diff --git a/examples/cosmos-simapp-multi/configs/local.yaml b/examples/cosmos-simapp-multi/configs/local.yaml
index d54c8d969..c8c2a314f 100644
--- a/examples/cosmos-simapp-multi/configs/local.yaml
+++ b/examples/cosmos-simapp-multi/configs/local.yaml
@@ -9,9 +9,7 @@ chains:
       grpc: 9091
       faucet: 8001
     faucet:
-      # use v0.31.0-alpha.2 cosmjs-faucet for compatibility with simapp v0.47.3
-      image: ghcr.io/cosmology-tech/starship/cosmjs-faucet:v0.31.0
-      concurrency: 4
+      type: starship
 
 exposer:
   image: ghcr.io/cosmology-tech/starship/exposer:20230808-2333929
diff --git a/tests/e2e/configs/simapp.yaml b/tests/e2e/configs/simapp.yaml
index 184e82e12..8d30fa6c0 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/configs/simapp.yaml
+++ b/tests/e2e/configs/simapp.yaml
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ chains:
       cpu: "0.2"
       memory: "400M"
     faucet:
-      image: ghcr.io/cosmology-tech/starship/cosmjs-faucet:v0.31.0
       concurrency: 2
+      type: starship
       resources:
         cpu: "0.1"
         memory: "200M"
diff --git a/tests/smoke/ci/simapp.yaml b/tests/smoke/ci/simapp.yaml
index 67d4607f2..f6b6739b4 100644
--- a/tests/smoke/ci/simapp.yaml
+++ b/tests/smoke/ci/simapp.yaml
@@ -12,9 +12,7 @@ chains:
       cpu: "0.2"
       memory: "400M"
     faucet:
-      # use v0.31.0-alpha.2 cosmjs-faucet for compatibility with simapp v0.47+
-      # todo: faucet seems to throw error with sdk version 0.50, still seems to work
-      image: ghcr.io/cosmology-tech/starship/cosmjs-faucet:v0.31.0
+      type: starship
       concurrency: 2
       resources:
         cpu: "0.1"