diff --git a/contrib/images/evmd-env/Dockerfile b/contrib/images/evmd-env/Dockerfile
index d043dca02..f83d220af 100644
--- a/contrib/images/evmd-env/Dockerfile
+++ b/contrib/images/evmd-env/Dockerfile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 ARG IMG_TAG=latest
 
 # Compile the evmd binary
-FROM golang:1.24-alpine AS evmd-builder
+FROM golang:1.25-alpine AS evmd-builder
 WORKDIR /work
 ENV PACKAGES="curl build-base git bash file linux-headers eudev-dev"
 RUN apk add --no-cache $PACKAGES
diff --git a/evmd/cmd/evmd/cmd/root.go b/evmd/cmd/evmd/cmd/root.go
index b3dd89438..d458e0983 100644
--- a/evmd/cmd/evmd/cmd/root.go
+++ b/evmd/cmd/evmd/cmd/root.go
@@ -2,12 +2,15 @@ package cmd
 
 import (
 	"errors"
+	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
 
 	"github.com/cosmos/evm/utils"
 	"github.com/cosmos/evm/x/vm/types"
 
+	iavlx "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/iavl"
 	banktypes "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/bank/types"
 	"github.com/spf13/cast"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
@@ -293,6 +296,7 @@ func newApp(
 		cast.ToUint32(appOpts.Get(sdkserver.FlagStateSyncSnapshotKeepRecent)),
 	)
 
+	homeDir := cast.ToString(appOpts.Get(flags.FlagHome))
 	baseappOptions := []func(*baseapp.BaseApp){
 		baseapp.SetPruning(pruningOpts),
 		baseapp.SetMinGasPrices(cast.ToString(appOpts.Get(sdkserver.FlagMinGasPrices))),
@@ -307,6 +311,26 @@ func newApp(
 		baseapp.SetIAVLCacheSize(cast.ToInt(appOpts.Get(sdkserver.FlagIAVLCacheSize))),
 		baseapp.SetIAVLDisableFastNode(cast.ToBool(appOpts.Get(sdkserver.FlagDisableIAVLFastNode))),
 		baseapp.SetChainID(chainID),
+		func(bapp *baseapp.BaseApp) {
+			db, err := iavlx.LoadDB(
+				filepath.Join(homeDir, "data", "iavlx"),
+				&iavlx.Options{
+					ZeroCopy:             false,
+					WriteWAL:             true,
+					WalSyncBuffer:        0,
+					DisableCompaction:    true,
+					RetainVersions:       3,
+					ChangesetMaxTarget:   134217728,
+					ReaderUpdateInterval: 1, // TODO: temporary to make things work
+					EvictDepth:           20,
+				},
+				bapp.Logger(),
+			)
+			if err != nil {
+				panic(fmt.Errorf("failed to load iavlx db: %w", err))
+			}
+			bapp.SetCMS(db)
+		},
 	}
 
 	return evmd.NewExampleApp(
diff --git a/evmd/go.mod b/evmd/go.mod
index 557603085..333a67b36 100644
--- a/evmd/go.mod
+++ b/evmd/go.mod
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/opentelemetry-operations-go/internal/resourcemapping v0.53.0 // indirect
 	github.com/Microsoft/go-winio v0.6.2 // indirect
 	github.com/VictoriaMetrics/fastcache v1.12.2 // indirect
+	github.com/alitto/pond/v2 v2.5.0 // indirect
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2 v1.39.0 // indirect
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/aws/protocol/eventstream v1.7.1 // indirect
