diff --git a/app/app.go b/app/app.go
index de40c4dac1..128aabc4af 100644
--- a/app/app.go
+++ b/app/app.go
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ import (
 	ibctransferkeeper "github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/v6/modules/apps/transfer/keeper"
 	ibctransfertypes "github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/v6/modules/apps/transfer/types"
 	ibc "github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/v6/modules/core"
-	ibcclient "github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/v6/modules/core/02-client"
 	ibcclienttypes "github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/v6/modules/core/02-client/types"
 	ibcporttypes "github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/v6/modules/core/05-port/types"
 	ibchost "github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/v6/modules/core/24-host"
@@ -361,7 +360,7 @@ func New(
 	govRouter := oldgovtypes.NewRouter()
 	govRouter.AddRoute(paramproposal.RouterKey, paramBlockList.GovHandler(app.ParamsKeeper)).
 		AddRoute(distrtypes.RouterKey, distr.NewCommunityPoolSpendProposalHandler(app.DistrKeeper)).
-		AddRoute(ibcclienttypes.RouterKey, ibcclient.NewClientProposalHandler(app.IBCKeeper.ClientKeeper))
+		AddRoute(ibcclienttypes.RouterKey, NewClientProposalHandler(app.IBCKeeper.ClientKeeper))
 
 	// Create Transfer Keepers
 	tokenFilterKeeper := tokenfilter.NewKeeper(app.IBCKeeper.ChannelKeeper)
diff --git a/app/ibc_proposal_handler.go b/app/ibc_proposal_handler.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5cc2a091df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/ibc_proposal_handler.go
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package app
+
+import (
+	"cosmossdk.io/errors"
+	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
+	sdkerrors "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types/errors"
+	govtypes "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/gov/types/v1beta1"
+
+	"github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/v6/modules/core/02-client/keeper"
+	"github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/v6/modules/core/02-client/types"
+)
+
+// NewClientProposalHandler defines the 02-client proposal handler. It disables the
+// UpgradeProposalType. Handling of updating the IBC Client will be done in v2 of the
+// app.
+func NewClientProposalHandler(k keeper.Keeper) govtypes.Handler {
+	return func(ctx sdk.Context, content govtypes.Content) error {
+		switch c := content.(type) {
+		case *types.ClientUpdateProposal:
+			return k.ClientUpdateProposal(ctx, c)
+		case *types.UpgradeProposal:
+			return errors.Wrap(sdkerrors.ErrInvalidRequest, "ibc upgrade proposal not supported")
+
+		default:
+			return errors.Wrapf(sdkerrors.ErrUnknownRequest, "unrecognized ibc proposal content type: %T", c)
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/x/upgrade/test/integration_test.go b/x/upgrade/test/integration_test.go
index 47e5c2d38b..b481c9ef3e 100644
--- a/x/upgrade/test/integration_test.go
+++ b/x/upgrade/test/integration_test.go
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ import (
 	v1 "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/gov/types/v1"
 	v1beta1 "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/gov/types/v1beta1"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/upgrade/types"
+	ibctypes "github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/v6/modules/core/02-client/types"
+	ibctmtypes "github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/v6/modules/light-clients/07-tendermint/types"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/suite"
@@ -149,6 +151,35 @@ func (s *UpgradeTestSuite) TestNewGovUpgradeFailure() {
 	require.Contains(t, res.RawLog, "proposal message not recognized by router")
 }
 
+func (s *UpgradeTestSuite) TestIBCUpgradeFailure() {
+	t := s.T()
+	plan := types.Plan{
+		Name:   "v2",
+		Height: 20,
+		Info:   "this should not pass",
+	}
+	upgradedClientState := &ibctmtypes.ClientState{}
+
+	upgradeMsg, err := ibctypes.NewUpgradeProposal("Upgrade to v2!", "Upgrade to v2!", plan, upgradedClientState)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	dep := sdk.NewCoins(sdk.NewCoin(app.BondDenom, sdk.NewInt(1000000000000)))
+	acc := s.unusedAccount()
+	accAddr := getAddress(acc, s.cctx.Keyring)
+	msg, err := v1beta1.NewMsgSubmitProposal(upgradeMsg, dep, accAddr)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// submit the transaction and wait a block for it to be included
+	signer, err := testnode.NewSignerFromContext(s.cctx, acc)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	subCtx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(s.cctx.GoContext(), time.Minute)
+	defer cancel()
+	res, err := signer.SubmitTx(subCtx, []sdk.Msg{msg}, blobfactory.DefaultTxOpts()...)
+	require.Error(t, err)
+	require.EqualValues(t, 9, res.Code, res.RawLog) // we're only submitting the tx, so we expect everything to work
+	assert.Contains(t, res.RawLog, "ibc upgrade proposal not supported")
+}
+
 func getAddress(account string, kr keyring.Keyring) sdk.AccAddress {
 	rec, err := kr.Key(account)
 	if err != nil {