diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/e2e-tests.yml
index 75868b76f..efd4630d9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e-tests.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Go 1.19
         uses: actions/setup-go@v4
         with:
-          go-version: 1.19
+          go-version: '1.19'
 
       - name: checkout interchaintest
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Go 1.19
         uses: actions/setup-go@v4
         with:
-          go-version: 1.19
+          go-version: '1.19'
           cache: false
 
       - name: checkout interchaintest
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Go 1.19
         uses: actions/setup-go@v4
         with:
-          go-version: 1.19
+          go-version: '1.19'
           cache: false
 
       - name: checkout interchaintest
diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
index d133e0398..2339c8601 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Go 1.19
         uses: actions/setup-go@v4
         with:
-          go-version: 1.19
+          go-version: '1.19'
 
       - name: checkout interchaintest
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
@@ -25,4 +25,4 @@ jobs:
       # run tests
       - name: run unit tests
         # -short flag purposefully omitted because there are some longer unit tests
-        run: go test -race -timeout 10m -failfast -p 2 $(go list ./... | grep -v /cmd | grep -v /examples)
\ No newline at end of file
+        run: go test -race -timeout 10m -failfast -p 2 $(go list ./... | grep -v /cmd | grep -v /examples)
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index b105c584c..0b78ff2df 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/99designs/keyring v1.2.2
 	github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.3.2
 	github.com/ChainSafe/go-schnorrkel/1 v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000
-	github.com/CosmWasm/wasmd v0.40.0-rc.1
+	github.com/CosmWasm/wasmd v0.41.0
 	github.com/StirlingMarketingGroup/go-namecase v1.0.0
 	github.com/atotto/clipboard v0.1.4
 	github.com/avast/retry-go/v4 v4.5.0
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/99designs/go-keychain v0.0.0-20191008050251-8e49817e8af4 // indirect
 	github.com/ChainSafe/go-schnorrkel v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/ComposableFi/go-subkey/v2 v2.0.0-tm03420 // indirect
-	github.com/CosmWasm/wasmvm v1.2.3 // indirect
+	github.com/CosmWasm/wasmvm v1.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/FactomProject/basen v0.0.0-20150613233007-fe3947df716e // indirect
 	github.com/FactomProject/btcutilecc v0.0.0-20130527213604-d3a63a5752ec // indirect
 	github.com/Microsoft/go-winio v0.6.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 6daa55608..3d4392c09 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -219,10 +219,10 @@ github.com/ChainSafe/go-schnorrkel v1.0.0 h1:3aDA67lAykLaG1y3AOjs88dMxC88PgUuHRr
 github.com/ChainSafe/go-schnorrkel v1.0.0/go.mod h1:dpzHYVxLZcp8pjlV+O+UR8K0Hp/z7vcchBSbMBEhCw4=
 github.com/ComposableFi/go-subkey/v2 v2.0.0-tm03420 h1:oknQF/iIhf5lVjbwjsVDzDByupRhga8nhA3NAmwyHDA=
 github.com/ComposableFi/go-subkey/v2 v2.0.0-tm03420/go.mod h1:KYkiMX5AbOlXXYfxkrYPrRPV6EbVUALTQh5ptUOJzu8=
-github.com/CosmWasm/wasmd v0.40.0-rc.1 h1:prIM2vP1jNh0zgs9seua5BgKdayBgp3FiHtwxFcZSGs=
-github.com/CosmWasm/wasmd v0.40.0-rc.1/go.mod h1:uacdue6EGn9JA1TqBNHB3iCe4PCIChuFT23AzIl2VME=
-github.com/CosmWasm/wasmvm v1.2.3 h1:OKYlobwmVGbl0eSn0mXoAAjE5hIuXnQCLPjbNd91sVY=
-github.com/CosmWasm/wasmvm v1.2.3/go.mod h1:vW/E3h8j9xBQs9bCoijDuawKo9kCtxOaS8N8J7KFtkc=
+github.com/CosmWasm/wasmd v0.41.0 h1:fmwxSbwb50zZDcBaayYFRLIaSFca+EFld1WOaQi49jg=
+github.com/CosmWasm/wasmd v0.41.0/go.mod h1:0Sds1q2IsPaTN1gHa3BNOYcUFgtGvxH7CXEXPgoihns=
+github.com/CosmWasm/wasmvm v1.3.0 h1:x12X4bKlUPS7TT9QQP45+fJo2sp30GEbiSSgb9jsec8=
+github.com/CosmWasm/wasmvm v1.3.0/go.mod h1:vW/E3h8j9xBQs9bCoijDuawKo9kCtxOaS8N8J7KFtkc=
 github.com/DataDog/datadog-go v3.2.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:LButxg5PwREeZtORoXG3tL4fMGNddJ+vMq1mwgfaqoQ=
 github.com/FactomProject/basen v0.0.0-20150613233007-fe3947df716e h1:ahyvB3q25YnZWly5Gq1ekg6jcmWaGj/vG/MhF4aisoc=
 github.com/FactomProject/basen v0.0.0-20150613233007-fe3947df716e/go.mod h1:kGUqhHd//musdITWjFvNTHn90WG9bMLBEPQZ17Cmlpw=