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config v1.31.8 // indirect
@@ -119,6 +120,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/dop251/goja v0.0.0-20230605162241-28ee0ee714f3 // indirect
 	github.com/dustin/go-humanize v1.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/dvsekhvalnov/jose2go v1.7.0 // indirect
+	github.com/edsrzf/mmap-go v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/emicklei/dot v1.8.0 // indirect
 	github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane/envoy v1.32.4 // indirect
 	github.com/envoyproxy/protoc-gen-validate v1.2.1 // indirect
@@ -287,8 +289,11 @@ require (
 )
 
 replace (
+	cosmossdk.io/store => cosmossdk.io/store v1.10.0-rc.2.0.20251029213321-1464fc8ef61f
+
 	// use cosmos fork of keyring
 	github.com/99designs/keyring => github.com/cosmos/keyring v1.2.0
+	github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk => github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk v0.54.0-rc.1.0.20251029213321-1464fc8ef61f
 	github.com/cosmos/evm => ../
 	// use Cosmos geth fork
 	// branch: release/1.16
diff --git a/evmd/go.sum b/evmd/go.sum
index d00ea3ccf..d385d17b2 100644
--- a/evmd/go.sum
+++ b/evmd/go.sum
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ cosmossdk.io/math v1.5.3 h1:WH6tu6Z3AUCeHbeOSHg2mt9rnoiUWVWaQ2t6Gkll96U=
 cosmossdk.io/math v1.5.3/go.mod h1:uqcZv7vexnhMFJF+6zh9EWdm/+Ylyln34IvPnBauPCQ=
 cosmossdk.io/schema v1.1.0 h1:mmpuz3dzouCoyjjcMcA/xHBEmMChN+EHh8EHxHRHhzE=
 cosmossdk.io/schema v1.1.0/go.mod h1:Gb7pqO+tpR+jLW5qDcNOSv0KtppYs7881kfzakguhhI=
-cosmossdk.io/store v1.3.0-beta.0 h1:jwJvAQkMsCY9xJHU/nz7yOo1WnNRvcI/9yLRSgZoFTk=
-cosmossdk.io/store v1.3.0-beta.0/go.mod h1:CMz9JQGEA8eRcZv2pK07NgEbL4NEb9wVgzWK4tNQaPg=
+cosmossdk.io/store v1.10.0-rc.2.0.20251029213321-1464fc8ef61f h1:d8AXkECFj29gu/diAQcgS+yFCZt8+5lOr95UB7lup/w=
+cosmossdk.io/store v1.10.0-rc.2.0.20251029213321-1464fc8ef61f/go.mod h1:CMz9JQGEA8eRcZv2pK07NgEbL4NEb9wVgzWK4tNQaPg=
 cosmossdk.io/tools/confix v0.1.2 h1:2hoM1oFCNisd0ltSAAZw2i4ponARPmlhuNu3yy0VwI4=
 cosmossdk.io/tools/confix v0.1.2/go.mod h1:7XfcbK9sC/KNgVGxgLM0BrFbVcR/+6Dg7MFfpx7duYo=
 cosmossdk.io/x/evidence v0.2.0 h1:o72zbmgCM7U0v7z7b0XnMB+NqX0tFamqb1HHkQbhrZ0=
@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@ github.com/alecthomas/template v0.0.0-20190718012654-fb15b899a751/go.mod h1:LOuy
 github.com/alecthomas/units v0.0.0-20151022065526-2efee857e7cf/go.mod h1:ybxpYRFXyAe+OPACYpWeL0wqObRcbAqCMya13uyzqw0=
 github.com/alecthomas/units v0.0.0-20190717042225-c3de453c63f4/go.mod h1:ybxpYRFXyAe+OPACYpWeL0wqObRcbAqCMya13uyzqw0=
 github.com/alecthomas/units v0.0.0-20190924025748-f65c72e2690d/go.mod h1:rBZYJk541a8SKzHPHnH3zbiI+7dagKZ0cgpgrD7Fyho=
+github.com/alitto/pond/v2 v2.5.0 h1:vPzS5GnvSDRhWQidmj2djHllOmjFExVFbDGCw1jdqDw=
