diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index cdb7e31ea..edd6fe43d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+- [#297](https://github.com/babylonlabs-io/babylon/pull/297) Update relayer dependency
+
 ## v0.17.1
 
 ### Bug fixes
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 802f0edac..2e8de3729 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/cometbft/cometbft-db v0.15.0 // indirect
 	github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk v0.50.9
 	github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/modules/light-clients/08-wasm v0.0.0-20240429153234-e1e6da7e4ead
-	github.com/cosmos/relayer/v2 v2.5.2
+	github.com/cosmos/relayer/v2 v2.6.0-rc.1
 	github.com/gorilla/mux v1.8.1
 	github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway v1.16.0
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/docker/go-units v0.5.0 // indirect
 	github.com/emicklei/dot v1.6.1 // indirect
 	github.com/ethereum/c-kzg-4844 v0.4.0 // indirect
-	github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum v1.13.14 // indirect
+	github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum v1.13.15 // indirect
 	github.com/fatih/color v1.15.0 // indirect
 	github.com/felixge/httpsnoop v1.0.4 // indirect
 	github.com/getsentry/sentry-go v0.27.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 0ea3303db..7a0913bb8 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -413,8 +413,8 @@ github.com/cosmos/keyring v1.2.0 h1:8C1lBP9xhImmIabyXW4c3vFjjLiBdGCmfLUfeZlV1Yo=
 github.com/cosmos/keyring v1.2.0/go.mod h1:fc+wB5KTk9wQ9sDx0kFXB3A0MaeGHM9AwRStKOQ5vOA=
 github.com/cosmos/ledger-cosmos-go v0.13.3 h1:7ehuBGuyIytsXbd4MP43mLeoN2LTOEnk5nvue4rK+yM=
 github.com/cosmos/ledger-cosmos-go v0.13.3/go.mod h1:HENcEP+VtahZFw38HZ3+LS3Iv5XV6svsnkk9vdJtLr8=
-github.com/cosmos/relayer/v2 v2.5.2 h1:AF0MOo1GvJo94QNB996fBHdKlH+vrIY3JcFNrIvZNP0=
-github.com/cosmos/relayer/v2 v2.5.2/go.mod h1:h4Ng2QsVpxExIq5S+WvLr8slDb9MSBh82gQS4DeMwDo=
+github.com/cosmos/relayer/v2 v2.6.0-rc.1 h1:/Ssfk0mGmiHgCPHww+BhWEnipqvgKPVPtk4Sw/jjw18=
+github.com/cosmos/relayer/v2 v2.6.0-rc.1/go.mod h1:wpg/LfTvE7NhoKXD7TxvvCl+IPE+1h/R0euKzqCj1tk=
 github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.0-20190314233015-f79a8a8ca69d/go.mod h1:maD7wRr/U5Z6m/iR4s+kqSMx2CaBsrgA7czyZG/E6dU=
 github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.4/go.mod h1:tgQtvFlXSQOSOSIRvRPT7W67SCa46tRHOmNcaadrF8o=
 github.com/crate-crypto/go-ipa v0.0.0-20231025140028-3c0104f4b233 h1:d28BXYi+wUpz1KBmiF9bWrjEMacUEREV6MBi2ODnrfQ=
@@ -486,8 +486,8 @@ github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane v0.10.2-0.20220325020618-49ff273808a1/go.
 github.com/envoyproxy/protoc-gen-validate v0.1.0/go.mod h1:iSmxcyjqTsJpI2R4NaDN7+kN2VEUnK/pcBlmesArF7c=
 github.com/ethereum/c-kzg-4844 v0.4.0 h1:3MS1s4JtA868KpJxroZoepdV0ZKBp3u/O5HcZ7R3nlY=
 github.com/ethereum/c-kzg-4844 v0.4.0/go.mod h1:VewdlzQmpT5QSrVhbBuGoCdFJkpaJlO1aQputP83wc0=
-github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum v1.13.14 h1:EwiY3FZP94derMCIam1iW4HFVrSgIcpsu0HwTQtm6CQ=
-github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum v1.13.14/go.mod h1:TN8ZiHrdJwSe8Cb6x+p0hs5CxhJZPbqB7hHkaUXcmIU=
+github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum v1.13.15 h1:U7sSGYGo4SPjP6iNIifNoyIAiNjrmQkz6EwQG+/EZWo=
+github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum v1.13.15/go.mod h1:TN8ZiHrdJwSe8Cb6x+p0hs5CxhJZPbqB7hHkaUXcmIU=
 github.com/fatih/color v1.7.0/go.mod h1:Zm6kSWBoL9eyXnKyktHP6abPY2pDugNf5KwzbycvMj4=
 github.com/fatih/color v1.13.0/go.mod h1:kLAiJbzzSOZDVNGyDpeOxJ47H46qBXwg5ILebYFFOfk=
 github.com/fatih/color v1.15.0 h1:kOqh6YHBtK8aywxGerMG2Eq3H6Qgoqeo13Bk2Mv/nBs=