diff --git a/simapp/app.go b/simapp/app.go
index 34432a1aac98..0ea122e72354 100644
--- a/simapp/app.go
+++ b/simapp/app.go
@@ -193,8 +193,17 @@ func NewSimApp(
 		app        = &SimApp{}
 		appBuilder *runtime.AppBuilder
 
+		// authorities definition
+		bankAuthority = banktypes.Authority(authtypes.NewModuleAddress(govtypes.ModuleName))
+
 		// merge the app.yaml and the appOpts in one config
-		appConfig = depinject.Configs(AppConfig, depinject.Supply(appOpts))
+		appConfig = depinject.Configs(
+			AppConfig,
+			depinject.Supply(
+				appOpts,
+				bankAuthority,
+			),
+		)
 	)
 
 	if err := depinject.Inject(appConfig,
diff --git a/x/bank/module.go b/x/bank/module.go
index ff0c02aeeb8e..4427175cc587 100644
--- a/x/bank/module.go
+++ b/x/bank/module.go
@@ -25,14 +25,12 @@ import (
 	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types/module"
 	simtypes "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types/simulation"
-	authtypes "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/auth/types"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/bank/client/cli"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/bank/exported"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/bank/keeper"
 	v1bank "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/bank/migrations/v1"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/bank/simulation"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/bank/types"
-	govtypes "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/gov/types"
 )
 
 // ConsensusVersion defines the current x/bank module consensus version.
@@ -233,6 +231,7 @@ type bankInputs struct {
 	Key    *store.KVStoreKey
 
 	AccountKeeper types.AccountKeeper
+	Authority     types.Authority
 
 	// LegacySubspace is used solely for migration of x/params managed parameters
 	LegacySubspace exported.Subspace
@@ -267,8 +266,9 @@ func provideModule(in bankInputs) bankOutputs {
 		in.Key,
 		in.AccountKeeper,
 		blockedAddresses,
-		authtypes.NewModuleAddress(govtypes.ModuleName).String(),
+		in.Authority.String(),
 	)
 	m := NewAppModule(in.Cdc, bankKeeper, in.AccountKeeper, in.LegacySubspace)
+
 	return bankOutputs{BankKeeper: bankKeeper, Module: runtime.WrapAppModule(m)}
 }
diff --git a/x/bank/types/authority.go b/x/bank/types/authority.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e58987bd8827
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x/bank/types/authority.go
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+package types
+
+import (
+	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
+)
+
+type Authority sdk.AccAddress
+
+func (a Authority) String() string {
+	return sdk.AccAddress(a).String()
+}