+github.com/alitto/pond/v2 v2.5.0/go.mod h1:xkjYEgQ05RSpWdfSd1nM3OVv7TBhLdy7rMp3+2Nq+yE=
 github.com/allegro/bigcache v1.2.1-0.20190218064605-e24eb225f156 h1:eMwmnE/GDgah4HI848JfFxHt+iPb26b4zyfspmqY0/8=
 github.com/allegro/bigcache v1.2.1-0.20190218064605-e24eb225f156/go.mod h1:Cb/ax3seSYIx7SuZdm2G2xzfwmv3TPSk2ucNfQESPXM=
 github.com/antihax/optional v1.0.0/go.mod h1:uupD/76wgC+ih3iEmQUL+0Ugr19nfwCT1kdvxnR2qWY=
@@ -272,8 +274,8 @@ github.com/cosmos/cosmos-db v1.1.3 h1:7QNT77+vkefostcKkhrzDK9uoIEryzFrU9eoMeaQOP
 github.com/cosmos/cosmos-db v1.1.3/go.mod h1:kN+wGsnwUJZYn8Sy5Q2O0vCYA99MJllkKASbs6Unb9U=
 github.com/cosmos/cosmos-proto v1.0.0-beta.5 h1:eNcayDLpip+zVLRLYafhzLvQlSmyab+RC5W7ZfmxJLA=
 github.com/cosmos/cosmos-proto v1.0.0-beta.5/go.mod h1:hQGLpiIUloJBMdQMMWb/4wRApmI9hjHH05nefC0Ojec=
-github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk v0.54.0-beta.0 h1:KOyM1CjuriSxMm2CNhceGfEc2LbRWuImKw7L9yp3+SM=
-github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk v0.54.0-beta.0/go.mod h1:VBGchDTNoLW3xNy5mPNlnDFZiEjgRN/06vwSkXuBQdg=
+github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk v0.54.0-rc.1.0.20251029213321-1464fc8ef61f h1:nN/UaB2MGnHOhMMfGRHwgI2DGSWGlONl9x8vyapCVdY=
+github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk v0.54.0-rc.1.0.20251029213321-1464fc8ef61f/go.mod h1:5aDhDdk1DTNL1OB1vNRucgwxyhIW35RfPK7wk6ATUMo=
 github.com/cosmos/go-bip39 v1.0.0 h1:pcomnQdrdH22njcAatO0yWojsUnCO3y2tNoV1cb6hHY=
 github.com/cosmos/go-bip39 v1.0.0/go.mod h1:RNJv0H/pOIVgxw6KS7QeX2a0Uo0aKUlfhZ4xuwvCdJw=
 github.com/cosmos/go-ethereum v1.16.2-cosmos-1 h1:QIaIS6HIdPSBdTvpFhxswhMLUJgcr4irbd2o9ZKldAI=
@@ -356,6 +358,7 @@ github.com/dvsekhvalnov/jose2go v1.7.0/go.mod h1:QsHjhyTlD/lAVqn/NSbVZmSCGeDehTB
 github.com/eapache/go-resiliency v1.1.0/go.mod h1:kFI+JgMyC7bLPUVY133qvEBtVayf5mFgVsvEsIPBvNs=
 github.com/eapache/go-xerial-snappy v0.0.0-20180814174437-776d5712da21/go.mod h1:+020luEh2TKB4/GOp8oxxtq0Daoen/Cii55CzbTV6DU=
 github.com/eapache/queue v1.1.0/go.mod h1:6eCeP0CKFpHLu8blIFXhExK/dRa7WDZfr6jVFPTqq+I=
+github.com/edsrzf/mmap-go v1.0.0 h1:CEBF7HpRnUCSJgGUb5h1Gm7e3VkmVDrR8lvWVLtrOFw=
 github.com/edsrzf/mmap-go v1.0.0/go.mod h1:YO35OhQPt3KJa3ryjFM5Bs14WD66h8eGKpfaBNrHW5M=
 github.com/emicklei/dot v1.8.0 h1:HnD60yAKFAevNeT+TPYr9pb8VB9bqdeSo0nzwIW6IOI=
 github.com/emicklei/dot v1.8.0/go.mod h1:DeV7GvQtIw4h2u73RKBkkFdvVAz0D9fzeJrgPW6gy/s=
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 58bf5a228..4a00972e4 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/opentelemetry-operations-go/internal/resourcemapping v0.53.0 // indirect
 	github.com/Microsoft/go-winio v0.6.2 // indirect
 	github.com/VictoriaMetrics/fastcache v1.12.2 // indirect
+	github.com/alitto/pond/v2 v2.5.0 // indirect
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2 v1.39.0 // indirect
