diff --git a/app/app.go b/app/app.go
index 94a725ad4..588172401 100644
--- a/app/app.go
+++ b/app/app.go
@@ -779,6 +779,10 @@ func (app *App) RegisterUpgradeHandlers(cfg module.Configurator) {
 		}
 		return app.mm.RunMigrations(ctx, cfg, vm)
 	})
+
+	app.UpgradeKeeper.SetUpgradeHandler("wasmd-patch", func(ctx sdk.Context, plan upgradetypes.Plan, vm module.VersionMap) (module.VersionMap, error) {
+		return app.mm.RunMigrations(ctx, cfg, vm)
+	})
 }
 
 // GetMaccPerms returns a copy of the module account permissions
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 403dae61b..4cdfa0dd3 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ require (
 )
 
 replace (
+	github.com/CosmWasm/wasmd => github.com/envoylabs/wasmd v0.26.0-alpha
 	github.com/cosmos/iavl => github.com/cosmos/iavl v0.17.3
 	github.com/gogo/protobuf => github.com/regen-network/protobuf v1.3.3-alpha.regen.1
 	google.golang.org/grpc => google.golang.org/grpc v1.33.2
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index c5d884275..4caeeec70 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -93,8 +93,6 @@ github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.0.0/go.mod h1:CxXYINrC8qIiEnFrOxCa7Jy5BFHlXnUU2pbi
 github.com/BurntSushi/xgb v0.0.0-20160522181843-27f122750802/go.mod h1:IVnqGOEym/WlBOVXweHU+Q+/VP0lqqI8lqeDx9IjBqo=
 github.com/ChainSafe/go-schnorrkel v0.0.0-20200405005733-88cbf1b4c40d h1:nalkkPQcITbvhmL4+C4cKA87NW0tfm3Kl9VXRoPywFg=
 github.com/ChainSafe/go-schnorrkel v0.0.0-20200405005733-88cbf1b4c40d/go.mod h1:URdX5+vg25ts3aCh8H5IFZybJYKWhJHYMTnf+ULtoC4=
-github.com/CosmWasm/wasmd v0.25.0 h1:Xshr94OaTrOVV0p6g6bTbDYjcmokO1T69hoi11nSnlM=
-github.com/CosmWasm/wasmd v0.25.0/go.mod h1:z9a5HPPJ6HSpsRzUtyi9iT07bO96w9ZJnDAwThHtP9Y=
 github.com/CosmWasm/wasmvm v1.0.0-beta10 h1:N99+PRcrh4FeDP1xQuJGaAsr+7U+TZAHKG8mybnAsKU=
 github.com/CosmWasm/wasmvm v1.0.0-beta10/go.mod h1:y+yd9piV8KlrB7ISRZz1sDwH4UVm4Q9rEX9501dBNog=
 github.com/DATA-DOG/go-sqlmock v1.5.0/go.mod h1:f/Ixk793poVmq4qj/V1dPUg2JEAKC73Q5eFN3EC/SaM=
@@ -508,6 +506,8 @@ github.com/emicklei/go-restful v2.9.5+incompatible/go.mod h1:otzb+WCGbkyDHkqmQmT
 github.com/emicklei/proto v1.9.0/go.mod h1:rn1FgRS/FANiZdD2djyH7TMA9jdRDcYQ9IEN9yvjX0A=
 github.com/emirpasic/gods v1.12.0/go.mod h1:YfzfFFoVP/catgzJb4IKIqXjX78Ha8FMSDh3ymbK86o=
 github.com/enigmampc/btcutil v1.0.3-0.20200723161021-e2fb6adb2a25/go.mod h1:hTr8+TLQmkUkgcuh3mcr5fjrT9c64ZzsBCdCEC6UppY=
+github.com/envoylabs/wasmd v0.26.0-alpha h1:6OKA0aO2J/nEoMUWylLamc0LzQlQXKFg9OfkQjR0erE=
+github.com/envoylabs/wasmd v0.26.0-alpha/go.mod h1:z9a5HPPJ6HSpsRzUtyi9iT07bO96w9ZJnDAwThHtP9Y=
 github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane v0.9.4/go.mod h1:6rpuAdCZL397s3pYoYcLgu1mIlRU8Am5FuJP05cCM98=
 github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane v0.10.1/go.mod h1:AY7fTTXNdv/aJ2O5jwpxAPOWUZ7hQAEvzN5Pf27BkQQ=
 github.com/envoyproxy/protoc-gen-validate v0.0.14/go.mod h1:iSmxcyjqTsJpI2R4NaDN7+kN2VEUnK/pcBlmesArF7c=