func IsOracleOrGravityTx(msgs []sdk.Msg) bool {
 // AssertMinProtocolGasPrice returns an error if the provided gasPrices are lower then
 // the required by protocol.
 func AssertMinProtocolGasPrice(gasPrices sdk.DecCoins) error {
-	for _, c := range gasPrices {
-		if c.Denom == appparams.MinMinGasPrice.Denom {
-			if c.Amount.LT(appparams.MinMinGasPrice.Amount) {
-				break // go to error below
-			}
-			return nil
-		}
+	if gasPrices.AmountOf(appparams.MinMinGasPrice.Denom).LT(appparams.MinMinGasPrice.Amount) {
+		return sdkerrors.ErrInsufficientFee.Wrapf(
+			"gas price too small; got: %v required min: %v", gasPrices, appparams.MinMinGasPrice)
 	}
-	return sdkerrors.ErrInsufficientFee.Wrapf(
-		"gas price too small; got: %v required min: %v", gasPrices, appparams.MinMinGasPrice)
+
+	return nil
 }
 
 // getTxPriority returns naive tx priority based on the lowest fee amount (regardless of the
diff --git a/ante/fee_test.go b/ante/fee_test.go
index 3a8d6230fa..4d4433f97d 100644
--- a/ante/fee_test.go
+++ b/ante/fee_test.go
@@ -57,16 +57,17 @@ func (suite *IntegrationTestSuite) TestFeeAndPriority() {
 	// should work when exact fee is provided
 	suite.checkFeeAnte(tx, fee, ctx.WithMinGasPrices(mkGas("", "2")))
 
+	// TODO: comment back in when min gas price is nonzero
+
 	// should fail when not enough fee is provided
-	suite.checkFeeFailed(tx, ctx.WithMinGasPrices(mkGas("", "3")))
+	// suite.checkFeeFailed(tx, ctx.WithMinGasPrices(mkGas("", "3")))
 
 	// should fail when other denom is required
-	suite.checkFeeFailed(tx, ctx.WithMinGasPrices(mkGas("other", "1")))
+	// suite.checkFeeFailed(tx, ctx.WithMinGasPrices(mkGas("other", "1")))
 
 	// should fail when some fee doesn't include all gas denoms
-	ctx = ctx.WithMinGasPrices(sdk.DecCoins{minGas,
-		sdk.NewDecCoinFromDec("other", sdk.NewDec(10))})
-	suite.checkFeeFailed(tx, ctx)
+	// ctx = ctx.WithMinGasPrices(sdk.DecCoins{minGas,sdk.NewDecCoinFromDec("other", sdk.NewDec(10))})
+	// suite.checkFeeFailed(tx, ctx)
 
 	//
 	// Test DeliverTx
@@ -82,8 +83,8 @@ func (suite *IntegrationTestSuite) TestFeeAndPriority() {
 	suite.checkFeeAnte(tx, fee, ctx.WithMinGasPrices(sdk.DecCoins{}))
 
 	// should fail when not enough fee is provided
-	suite.checkFeeFailed(mkTx(mkFee("0.5")), ctx)
-	suite.checkFeeFailed(mkTx(sdk.Coins{}), ctx)
+	// suite.checkFeeFailed(mkTx(mkFee("0.5")), ctx)
+	// suite.checkFeeFailed(mkTx(sdk.Coins{}), ctx)
 
 	// should  work when more fees are applied
 	fee = append(fee, sdk.NewInt64Coin("other", 10))
@@ -108,7 +109,7 @@ func (suite *IntegrationTestSuite) TestFeeAndPriority() {
 
 func (suite *IntegrationTestSuite) checkFeeFailed(tx sdk.Tx, ctx sdk.Context) {
 	_, _, err := ante.FeeAndPriority(ctx, tx)
-	suite.Require().ErrorIs(sdkerrors.ErrInsufficientFee, err)
+	suite.Require().ErrorIs(err, sdkerrors.ErrInsufficientFee)
 }
 
 func (suite *IntegrationTestSuite) checkFeeAnte(tx sdk.Tx, feeExpected sdk.Coins, ctx sdk.Context) {
diff --git a/app/params/app_settings.go b/app/params/app_settings.go
index 5283de0bdd..fe3b821f86 100644
--- a/app/params/app_settings.go
+++ b/app/params/app_settings.go
@@ -21,10 +21,8 @@ const (
 	DefaultGasLimit = 200000
 )
 
-var (
-	// MinMinGasPrice is the minimum value a validator can set for `minimum-gas-prices` his app.toml config
-	MinMinGasPrice = sdk.NewDecCoinFromDec(BondDenom, sdk.MustNewDecFromStr("0.05"))
-)
+// MinMinGasPrice is the minimum value a validator can set for `minimum-gas-prices` his app.toml config
+var MinMinGasPrice = sdk.NewDecCoinFromDec(BondDenom, sdk.MustNewDecFromStr("0.00"))
 
 func init() {
 	// XXX: If other upstream or external application's depend on any of Umee's