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/aws/protocol/eventstream v1.7.1 // indirect
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config v1.31.8 // indirect
@@ -136,6 +137,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/dgraph-io/ristretto/v2 v2.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/dustin/go-humanize v1.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/dvsekhvalnov/jose2go v1.7.0 // indirect
+	github.com/edsrzf/mmap-go v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/emicklei/dot v1.8.0 // indirect
 	github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane/envoy v1.32.4 // indirect
 	github.com/envoyproxy/protoc-gen-validate v1.2.1 // indirect
@@ -286,8 +288,11 @@ require (
 )
 
 replace (
+	cosmossdk.io/store => cosmossdk.io/store v1.10.0-rc.2.0.20251029213321-1464fc8ef61f
+
 	// use cosmos fork of keyring
 	github.com/99designs/keyring => github.com/cosmos/keyring v1.2.0
+	github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk => github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk v0.54.0-rc.1.0.20251029213321-1464fc8ef61f
 	// use Cosmos geth fork
 	// branch: release/1.16
 	github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum => github.com/cosmos/go-ethereum v1.16.2-cosmos-1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 2a25ff548..c2acdf527 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ cosmossdk.io/math v1.5.3 h1:WH6tu6Z3AUCeHbeOSHg2mt9rnoiUWVWaQ2t6Gkll96U=
 cosmossdk.io/math v1.5.3/go.mod h1:uqcZv7vexnhMFJF+6zh9EWdm/+Ylyln34IvPnBauPCQ=
 cosmossdk.io/schema v1.1.0 h1:mmpuz3dzouCoyjjcMcA/xHBEmMChN+EHh8EHxHRHhzE=
 cosmossdk.io/schema v1.1.0/go.mod h1:Gb7pqO+tpR+jLW5qDcNOSv0KtppYs7881kfzakguhhI=
-cosmossdk.io/store v1.3.0-beta.0 h1:jwJvAQkMsCY9xJHU/nz7yOo1WnNRvcI/9yLRSgZoFTk=
-cosmossdk.io/store v1.3.0-beta.0/go.mod h1:CMz9JQGEA8eRcZv2pK07NgEbL4NEb9wVgzWK4tNQaPg=
+cosmossdk.io/store v1.10.0-rc.2.0.20251029213321-1464fc8ef61f h1:d8AXkECFj29gu/diAQcgS+yFCZt8+5lOr95UB7lup/w=
+cosmossdk.io/store v1.10.0-rc.2.0.20251029213321-1464fc8ef61f/go.mod h1:CMz9JQGEA8eRcZv2pK07NgEbL4NEb9wVgzWK4tNQaPg=
 cosmossdk.io/tools/confix v0.1.2 h1:2hoM1oFCNisd0ltSAAZw2i4ponARPmlhuNu3yy0VwI4=
 cosmossdk.io/tools/confix v0.1.2/go.mod h1:7XfcbK9sC/KNgVGxgLM0BrFbVcR/+6Dg7MFfpx7duYo=
 cosmossdk.io/x/evidence v0.2.0 h1:o72zbmgCM7U0v7z7b0XnMB+NqX0tFamqb1HHkQbhrZ0=
@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ github.com/alecthomas/template v0.0.0-20190718012654-fb15b899a751/go.mod h1:LOuy
 github.com/alecthomas/units v0.0.0-20151022065526-2efee857e7cf/go.mod h1:ybxpYRFXyAe+OPACYpWeL0wqObRcbAqCMya13uyzqw0=
 github.com/alecthomas/units v0.0.0-20190717042225-c3de453c63f4/go.mod h1:ybxpYRFXyAe+OPACYpWeL0wqObRcbAqCMya13uyzqw0=
 github.com/alecthomas/units v0.0.0-20190924025748-f65c72e2690d/go.mod h1:rBZYJk541a8SKzHPHnH3zbiI+7dagKZ0cgpgrD7Fyho=
