diff --git a/rpc/tendermint/test/config.go b/rpc/tendermint/test/config.go
index ff33cb30f4aca019aea9a400e434e7539a786bb9..a9f2b45eb173d41bfd07a4199f494ef193c24f3c 100644
--- a/rpc/tendermint/test/config.go
+++ b/rpc/tendermint/test/config.go
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ genesis_file = "genesis.json"
   # version is the major and minor semantic version;
   # the version will be asserted on
   major_version = 0
-  minor_version = 12
+  minor_version = 16
   # relative path to application manager root folder
   relative_root = "erismint"