diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c69fbdd32..0bfb8dd1b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - [#1735](https://github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/pull/1735) - test(sim): fix simulation tests
 - [#1736](https://github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/pull/1736) - test(sim): add sim genesis state for all cusom modules
 - [#1754](https://github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/pull/1754) - refactor(decode-base64): clean code improvements and fn docs
+- [#1778](https://github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/pull/1778) - chore: bump librocksdb to v8.9.1
 
 ### Dependencies
 
diff --git a/contrib/make/build.mk b/contrib/make/build.mk
index 866d4f173..e37d19e28 100644
--- a/contrib/make/build.mk
+++ b/contrib/make/build.mk
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ SDK_PACK := $(shell go list -m github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk | sed  's/ /\@/g')
 # TM_VERSION: Tendermint Core version (CometBFT)
 # grab everything after the space in "github.com/tendermint/tendermint v0.34.7"
 TM_VERSION := $(shell go list -m github.com/cometbft/cometbft | sed 's:.* ::') 
-ROCKSDB_VERSION := 8.8.1
+ROCKSDB_VERSION := 8.9.1
 WASMVM_VERSION := $(shell go list -m github.com/CosmWasm/wasmvm | awk '{sub(/^v/, "", $$2); print $$2}')
 DOCKER := $(shell which docker)
 BUILDDIR ?= $(CURDIR)/build
diff --git a/contrib/scripts/release_pre_darwin.sh b/contrib/scripts/release_pre_darwin.sh
index 92b320697..928dda698 100755
--- a/contrib/scripts/release_pre_darwin.sh
+++ b/contrib/scripts/release_pre_darwin.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 set -e
 
 WASMVM_VERSION=$(go list -m github.com/CosmWasm/wasmvm | awk '{sub(/^v/, "", $2); print $2}')
-ROCKSDB_VERSION=8.8.1
+ROCKSDB_VERSION=8.9.1
 
 flock -x /tmp/wasmvm-lock -c "wget -c https://github.com/CosmWasm/wasmvm/releases/download/v${WASMVM_VERSION}/libwasmvmstatic_darwin.a -O /tmp/libwasmvmstatic_darwin.a && [ ! -f /usr/local/osxcross/SDK/MacOSX12.0.sdk/usr/lib/libwasmvmstatic_darwin.a ] && cp /tmp/libwasmvmstatic_darwin.a /usr/local/osxcross/SDK/MacOSX12.0.sdk/usr/lib/libwasmvmstatic_darwin.a; echo 'libwasmvm installed'"
 flock -x /tmp/rocksdb-darwin-headers-lock -c "wget -c https://github.com/NibiruChain/gorocksdb/releases/download/v${ROCKSDB_VERSION}/include.${ROCKSDB_VERSION}.tar.gz -O /tmp/include.${ROCKSDB_VERSION}.tar.gz && [ ! -d /usr/local/osxcross/SDK/MacOSX12.0.sdk/usr/include/rocksdb ] && tar -xvf /tmp/include.${ROCKSDB_VERSION}.tar.gz -C /usr/local/osxcross/SDK/MacOSX12.0.sdk/usr/include/; echo 'rocksdb headers installed'"
diff --git a/contrib/scripts/release_pre_linux.sh b/contrib/scripts/release_pre_linux.sh
index 45fe7cefc..a13983f5d 100755
--- a/contrib/scripts/release_pre_linux.sh
+++ b/contrib/scripts/release_pre_linux.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 set -e
 
 WASMVM_VERSION=$(go list -m github.com/CosmWasm/wasmvm | awk '{sub(/^v/, "", $2); print $2}')
-ROCKSDB_VERSION=8.8.1
+ROCKSDB_VERSION=8.9.1
 
 flock -x /tmp/apt-lock -c "[ \"$(ls -A /var/lib/apt/lists)\" ] || apt-get update"
 flock -x /tmp/rocksdb-linux-headers-lock -c "wget -c https://github.com/NibiruChain/gorocksdb/releases/download/v${ROCKSDB_VERSION}/include.${ROCKSDB_VERSION}.tar.gz -O /tmp/include.${ROCKSDB_VERSION}.tar.gz && [ ! -d /usr/include/rocksdb ] && tar -xvf /tmp/include.${ROCKSDB_VERSION}.tar.gz -C /usr/include/; echo 'rocksdb headers installed'"
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 4c64cb542..deb1ae625 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -199,4 +199,4 @@ replace github.com/cosmos/iavl => github.com/cosmos/iavl v0.20.0
 // pin version! 126854af5e6d has issues with the store so that queries fail
 replace github.com/syndtr/goleveldb => github.com/syndtr/goleveldb v1.0.1-0.20210819022825-2ae1ddf74ef7
 
-replace github.com/linxGnu/grocksdb => github.com/linxGnu/grocksdb v1.8.9
+replace github.com/linxGnu/grocksdb => github.com/linxGnu/grocksdb v1.8.11
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 2632bbb8f..9feda6685 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -888,8 +888,8 @@ github.com/libp2p/go-buffer-pool v0.1.0 h1:oK4mSFcQz7cTQIfqbe4MIj9gLW+mnanjyFtc6
 github.com/libp2p/go-buffer-pool v0.1.0/go.mod h1:N+vh8gMqimBzdKkSMVuydVDq+UV5QTWy5HSiZacSbPg=
 github.com/lightstep/lightstep-tracer-common/golang/gogo v0.0.0-20190605223551-bc2310a04743/go.mod h1:qklhhLq1aX+mtWk9cPHPzaBjWImj5ULL6C7HFJtXQMM=
 github.com/lightstep/lightstep-tracer-go v0.18.1/go.mod h1:jlF1pusYV4pidLvZ+XD0UBX0ZE6WURAspgAczcDHrL4=
-github.com/linxGnu/grocksdb v1.8.9 h1:/s352A7OI/+tOxeecK21qJyLJ0YHI7J8gN/cXOKzEis=
-github.com/linxGnu/grocksdb v1.8.9/go.mod h1:xZCIb5Muw+nhbDK4Y5UJuOrin5MceOuiXkVUR7vp4WY=
+github.com/linxGnu/grocksdb v1.8.11 h1:BGol9e5gB1BrsTvOxloC88pe70TCqgrfLNwkyWW0kD8=
+github.com/linxGnu/grocksdb v1.8.11/go.mod h1:xZCIb5Muw+nhbDK4Y5UJuOrin5MceOuiXkVUR7vp4WY=
 github.com/lucasjones/reggen v0.0.0-20180717132126-cdb49ff09d77/go.mod h1:5ELEyG+X8f+meRWHuqUOewBOhvHkl7M76pdGEansxW4=
 github.com/lyft/protoc-gen-validate v0.0.13/go.mod h1:XbGvPuh87YZc5TdIa2/I4pLk0QoUACkjt2znoq26NVQ=
 github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.0/go.mod h1:PppfXfuXeibc/6YijjN8zIbojt8czPbwD3XqdrwzmxQ=