diff --git a/.goreleaser.yml b/.goreleaser.yml
index 212728d94..e29237d8d 100644
--- a/.goreleaser.yml
+++ b/.goreleaser.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ builds:
     binary: nibid
     hooks:
       pre:
-        - wget https://github.com/CosmWasm/wasmvm/releases/download/v1.3.0/libwasmvmstatic_darwin.a -O /osxcross/target/SDK/MacOSX12.0.sdk/usr/lib/libwasmvmstatic_darwin.a
+        - wget https://github.com/CosmWasm/wasmvm/releases/download/v1.4.0/libwasmvmstatic_darwin.a -O /osxcross/target/SDK/MacOSX12.0.sdk/usr/lib/libwasmvmstatic_darwin.a
         - wget https://github.com/NibiruChain/gorocksdb/releases/download/v8.1.1/include.8.1.1.tar.gz -O /root/include.8.1.1.tar.gz
         - tar -xf /root/include.8.1.1.tar.gz -C /osxcross/target/SDK/MacOSX12.0.sdk/usr/include/
         - wget https://github.com/NibiruChain/gorocksdb/releases/download/v8.1.1/librocksdb_8.1.1_darwin_all.tar.gz -O /root/librocksdb_8.1.1_darwin_all.tar.gz
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ builds:
       - -X github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/version.AppName=nibid
       - -X github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/version.Version={{ .Version }}
       - -X github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/version.Commit={{ .Commit }}
+      - -X github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types.DBBackend=rocksdb
       - -linkmode=external
       - -extldflags '-lrocksdb -lstdc++ -ldl -lz -lbz2'
     tags:
@@ -51,8 +52,8 @@ builds:
     binary: nibid
     hooks:
       pre:
-        - wget https://github.com/CosmWasm/wasmvm/releases/download/v1.3.0/libwasmvm_muslc.x86_64.a -O /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libwasmvm_muslc.a
-        - wget https://github.com/CosmWasm/wasmvm/releases/download/v1.3.0/libwasmvm_muslc.aarch64.a -O /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libwasmvm_muslc.a
+        - wget https://github.com/CosmWasm/wasmvm/releases/download/v1.4.0/libwasmvm_muslc.x86_64.a -O /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libwasmvm_muslc.a
+        - wget https://github.com/CosmWasm/wasmvm/releases/download/v1.4.0/libwasmvm_muslc.aarch64.a -O /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libwasmvm_muslc.a
         - wget https://github.com/NibiruChain/gorocksdb/releases/download/v8.1.1/include.8.1.1.tar.gz -O /root/include.8.1.1.tar.gz
         - tar -xvf /root/include.8.1.1.tar.gz -C /usr/include/
         - wget https://github.com/NibiruChain/gorocksdb/releases/download/v8.1.1/librocksdb_8.1.1_linux_amd64.tar.gz -O /root/librocksdb_8.1.1_linux_amd64.tar.gz
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e59b20984..6d2c1e8a0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 * [#1555](https://github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/pull/1555) - feat(devgas): Convert legacy ABCI events to typed proto events
 * [#1558](https://github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/pull/1558) - feat(perp): paginated query to read the position store  
 * [#1554](https://github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/pull/1554) - refactor: runs gofumpt formatter, which has nice conventions: go install mvdan.cc/gofumpt@latest
+* [#1574](https://github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/pull/1574) - chore(goreleaser): update wasmvm to v1.4.0
 
 ### Features