diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7810811..44d0cbc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+* [#108](https://github.com/babylonlabs-io/btc-staker/pull/108) Bump babylon to v1.0.0-rc.1
+
+## v0.13.0
+
 * [#102](https://github.com/babylonlabs-io/btc-staker/pull/102) Bump babylon v18
 and fix incompatibilities
 
diff --git a/babylonclient/babyloncontroller.go b/babylonclient/babyloncontroller.go
index 406c5ca..3ba293c 100644
--- a/babylonclient/babyloncontroller.go
+++ b/babylonclient/babyloncontroller.go
@@ -1004,13 +1004,13 @@ func (bc *BabylonController) InsertSpvProofs(submitter string, proofs []*btcctyp
 	return res, nil
 }
 
-func (bc *BabylonController) QueryBtcLightClientTip() (*btclctypes.BTCHeaderInfoResponse, error) {
+func (bc *BabylonController) QueryBtcLightClientTipHeight() (uint32, error) {
 	res, err := bc.bbnClient.QueryClient.BTCHeaderChainTip()
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to query BTC tip: %w", err)
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("failed to query BTC tip: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	return res.Header, nil
+	return res.Header.Height, nil
 }
 
 func (bc *BabylonController) ActivateDelegation(
diff --git a/babylonclient/interface.go b/babylonclient/interface.go
index f045b5c..34c7a57 100644
--- a/babylonclient/interface.go
+++ b/babylonclient/interface.go
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ type BabylonClient interface {
 	IsTxAlreadyPartOfDelegation(stakingTxHash *chainhash.Hash) (bool, error)
 	QueryDelegationInfo(stakingTxHash *chainhash.Hash) (*DelegationInfo, error)
 	GetLatestBlockHeight() (uint64, error)
+	QueryBtcLightClientTipHeight() (uint32, error)
 }
 
 type MockBabylonClient struct {
@@ -227,3 +228,7 @@ func GetMockClient() *MockBabylonClient {
 		ActiveFinalityProvider: &vi,
 	}
 }
+
+func (m *MockBabylonClient) QueryBtcLightClientTipHeight() (uint32, error) {
+	return 0, nil
+}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index e9ee1f2..fd776bc 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ require (
 	cosmossdk.io/errors v1.0.1
 	cosmossdk.io/math v1.4.0
 	github.com/avast/retry-go/v4 v4.5.1
-	github.com/babylonlabs-io/babylon v0.18.0
+	github.com/babylonlabs-io/babylon v1.0.0-rc.1
 	github.com/babylonlabs-io/networks/parameters v0.2.2
 	github.com/btcsuite/btcd v0.24.2
 	github.com/btcsuite/btcd/btcec/v2 v2.3.2
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index d363731..e71d683 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1432,8 +1432,8 @@ github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.44.122/go.mod h1:y4AeaBuwd2Lk+GepC1E9v0qOiTws0MIWAX
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.44.312 h1:llrElfzeqG/YOLFFKjg1xNpZCFJ2xraIi3PqSuP+95k=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.44.312/go.mod h1:aVsgQcEevwlmQ7qHE9I3h+dtQgpqhFB+i8Phjh7fkwI=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2 v0.18.0/go.mod h1:JWVYvqSMppoMJC0x5wdwiImzgXTI9FuZwxzkQq9wy+g=
-github.com/babylonlabs-io/babylon v0.18.0 h1:phMY/GiR9N5MpD3XCmvyPpZkc1I3kTM9yX+Cf0h3OnU=
-github.com/babylonlabs-io/babylon v0.18.0/go.mod h1:sT+KG2U+M0tDMNZZ2L5CwlXX0OpagGEs56BiWXqaZFw=
+github.com/babylonlabs-io/babylon v1.0.0-rc.1 h1:esV0UJ1TmXfVkfKWOee/2ny+GMiqZXNni8f2H4ASD38=
+github.com/babylonlabs-io/babylon v1.0.0-rc.1/go.mod h1:B8ma8IjGUEKhmoRfwv60Qa7DtUXssCgtmD89huQ4+5I=
 github.com/babylonlabs-io/networks/parameters v0.2.2 h1:TCu39fZvjX5f6ZZrjhYe54M6wWxglNewuKu56yE+zrc=
 github.com/babylonlabs-io/networks/parameters v0.2.2/go.mod h1:iEJVOzaLsE33vpP7J4u+CRGfkSIfErUAwRmgCFCBpyI=
 github.com/benbjohnson/clock v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J11/hYXuz8f4ySSvYwY0FKfm+ezbsZBKZxNJlLklBHA=
diff --git a/staker/stakerapp.go b/staker/stakerapp.go
index 9e6b70d..da9efbb 100644
--- a/staker/stakerapp.go
+++ b/staker/stakerapp.go
@@ -977,7 +977,14 @@ func (app *App) retrieveExternalDelegationData(
 	var params *cl.StakingParams
 
 	if inclusionInfo == nil {
-		p, err := app.babylonClient.Params()
+		// chose params as babylon would through tip of btc light client
+		tipHeight, err := app.babylonClient.QueryBtcLightClientTipHeight()
+
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		p, err := app.babylonClient.ParamsByBtcHeight(tipHeight)
 
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err