diff --git a/setup/hermes/config.toml b/setup/hermes/config.toml
index 131249b6..7a7b5fcc 100644
--- a/setup/hermes/config.toml
+++ b/setup/hermes/config.toml
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ store_prefix = 'ibc'
 default_gas = 100000
 max_gas = 3000000
 gas_price = { price = 0.0025, denom = 'untrn' }
-gas_multiplier = 2.0
+gas_multiplier = 2.5
 max_msg_num = 30
 max_tx_size = 2097152
 clock_drift = '5s'