diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 78996a9..f7b1784 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -279,6 +279,8 @@ replace (
 	cosmossdk.io/core => cosmossdk.io/core v0.11.3
 	// use cosmos fork of keyring
 	github.com/99designs/keyring => github.com/cosmos/keyring v1.2.0
+	// use xrplevm cometbft patched fork until official version is patched
+	github.com/cometbft/cometbft => github.com/xrplevm/cometbft v0.38.19-xrplevm.1
 	// use Cosmos-SDK fork to enable Ledger functionality
 	github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk => github.com/xrplevm/cosmos-sdk v0.53.4-xrplevm.2
 	// fix cosmos-sdk store path mismatch
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index f1c7534..fcd134f 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -837,8 +837,6 @@ github.com/cockroachdb/redact v1.1.6/go.mod h1:BVNblN9mBWFyMyqK1k3AAiSxhvhfK2oOZ
 github.com/cockroachdb/tokenbucket v0.0.0-20230807174530-cc333fc44b06 h1:zuQyyAKVxetITBuuhv3BI9cMrmStnpT18zmgmTxunpo=
 github.com/cockroachdb/tokenbucket v0.0.0-20230807174530-cc333fc44b06/go.mod h1:7nc4anLGjupUW/PeY5qiNYsdNXj7zopG+eqsS7To5IQ=
 github.com/codahale/hdrhistogram v0.0.0-20161010025455-3a0bb77429bd/go.mod h1:sE/e/2PUdi/liOCUjSTXgM1o87ZssimdTWN964YiIeI=
-github.com/cometbft/cometbft v0.38.18 h1:1ZHYMdu0S75YxFM13LlPXnOwiIpUW5z9TKMQtTIALpw=
-github.com/cometbft/cometbft v0.38.18/go.mod h1:PlOQgf3jQorep+g6oVnJgtP65TJvBJoLiXjGaMdNxBE=
 github.com/cometbft/cometbft-db v0.14.1 h1:SxoamPghqICBAIcGpleHbmoPqy+crij/++eZz3DlerQ=
 github.com/cometbft/cometbft-db v0.14.1/go.mod h1:KHP1YghilyGV/xjD5DP3+2hyigWx0WTp9X+0Gnx0RxQ=
 github.com/consensys/gnark-crypto v0.18.0 h1:vIye/FqI50VeAr0B3dx+YjeIvmc3LWz4yEfbWBpTUf0=
@@ -1733,6 +1731,8 @@ github.com/urfave/cli/v2 v2.27.5/go.mod h1:3Sevf16NykTbInEnD0yKkjDAeZDS0A6bzhBH5
 github.com/xiang90/probing v0.0.0-20190116061207-43a291ad63a2/go.mod h1:UETIi67q53MR2AWcXfiuqkDkRtnGDLqkBTpCHuJHxtU=
 github.com/xrash/smetrics v0.0.0-20240521201337-686a1a2994c1 h1:gEOO8jv9F4OT7lGCjxCBTO/36wtF6j2nSip77qHd4x4=
 github.com/xrash/smetrics v0.0.0-20240521201337-686a1a2994c1/go.mod h1:Ohn+xnUBiLI6FVj/9LpzZWtj1/D6lUovWYBkxHVV3aM=
+github.com/xrplevm/cometbft v0.38.19-xrplevm.1 h1:CKQ2+1I5l7dYWxB8k0vAPCPxsNRGVkwRbicRLT3A2Ko=
+github.com/xrplevm/cometbft v0.38.19-xrplevm.1/go.mod h1:UCu8dlHqvkAsmAFmWDRWNZJPlu6ya2fTWZlDrWsivwo=
 github.com/xrplevm/cosmos-sdk v0.53.4-xrplevm.2 h1:6wrgalo5fN/iBbDSfBYZ1RldNFHZIxE7ARV1JbrrBtM=
 github.com/xrplevm/cosmos-sdk v0.53.4-xrplevm.2/go.mod h1:7U3+WHZtI44dEOnU46+lDzBb2tFh1QlMvi8Z5JugopI=
 github.com/xrplevm/evm v0.4.1-xrplevm.1 h1:ZLkJrj9Gv3yQfYd67IuK/URhSz3BLovKZUWn6iKWTNc=