diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 88318e68..425edd12 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ base64 = { version = "0.21", default-features = false, features = ["alloc"] }
 bincode = "1.3.3"
 borsh = { version = "0.10.3", default-features = false }
 derive_more = "0.99.17"
-ibc = { version = "0.45.0", default-features = false, features = ["serde", "mocks", "std"] }
+ibc = { version = "0.45.0", default-features = false, features = ["serde", "mocks", "std", "borsh"] }
 ibc-proto = { version = "0.35.0", default-features = false, features = ["serde"] }
 pretty_assertions = "1.4.0"
 rand = { version = "0.8.5" }
diff --git a/solana/solana-ibc/programs/solana-ibc/src/execution_context.rs b/solana/solana-ibc/programs/solana-ibc/src/execution_context.rs
index 54a3e476..a4e3902d 100644
--- a/solana/solana-ibc/programs/solana-ibc/src/execution_context.rs
+++ b/solana/solana-ibc/programs/solana-ibc/src/execution_context.rs
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ impl ClientExecutionContext for SolanaIbcStorage<'_, '_> {
             &lib::hash::CryptoHash::digest(serialized_client_state.as_bytes()),
         )
         .unwrap();
-
         self.clients.insert(client_state_key, serialized_client_state);
         Ok(())
     }
@@ -363,13 +362,13 @@ impl ExecutionContext for SolanaIbcStorage<'_, '_> {
             channel_end_path.1.clone().to_string(),
         ));
 
-        let serialized_channel_end =
-            serde_json::to_string(&channel_end).unwrap();
+        let serialized_channel_end = 
+            borsh::to_vec(&channel_end).unwrap();
         let channel_end_trie_key = &TrieKey::from(channel_end_path).to_vec();
         let trie = self.trie.as_mut().unwrap();
         trie.set(
             channel_end_trie_key,
-            &lib::hash::CryptoHash::digest(serialized_channel_end.as_bytes()),
+            &lib::hash::CryptoHash::digest(&serialized_channel_end),
         )
         .unwrap();