+github.com/alitto/pond/v2 v2.5.0 h1:vPzS5GnvSDRhWQidmj2djHllOmjFExVFbDGCw1jdqDw=
+github.com/alitto/pond/v2 v2.5.0/go.mod h1:xkjYEgQ05RSpWdfSd1nM3OVv7TBhLdy7rMp3+2Nq+yE=
 github.com/allegro/bigcache v1.2.1-0.20190218064605-e24eb225f156 h1:eMwmnE/GDgah4HI848JfFxHt+iPb26b4zyfspmqY0/8=
 github.com/allegro/bigcache v1.2.1-0.20190218064605-e24eb225f156/go.mod h1:Cb/ax3seSYIx7SuZdm2G2xzfwmv3TPSk2ucNfQESPXM=
 github.com/antihax/optional v1.0.0/go.mod h1:uupD/76wgC+ih3iEmQUL+0Ugr19nfwCT1kdvxnR2qWY=
@@ -269,8 +271,8 @@ github.com/cosmos/cosmos-db v1.1.3 h1:7QNT77+vkefostcKkhrzDK9uoIEryzFrU9eoMeaQOP
 github.com/cosmos/cosmos-db v1.1.3/go.mod h1:kN+wGsnwUJZYn8Sy5Q2O0vCYA99MJllkKASbs6Unb9U=
 github.com/cosmos/cosmos-proto v1.0.0-beta.5 h1:eNcayDLpip+zVLRLYafhzLvQlSmyab+RC5W7ZfmxJLA=
 github.com/cosmos/cosmos-proto v1.0.0-beta.5/go.mod h1:hQGLpiIUloJBMdQMMWb/4wRApmI9hjHH05nefC0Ojec=
-github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk v0.54.0-beta.0 h1:KOyM1CjuriSxMm2CNhceGfEc2LbRWuImKw7L9yp3+SM=
-github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk v0.54.0-beta.0/go.mod h1:VBGchDTNoLW3xNy5mPNlnDFZiEjgRN/06vwSkXuBQdg=
+github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk v0.54.0-rc.1.0.20251029213321-1464fc8ef61f h1:nN/UaB2MGnHOhMMfGRHwgI2DGSWGlONl9x8vyapCVdY=
+github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk v0.54.0-rc.1.0.20251029213321-1464fc8ef61f/go.mod h1:5aDhDdk1DTNL1OB1vNRucgwxyhIW35RfPK7wk6ATUMo=
 github.com/cosmos/go-bip39 v1.0.0 h1:pcomnQdrdH22njcAatO0yWojsUnCO3y2tNoV1cb6hHY=
 github.com/cosmos/go-bip39 v1.0.0/go.mod h1:RNJv0H/pOIVgxw6KS7QeX2a0Uo0aKUlfhZ4xuwvCdJw=
 github.com/cosmos/go-ethereum v1.16.2-cosmos-1 h1:QIaIS6HIdPSBdTvpFhxswhMLUJgcr4irbd2o9ZKldAI=
@@ -345,6 +347,7 @@ github.com/dvsekhvalnov/jose2go v1.7.0/go.mod h1:QsHjhyTlD/lAVqn/NSbVZmSCGeDehTB
 github.com/eapache/go-resiliency v1.1.0/go.mod h1:kFI+JgMyC7bLPUVY133qvEBtVayf5mFgVsvEsIPBvNs=
 github.com/eapache/go-xerial-snappy v0.0.0-20180814174437-776d5712da21/go.mod h1:+020luEh2TKB4/GOp8oxxtq0Daoen/Cii55CzbTV6DU=
 github.com/eapache/queue v1.1.0/go.mod h1:6eCeP0CKFpHLu8blIFXhExK/dRa7WDZfr6jVFPTqq+I=
+github.com/edsrzf/mmap-go v1.0.0 h1:CEBF7HpRnUCSJgGUb5h1Gm7e3VkmVDrR8lvWVLtrOFw=
 github.com/edsrzf/mmap-go v1.0.0/go.mod h1:YO35OhQPt3KJa3ryjFM5Bs14WD66h8eGKpfaBNrHW5M=
 github.com/emicklei/dot v1.8.0 h1:HnD60yAKFAevNeT+TPYr9pb8VB9bqdeSo0nzwIW6IOI=
 github.com/emicklei/dot v1.8.0/go.mod h1:DeV7GvQtIw4h2u73RKBkkFdvVAz0D9fzeJrgPW6gy/s=
diff --git a/local_node.sh b/local_node.sh
index a7e410825..ad54aac14 100755
--- a/local_node.sh
+++ b/local_node.sh
@@ -345,4 +345,5 @@ evmd start "$TRACE" \
 	--evm.min-tip=0 \
 	--home "$CHAINDIR" \
 	--json-rpc.api eth,txpool,personal,net,debug,web3 \
-	--chain-id "$CHAINID"
+	--chain-id "$CHAINID" \
+	--trace