diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 201a06e06c..4b2a5d90e4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 ## UNRELEASED
 
+*Jan 13, 2026*
+
+## v1.7.0
+
 ### Improvements
 
 * [#1895](https://github.com/crypto-org-chain/cronos/pull/1895) feat: use cronos store.
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 11665df1da..2fe99296e8 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -301,8 +301,8 @@ replace (
 	github.com/dgrijalva/jwt-go => github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v4 v4.4.2
 	// release/v1.15
 	github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum => github.com/crypto-org-chain/go-ethereum v1.10.20-0.20250815065500-a4fbafcae0dd
-	// develop
-	github.com/evmos/ethermint => github.com/crypto-org-chain/ethermint v0.22.1-0.20260107054325-46538c97abf2
+	// v0.23.x
+	github.com/evmos/ethermint => github.com/crypto-org-chain/ethermint v0.22.1-0.20260113030200-f6f9951cbb20
 	// Fix upstream GHSA-h395-qcrw-5vmq and GHSA-3vp4-m3rf-835h vulnerabilities.
 	// TODO Remove it: https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/issues/10409
 	github.com/gin-gonic/gin => github.com/gin-gonic/gin v1.9.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 82f94a0a20..78445a6666 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -917,8 +917,8 @@ github.com/crypto-org-chain/cronos-store/store v0.0.0-20251203075505-0670ff683f0
 github.com/crypto-org-chain/cronos-store/store v0.0.0-20251203075505-0670ff683f07/go.mod h1:QtmMmgHYQqioX/U2OfucmqDgXMmrL3N8/QXom4UWeKg=
 github.com/crypto-org-chain/cronos-store/versiondb v0.0.0-20251203075505-0670ff683f07 h1:eMuGwzyL4ond46wHHIybHT9fBoFxfWzkeX87IannqG4=
 github.com/crypto-org-chain/cronos-store/versiondb v0.0.0-20251203075505-0670ff683f07/go.mod h1:6sg+tT7xMKDS8HL9Rxq1QsLJHApMuh+vnr2HVl3utl0=
-github.com/crypto-org-chain/ethermint v0.22.1-0.20260107054325-46538c97abf2 h1:USHYWu6SnyORFyfX7Ub5eiEx+y+nMcbKhzXl1PKfTKc=
-github.com/crypto-org-chain/ethermint v0.22.1-0.20260107054325-46538c97abf2/go.mod h1:1IAeOWTwFz9prufLltBg8p1i6YSEehPVVmXJrHUYTGU=
+github.com/crypto-org-chain/ethermint v0.22.1-0.20260113030200-f6f9951cbb20 h1:CLBEbe2Ip6UJxL6oBDak1Vdfs+sB9TYKPW/SpP65ydM=
+github.com/crypto-org-chain/ethermint v0.22.1-0.20260113030200-f6f9951cbb20/go.mod h1:1IAeOWTwFz9prufLltBg8p1i6YSEehPVVmXJrHUYTGU=
 github.com/crypto-org-chain/go-block-stm v0.0.0-20241213061541-7afe924fb4a6 h1:6KPEi8dWkDSBddQb4NAvEXmNnTXymF3yVeTaT4Hz1iU=
 github.com/crypto-org-chain/go-block-stm v0.0.0-20241213061541-7afe924fb4a6/go.mod h1:iwQTX9xMX8NV9k3o2BiWXA0SswpsZrDk5q3gA7nWYiE=
 github.com/crypto-org-chain/go-ethereum v1.10.20-0.20250815065500-a4fbafcae0dd h1:ebSnzvM9yKVGFjvoGly7LFQQCS2HuOWMCvQyByJ52Gs=
diff --git a/gomod2nix.toml b/gomod2nix.toml
index 54dbf0380f..6adf45df73 100644
--- a/gomod2nix.toml
+++ b/gomod2nix.toml
@@ -324,8 +324,8 @@ schema = 3
     version = "v0.2.2"
     hash = "sha256-0MLfSJKdeK3Z7tWAXTdzwB4091dmyxIX38S5SKH5QAw="
   [mod."github.com/evmos/ethermint"]
-    version = "v0.22.1-0.20260107054325-46538c97abf2"
-    hash = "sha256-MrURu10pIZp3bsnYTLvFa3AoR5EeG9ted7qh4fugp+k="
+    version = "v0.22.1-0.20260113030200-f6f9951cbb20"
+    hash = "sha256-G1i1bRU6Wh0+VozhMUSnY57W8TT30u0FydCe3h/Ib/o="
     replaced = "github.com/crypto-org-chain/ethermint"
   [mod."github.com/fatih/color"]
     version = "v1.17.0"