diff --git a/internal/state/test/factory/block.go b/internal/state/test/factory/block.go
index feff7ec174..a1ef4e58f8 100644
--- a/internal/state/test/factory/block.go
+++ b/internal/state/test/factory/block.go
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ func MakeBlock(state sm.State, height int64, c *types.Commit, proposedAppVersion
 	if block.ResultsHash, err = abci.TxResultsHash(factory.ExecTxResults(block.Txs)); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
+	// kvstore expects app version to be set to height
+	block.Version.App = uint64(height)
 
 	return block, nil
 }