diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 284fb3a9ade..b46dae92231 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ Ref: https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/
 * (apps/27-interchain-accounts) [\#2133](https://github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/pull/2133) Generates genesis protos in a separate directory to avoid circular import errors. The protobuf package name has changed for the genesis types.
 * (apps/27-interchain-accounts)[\#2302](https://github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/pull/2302) Handle unwrapping of channel version in interchain accounts channel reopening handshake flow. The `host` submodule `Keeper` now requires an `ICS4Wrapper` similarly to the `controller` submodule.
 * (apps/27-interchain-accounts) [\#2035](https://github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/pull/2035) Interchain accounts host and controller Keepers now expects a keeper which fulfills the expected `ScopedKeeper` interface for the capability keeper.
+* (04-channel) [\#2024](https://github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/pull/2024) Channel Keeper now expects a keeper which fulfills the expected `ScopedKeeper` interface for the capability keeper.
 
 ### State Machine Breaking
 
diff --git a/modules/core/04-channel/keeper/keeper.go b/modules/core/04-channel/keeper/keeper.go
index 239d394687b..cda779add42 100644
--- a/modules/core/04-channel/keeper/keeper.go
+++ b/modules/core/04-channel/keeper/keeper.go
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import (
 	storetypes "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/store/types"
 	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
 	sdkerrors "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types/errors"
-	capabilitykeeper "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/capability/keeper"
 	capabilitytypes "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/capability/types"
 	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/log"
 	db "github.com/tendermint/tm-db"
@@ -33,14 +32,14 @@ type Keeper struct {
 	clientKeeper     types.ClientKeeper
 	connectionKeeper types.ConnectionKeeper
 	portKeeper       types.PortKeeper
-	scopedKeeper     capabilitykeeper.ScopedKeeper
+	scopedKeeper     types.ScopedKeeper
 }
 
 // NewKeeper creates a new IBC channel Keeper instance
 func NewKeeper(
 	cdc codec.BinaryCodec, key storetypes.StoreKey,
 	clientKeeper types.ClientKeeper, connectionKeeper types.ConnectionKeeper,
-	portKeeper types.PortKeeper, scopedKeeper capabilitykeeper.ScopedKeeper,
+	portKeeper types.PortKeeper, scopedKeeper types.ScopedKeeper,
 ) Keeper {
 	return Keeper{
 		storeKey:         key,
diff --git a/modules/core/04-channel/types/expected_keepers.go b/modules/core/04-channel/types/expected_keepers.go
index 87ce82ce448..c8799f191f6 100644
--- a/modules/core/04-channel/types/expected_keepers.go
+++ b/modules/core/04-channel/types/expected_keepers.go
@@ -76,3 +76,10 @@ type ConnectionKeeper interface {
 type PortKeeper interface {
 	Authenticate(ctx sdk.Context, key *capabilitytypes.Capability, portID string) bool
 }
+
+// ScopedKeeper defines the expected x/capability scoped keeper interface
+type ScopedKeeper interface {
+	NewCapability(ctx sdk.Context, name string) (*capabilitytypes.Capability, error)
+	AuthenticateCapability(ctx sdk.Context, cap *capabilitytypes.Capability, name string) bool
+	LookupModules(ctx sdk.Context, name string) ([]string, *capabilitytypes.Capability, error)
+}