diff --git a/simapp/v2/app_test.go b/simapp/v2/app_test.go
index c3c51489a7e5..3ea361e3becb 100644
--- a/simapp/v2/app_test.go
+++ b/simapp/v2/app_test.go
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ func NewTestApp(t *testing.T) (*SimApp[transaction.Tx], context.Context) {
 			ChainId:   "theChain",
 			AppHash:   ci.Hash,
 			IsGenesis: true,
+			Height:    1,
 		},
 		genesisBytes,
 		nil,
@@ -103,7 +104,7 @@ func NewTestApp(t *testing.T) (*SimApp[transaction.Tx], context.Context) {
 	changes, err := newState.GetStateChanges()
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
-	_, err = st.Commit(&store.Changeset{Changes: changes})
+	_, err = st.Commit(&store.Changeset{Version: 1, Changes: changes})
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	return app, ctx
@@ -119,6 +120,7 @@ func MoveNextBlock(t *testing.T, app *SimApp[transaction.Tx], ctx context.Contex
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	height, err := app.LoadLatestHeight()
+	height++
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	// TODO: this is a hack to set the comet info in the context for distribution module dependency.
@@ -132,7 +134,7 @@ func MoveNextBlock(t *testing.T, app *SimApp[transaction.Tx], ctx context.Contex
 	_, newState, err := app.DeliverBlock(
 		ctx,
 		&server.BlockRequest[transaction.Tx]{
-			Height:  height + 1,
+			Height:  height,
 			Time:    time.Now(),
 			Hash:    bz[:],
 			AppHash: ci.Hash,
@@ -142,7 +144,7 @@ func MoveNextBlock(t *testing.T, app *SimApp[transaction.Tx], ctx context.Contex
 	changes, err := newState.GetStateChanges()
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
-	_, err = st.Commit(&store.Changeset{Changes: changes})
+	_, err = st.Commit(&store.Changeset{Version: height, Changes: changes})
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 }