diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 82efbd0878..e00bdc8ee6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ Ref: https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/
 - [2474](https://github.com/umee-network/umee/pull/2474) (proto) add `gogo.messagename_all` option to all messages.
 - [2494](https://github.com/umee-network/umee/pull/2494) Use go 1.22
 - [2495](https://github.com/umee-network/umee/pull/2495) (util) `KeyWithUint64` and `KeyWithUint32` helper functions for db keys.
+- [2504](https://github.com/umee-network/umee/pull/2504) bump `wasmd` to v0.45.0.
 
 ### Bug Fixes
 
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index f1c129ed07..7d07b36c2d 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ require (
 	cosmossdk.io/errors v1.0.1
 	cosmossdk.io/math v1.3.0
 	cosmossdk.io/tools/rosetta v0.2.1
-	github.com/CosmWasm/wasmd v0.43.0
+	github.com/CosmWasm/wasmd v0.45.0
 	github.com/CosmWasm/wasmvm v1.5.2
 	github.com/cometbft/cometbft v0.37.4
 	github.com/cometbft/cometbft-db v0.11.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index b88a46d131..b55ee46a0b 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -221,8 +221,8 @@ github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.3.2/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 v1.0.0 h1:3aDA67lAykLaG1y3AOjs88dMxC88PgUuHRrLeDnvGIM=
 github.com/ChainSafe/go-schnorrkel v1.0.0/go.mod h1:dpzHYVxLZcp8pjlV+O+UR8K0Hp/z7vcchBSbMBEhCw4=
-github.com/CosmWasm/wasmd v0.43.0 h1:4xQAiNf6Ej+TuYe4PXwrtVJ9C+xyFrbsdqHH/kU9Vxk=
-github.com/CosmWasm/wasmd v0.43.0/go.mod h1:gpri8YvkRErBz+qDme5jOThGZmSlHfyN532bWibXOl4=
+github.com/CosmWasm/wasmd v0.45.0 h1:9zBqrturKJwC2kVsfHvbrA++EN0PS7UTXCffCGbg6JI=
+github.com/CosmWasm/wasmd v0.45.0/go.mod h1:RnSAiqbNIZu4QhO+0pd7qGZgnYAMBPGmXpzTADag944=
 github.com/CosmWasm/wasmvm v1.5.2 h1:+pKB1Mz9GZVt1vadxB+EDdD1FOz3dMNjIKq/58/lrag=
 github.com/CosmWasm/wasmvm v1.5.2/go.mod h1:Q0bSEtlktzh7W2hhEaifrFp1Erx11ckQZmjq8FLCyys=
 github.com/DATA-DOG/go-sqlmock v1.3.3/go.mod h1:f/Ixk793poVmq4qj/V1dPUg2JEAKC73Q5eFN3EC/SaM=